32 Cameron, Hymencptera Orientalia. 



thickly covered with long silvery hair; the centre is closely 

 and finely rugose. 



MUTILLA COMPACTILIS, sp. nov. 



Nigra, tJiorace nifo; abdominis segmento secundo niaat- 

 /is diiabus seguientoqiic tcrtio cincrco-sericeo-iiotatis ; capite 

 mesonotoqiie dense rugoso-punctatis ; vietanoto striolato- 

 Teticulato. ? . 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hah. Barrackpore {Rothney). 



Head as wide as the base of the mesothorax ; strongly, 

 irregularly, closely, rugosely punctured, the punctures in 

 parts running into reticulations; covered with long fuscous 

 hair ; the part behind the eyes is slightly longer than 

 they ; the face rugose ; the clypeus smooth and shining. 

 Mandibles broadly rufous in the middle. Antennal 

 tubercles black. Antennae stout, the greater part of the 

 flagellum brownish beneath ; thickly covered with a 

 minute fulvous pile. Thorax red, twice the length of the 

 head ; the base rounded ; the sides parallel and becoming 

 narrowed from the middle to the apex, which has a 

 gradually rounded slope. IMesonotum strongly and deeply 

 rugosely punctured, reticulated in the middle ; sparsely 

 covered with long black hair; the apex is irregularly, 

 stoutly, longitudinally striolatcd ; the end is almost 

 smooth. Pleurcii smooth, except the upper edge of the 

 metapleura,\ Legs black, thickly covered with white hair; 

 the tibial spines dark, the tarsal bright rufous ; the 

 calcaria pale. Abdomen of the length of the head and 

 thorax united ; black ; the petiole covered with long 

 fuscous hair ; its apex smooth ; behind the middle of the 

 .second segment are two round marks of silvery white 

 pubescence ; the third segment is entirely covered with 

 similar pubescence ; pygidium shining ; the base acicu- 

 lated ; the sides are thickly covered with long silvery 



