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covered with long fuscous hair. Proplcur;^; rugose above ; 

 below are some stout oblique striations. Mesopleurai 

 rugose, the punctures running into reticulations ; the apex 

 smooth ; the apical half of the metapleunne reticulated ; 

 mesoplcune thick!)' covered with long white hairs. Legs 

 thickly covered with white hairs ; the calcaria and spines 

 pale. Wings fusco-violaceous ; the base distinctly hyaline; 

 the first cubital cellule at the top is very slighth' longer 

 than the second ; the first recurrent nervure is received 

 shortly be3-ond the middle, the second shortly beyond the 

 base of the apical third of the cellule. Abdomen ferru- 

 ginous ; the petiole, except at its apex, and the apical 

 two segments black ; the rufous segments are fringed 

 with pale fulvous pubescence ; the middle and base with 

 long white hair ; the pygidium covered with long pale 

 hair ; the apical two ventral segments are stoutly keeled 

 laterally. 



MUTILLA IDVIA, Sp. HOV. 



Long. II — 12 mm. $. 



Hah. Barrackpore {Rothiicy). 



Agrees in coloration of the body and wings with 

 M. plicunna ; may be known from it by the second cubital 

 cellule not being distinctly longer than the third at the 

 top ; by the central area being abruptly wider at the base, 

 not becoming gradually narrowed ; and by the stri.t on the 

 propleurai being more widely separated. 



Scape of antennae thickly covered with silvery hair. 

 Front and vertex closely and strongly punctured ; the 

 front and the middle of the vertex thickly covered with 

 silvery pubescence. Clypeus smooth, shining and 

 glabrous. Mandibles at the base thickly covered with 

 silvery pubescence ; the basal tooth large. Palpi dark 

 fuscous. Pronotum closel)' rugosely punctured. JNIeso- 



