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MUTILLA EMANCII'ATA, Sp. 710V. 

 iV/o-ra, uicsoiioto proplcurisque rufis ; ahdoinhie alho- 

 sex-niixculato ; pedibus iiigris. 9 . 

 Lonc^. 6 mm. 



Plnb. Barrack pore {Rothney). 



AnteniKu stout, black ; the apex of the scape rufous, 

 the third joint not quite twice the length f)f the fourth. 

 Head not quite so wide as the thorax ; strongly, but not 

 closel}', punctured and sparsely covered with black hair ; 

 the tubercles rufous ; the face testaceous. Mandibles 

 broadly rufous at the base. Thorax short, rounded and 

 slightl}- narrowed towards the base ; the sides straight ; 

 the mesonotum strongly rugosely punctured, the punctures 

 large, deep, and running in the middle into reticulations ; 

 the apex has an oblique slope and is rounded above; it is 

 black, except above, and is irregularly rugose. Pleurae 

 black, except the propleurai and the base of the mesopleuras, 

 which are ferruginous, the prosternum being also rufous ; 

 the mesopleurze bears a silvery pile ; the metapleurse 

 smooth, not reticulated ; the apical half thickly covered 

 with longish white hair. Legs thickly covered with white 

 hair ; the tibial and tarsal spines white, with a slight 

 fulvous tinge ; the calcaria white. Petiole fringed with 

 long, dark fuscous hair ; on the second segment behind the 

 middle are two oval marks of silvery pubescence, and 

 the sides of the third and fourth segments are covered with 

 silvery pubescence ; the basal half of the pygidium is 

 punctured, the apical closely, transversely striated ; the 

 basal ventral segment has the basal half raised behind, 

 and with an oblique slope towards the middle. 



Resembles M.guojiia; but is known from it by the base 

 only of the pleurae being rxxious, g)/oiiia having the apex 

 of the metapleurai rufous, and by the thorax being wider 

 compared with the head. 



