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slope, is piceous in the middle; the sides and apex are 

 strongly punctured. 



A distinct species, distinguished by the head and 

 thorax having more and longer hair than usual. It fits 

 best into Bingham's "Section A., ^?., rt'.," but the spots are 

 fulvous rather than }'ello\v and golden. 



MUTILLA MARCIA, Sp. UOV. 



Nigra, mcsonoto mctanotiquc apice supra riifis; ab- 

 doniinc albo-scx-niacidato ; pedibns iiigris. ? . 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Barrackpore {Rot/iney). 



Head slightly wider than the thorax ; black, strongly 

 rugosely punctured, running into reticulations, sparsely 

 covered with long black, behind the eyes thickly with 

 white hairs. Thorax twice the length of the head, 

 rounded in front ; black ; the mesonotum and the upper 

 third of the apical slope of the metanotum ferruginous ; 

 strongly and deeply rugosely punctured, more strongly on 

 the apex than on the base ; the apex has an oblique slope 

 and is broadly rounded above ; it is strongly, irregularly, 

 longitudinally striated ; the striae stronger and irregularly 

 curved on the rufous part, becoming weaker and straighter 

 towards the middle ; the apical part is smooth. Pleurae 

 smooth ; black, except for a curved red band on the apex 

 above ; the upper edge is rough and irregular ; on the 

 upper side of the metapleuras are four short, blunt teeth ; 

 above the apical slope are short, irregular teeth. Legs 

 black, thickly covered with white hairs ; the calcaria 

 white ; the spines on the hinder tibiae long and pale. 

 Abdomen black ; near the base of the second segment 

 are two oval marks, placed lengthways ; on the third 

 segment are two larger oval spots placed across, and 

 on the fourth are two smaller round spots of silvery 



