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with white liair ; the calcaria pale fulvous ; the tarsal 

 spines fulvous ; the spines on the hinder tibiae are blackish. 

 Petiole at the base s[)arsely covered with long pale hair ; 

 the apex fringed with long white hairs ; the two marks on 

 the base of the second segment are oval ; the third and 

 fourth segments are thickly covered laterally with pale 

 fulvous pubescence ; the pygidium is closely, longitu- 

 dinalh' striated ; the apex smooth and j^iceous, the sides 

 covered with long pale hair. The ventral keel is not 

 clear!}- defined, and is straight throughout. 



MUTILLA DRYTA, Sp. nov. 



Long. 7 mm. 9 . 



Hab. Barrackpore (Rotlincy). 



Antenna; black, the scape obscure fuscous ; the third 

 joint not much narrowed at the base, about twice the 

 length of the fourth. Head distinctly wider than the 

 thorax ; the vertex finel}- rugose ; its apex and the front 

 closely, irregularly, longitudinally striated, running into 

 reticulations ; the tubercles are rufous. Thorax fully 

 twice the length of the head, ferruginous ; the base 

 distinctly rounded; the apex transverse; the sides slightly 

 and broadly contracted in the middle ; strongh', longi- 

 tudinally, rugosely punctured above; the apex has an 

 oblique, slightly rounded slope, is strongly reticulated and 

 covered with long white hair. Pleurae smooth ; the upper 

 edge of the meta- irregularly reticulated. Legs black ; 

 the front tarsi piceous ; thickly covered with white hair ; 

 the tibial spines white, the tarsal with a more rufous tinge. 

 Abdomen black ; the petiole with pale hairs; on the base 

 of the second segment are two oval marks ; the third 

 and fourth segments are broadly covered, except in the 

 middle, with silverly pubescence ; the apex of the fifth is 

 sparsely covered with pale hair ; the apical segment is 



