42 CA^n•.RON, Ilymcnofytcra Orient alia. 



Ml'TII.I.A IIKSITATA, Sp. nov. 



Ferriij^inca, aluioi/iinc cocrnlco, alboDiaculato ; nictanoto 

 rcticulato. 9 . 



Loni;-. 7 inm. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Yerbtiry). 



Aq^rccs in coloration and size with M. poonaensis Cam., 

 from Bomba)- ; but ma)' readil\- be distinguished from it b}' 

 the median seL;nicnt bciuL;" reticulated. 



Head slightly broader than the thorax, the front and 

 vertex strongly i)unctured ; the former with blackish, the 

 latter with golden hair ; behind the eyes it is about half 

 their length, and is roundl}- narrowed. Antennal tuber- 

 cles smooth and shining. xAntennaj stout, reddish. Thorax 

 twice the length of the head, slightly narrowed towards 

 the apex ; mesonotum rugosely punctured and sparsely 

 covered with golden hair; the scutellar region with black 

 hair. The upper part of the median segment is distinctly, 

 and not verx' clo.sel)*, reticulated ; the apex is smooth, 

 neillu-r punctured nor reticulated. The praplcur;e sparsely 

 punctured above; the lower part at the apex is blackish; 

 the lower part of the mesopleur;e blackish, thickly covered 

 with long silvery hair. Metai)leura: black, rufous round 

 the edges, the lower part thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence. Abdomen coeruleous; on the base of the 

 second segment is an oblong, white spot ; its a[)ex has a 

 broad white band, interrupted in the middle ; the fourth 

 and following segments are thickh- covered with long 

 black hair ; the spot is longer than broad, the base and 

 apex bluntl)' rounded ; the last segment is smooth, its 

 sides bearing long white hair. 



MUTILLA PARTI 1 KM A, Sp. UOV. 

 Nigra, t ho race riifo; abdoinuiis scg)iic)ito 2-o pallidc 

 aurco-)nacnlah\ apitc aiireo-piloso ; pcdibns nigris. $ . 

 Long. 6 mm. 

 Hab. Barrack pore {Roiliucy). 



