40 Cameron, Hymenoptera Orientaha. 



MUTILLA PHAOLA, sp. nov. 



Nigra, vicsoyioto rufo ; abdoimnc albo-^-inaculato ; 

 pedibus nigris, tarsis sordide tcstaccis. 9 . 



Long. 5 — 6 mm. 



Hab. Poona ( Wroiighton). 



Head black, not much wider than the thorax, strongly 

 and closely punctured, sparsely covered with long blackish 

 hair ; the antenna! tubercles large, rufous, shining ; man- 

 dibles dark rufous, the apex black ; palpi testaceous. 

 Eyes moderately large. Antennae stout ; black ; the 

 scape at the apex, and more or less below, red ; the second 

 joint is entirely red ; the flagellum more or less irregularly 

 dark rufous beneath ; the third and fourth joints are 

 almost equal in length. Thorax scarcely twice the length 

 of the head ; the prothorax distinctly separated and 

 narrowed ; the apex is rounded. The meso- and the 

 upper part of the meta-notum dark rufous, strongly and 

 deeply punctured ; the apex has an oblique slope, and is 

 rounded above ; smooth ; black ; the upper part with 

 some short striae and some punctures. The base of tlie 

 propleurae rufous ; the upper part behind punctured ; 

 meso- and base of meta-pleurse smooth ; the apex of the 

 metapleurii^ punctured ; the punctures large and scattered. 

 Presternum dark rufous. Legs covered with long white 

 hair ; the tarsi are dark testaceous. Abdomen scarcely 

 so long as the head and thorax united ; deep black ; the 

 petiole covered with long white hair ; on the base of the 

 second segment is a spot of silvery pubescence ; there is 

 a similar spot, twice its size and rounded behind, on 

 the apex of the second segment ; there is a small 

 mark in the middle of the fourth, and a larger one 

 on the fifth ; the pygidial area is not defined, and is 

 smooth and shining The basal ventral segment is tri- 



