l6 Cameron, Hyvicnoptcra Oricntalia. 



MUTILLA AG LAI A, Sp. 7WV. 



Nigra, abdominis segmento 2-0 riifo ; alis fusco- 

 violaccis. $ . 



Long. 13 mm. 



Comes near to M. lyrata, but may be known from it 

 by having only the second abdominal segment red ; by the 

 second and third cubital cellules being equal in length at 

 the toj), whereas in J\l. lyrata the third is distinctly shorter 

 than the second ; by the apex of the radius being less 

 sharply angled ; and by the propleura^ wanting the keels. 



Head densely covered with white hairs ; the front and 

 vertex rugosely punctured, the oral region smooth. Man- 

 dibles black, with a red band before the middle ; the 

 palpi fuscous, mottled with testaceous. Thorax covered 

 with long fuscous hair ; the pronotum and mesopleurre 

 also with a silvery pubescence. Mesonotum covered all 

 over with large, deep punctures ; its two furrows deep ; 

 in the middle at the base is an indistinct longitudinal 

 keel. Scutellum coarsel}-, deeply and irregularly punc- 

 tured ; the punctures longer and more irregular in the 

 middle at the base. Median segment reticulated all 

 over ; the basal central area elongated and somewhat 

 triangular at the apex. Pro- and meso-i)leur;\; smooth ; 

 the apex of the metapleura^ reticulated. Legs black ; 

 thickly covered with white hair ; the calcaria white. 

 Wings smoky-fuliginous, with a violaceous tinge ; the 

 nervures, except the apical ones, are deep black ; the 

 second cubital cellule at the top is slightly shorter than 

 the third ; and is there slightly longer than the space 

 bounded by the recurrent and the second transverse 

 cubital nervures. Abdomen black, the segments thickly 

 fringed with white hairs ; the second segment is entirely 

 ferruginous ; the petiole blackish, broadly brownish at the 



