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MlITII.LA IM)()( ILA, .v/). nov. 



Nis^^ra, ^'criicc tlioraccijitc nifts; alx/oniinis scj^iiinito 

 scaiiido albo-Diociilalo ; pcdihiis i/ii^ris, Jciiiorilnis fucris. 9 • 



Lone^. fere 6 mm. 



If(7lK Ce)-loii ( )'i-rl>nr]'). 



I lead as wide as the thorax, broadly roiin(h'(l in front, 

 transverse beliiiul, with the ed_L;es rounded; black; the 

 vertex broadly rufous ; stioni^ly punctured, behind the 

 ocelli not so stroni^i}' and more closely ; sparse!)' covered 

 with black pubescence. Antennal tubercles rufous ; the 

 face rufo-testaceous ; the central pait clearly .separated 

 and triangular. Mandibles rufous, black at the apex. 

 Palpi dark testaceous. Antenna- stout, black, dark testa- 

 ceous beni-ath, thic:kly covered with a pale i)ile. I'hora.x 

 rufous, about twice as lonij as broad, rounded at base 

 and apex; rugosely punctured abo\e and irrei;ularly 

 longitudinally striated on the basal half ; tin- latc'ral edges 

 are rough ; the apex of the median segment above with a 

 spine in the middle ; this spine is broad at the base viewed 

 laterally, and narrowetl towards the top ; near the middle 

 on either side of it are two short, thick si)ines. Pro- and 

 mes()-|)leura' smocjth and shining ; the metapleura- black, 

 strongly jiunctiued. I-egs black; the femora inclining to 

 piccous ; the hair long, ciensc, and white ; calcaria white. 

 Abdomen black ; a mark of white pubescence on the apex 

 of the petiole, a much larger one, nuich broailer than long 

 and bluntly rounded behind, on the apex of the second, 

 and one slightly larger than it on the petiole, and one, 

 somewhat square in shape, on the apex of the thirti seg- 

 ment. The a[)ical segment has no area, is thickly covered 

 with long, pale fulvous hair, and strongly [punctured at the 

 base ; the basal ventral segment is pale testaceous and 

 has no keel in the middle. 



Is nearly related to .)/. (^/.s/'^vv/, having the same general 



