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MUTILLA COERULEO-TINCTA, s/?. nov. 



Nij^ra, tJiorace riifo, abdouiuiis basi cocruleo ; alls fusco- 

 violaceis, nervis fitscis. $ . 



Lon<T. 12 mm. 



Head di.stincth' narrower than the thorax, black, 

 thickly covered with white hair ; the front and vertex 

 coarsely punctured ; the vertex in the middle raised ; the 

 raised part keeled down the middle and bordered by a 

 smooth, shallow furrow. Clypeus roundly convex, shining, 

 smooth, its apex in the middle incised. Mandibles rufous 

 before the middle ; the palpi black. Antenna stout, 

 distinctly tapering towards the apex ; the scape covered 

 with long fuscous hair. Thorax rufous ; the breast black. 

 Pro- and meso-notum coarsely punctured ; the punctures 

 on the mesonotum somewhat larger, deeper, and more 

 widely separated ; the parapsidal furrows are distinct 

 behind. Scutellum distinctly and uniformly punctured. 

 Median segment reticulated ; at the base, in the middle, is 

 a smooth area, longer than broad, slightly curved and 

 triangular at the apex. The upper part of the thorax is 

 thickly covered with white hair, which is longer on the 

 scutellum and median segment. Pro- and meso-pleura^ 

 rather strongly punctured ; the metapleuras reticulated 

 above ; the middle smooth ; the lower part punctured. 

 Mesosternum between the four hinder legs furrowed ; the 

 furrow bordered by a keel. Legs black, thickly covered 

 with long white hair ; the calcaria pale. The wings are 

 paler at the base ; the nervures fuscous ; the first trans- 

 verse cubital nervure is curved ; the second is slightly 

 oblique above, sharply oblique below; the apical nervures 

 and the second transverse cubital are thinner. The basal 

 two segments of the abdomen have a distinct bluish tint ; 

 the bluish tinge on the others is less noticeable ; the basal 

 three segments are thickly fringed at the apex with pale 



