1 8 Cameron, Hymenoptera Oriattalia. 



cellule h}aHnc. Abdomen black ; the second and third 

 segments ferruginous ; the segments thickly fringed with 

 white hair. 



MUTILLA LATIIONIA. Sp. 710V. 



Nigra, abdcvninis scgvicntis 2-o ct j-o rufis ; dense albo- 

 pilosis; alis hyaliuis, basi fusco. $. 

 Long. 12 mm. 



Scape of antennae thickly covered with silver}- hair ; 

 the flagellum thick, covered with a pale pile. Front and 

 vertex closel\% strongly rugosely punctured ; the vertex 

 sparsely, the front thickly covered with silvery pubescence. 

 Face and clypeus smooth and shining ; the latter turned 

 up at the apex. Mandibles at the base thickly covered 

 with long white hair ; the middle obscure piceous ; the 

 palpi black, covered with white pubescence ; the tooth on 

 the lower side of the mandibles near the base is large. 

 Thorax thickly covered with white pubescence ; the 

 mesonotum uniformly covered with large deep punctures. 

 Scutellum flatl)' rounded, punctured like the mesonotum, 

 and covered with long white hair. Metanotum reticulated ; 

 its apex with an oblique slope, rounded above; the middle 

 area has the basal fourth wider than the rest ; the narrowed 

 part is about three times as long as wide. Propleur?e 

 smooth, except above and at the apex ; the middle of the 

 mesopleura,' closely punctured and densely covered with 

 pale hair; metapleur^e smooth, its apex reticulated. Legs 

 thickly covered with white hair; the spurs pale, the spines 

 rufous. Wings violaceous, the base fuscous ; the first 

 cubital cellule is shortly, but distinctly longer than the 

 third ; the first and second recurrent nervures are received 

 shortl)' beyond the middle. Abdomen black ; the second 

 and third segments ferruginous ; the apex of the petiole is 

 fringed with golden hair; the others with silvery hair; 



