Maiulicstcr .]frii/oirs, I'ol. x/iv. (1900), Xo. I."*. 43 



Antcmi;!^' black, distinctly tapcrini^ towards the apex ; 

 the scape covered with pale fulvous hair ; the third joint 

 not much lonc^er than the fourth, and narrower than it. 

 Head as wide as the thorax, closel}' rugosely punctured ; 

 sparsely covered with black hair ; the antennal tubercles 

 red, jnmctured above, shining. Mandibles rufous, black 

 at the apex. Thorax strongly rugosely punctured ; before 

 the apex is an indistinct transverse furrow ; the sides are 

 almost straight ; the apex almost transverse ; it has an 

 abrupt, slighlh' obli(]ue slope, and is strongK- and closely 

 reticulated. Pleunij smooth and shining, the propleura; 

 rugose. Legs black, the hair long and white ; there are 

 four pale rufous spines on the tibi.e ; the calcaria and the 

 tarsal spines are paler. Abdomen not quite so long as the 

 head and thorax united ; black ; the basal segment is 

 sparsel}' covered with long black hair ; on the base of the 

 second segment is a spot of pale golden i)ubescence ; its 

 apex, and the third segment entirely, covered with similar 

 pubescence ; the p)'gidium is dark rufous, and is closely 

 longitudinally striated ; the ventral keel is rufous and is 

 triangularly incised in the middle. 



Comes nearest to the l^urmi'se J/, coiijuiigcuda INlagr. 



MUTILLA I'KRSUASA, Sp. HOIK 



Nigra, vcrticc incso]iotoqnc nifis ; fcnioribns piccis ; 

 abdoDinw albo-biviaculato. ? . 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hub. Ceylon ( Yerbicr}'). 



Head large, distinctly wider than the thorax ; behind 

 the eyes it is twice their length ; black ; a large red mark, 

 broader than long, with the sides rounded, on the vertex ; 

 shining, the front and vertex distinctly, but not very 

 closely, punctured ; the punctures closer on the front than 

 on the vertex ; sparsely covered with long black hair ; the 



