56 Cameron, Hymcnoptcra Oricntalia. 



notum more shining, the punctures larger, deeper, and more 

 widely separated, and covered with fuscous pubescence. 

 Scutellum rugosely punctured ; the middle smooth, 

 shining and glabrous; the smooth part gradually and 

 slightly widened towards the apex. Median segment at 

 the base and middle thickly covered with pale pubescence; 

 the central area has the basal third abruptly widened; the 

 sides of the widened part at the apex oblique. The apex 

 of the segment is closely and strongly reticulated. On 

 the {)ropleuni,' are six stout, distinctly separated stri.-e ; 

 the upper pair do not reach to the apex. Mesopleurai in 

 the middle strongly punctured and thickl}' covered with 

 white hair. Metapleur.'e, except at the base, strongly 

 reticulated. Wings distinctly hyaline at the base behind 

 the transverse basal nervure, the first cubital cellule at the 

 top is equal in length to the second ; the first recurrent 

 nervure is received near the base of the apical third ; the 

 second shortl}', but distincth', be\ond the middle. On the 

 abdomen the apex of the petiole, the second, third, fourth 

 and fifth segments are ferruginous and banded with pale 

 fulvous hair on the apices ; the p}'gidium is punctured, 

 smooth and shining in the middle; the apical two \-entral 

 segments are stoutly keeled laterall}-. 



MUTILLA .SABELLICA, sp. nov. 



Nigra, abdonimc fci'rugineo, bast apiccque nigris ; seg- 

 mento viediali dense albo-piloso ; alls fiisco-violaceis. 6 . 



Long. 14 mm. 



Hab. Barrackpore {Rot/uiej'). 



Scape of antennze pilose, thickly covered with long 

 white hair, the flagellum with short pale pubescence. 

 V^ertex sparsely covered with long white hair ; strongly, 

 but not very closely, punctured; the space behind and on 

 the sides of the ocelli smooth; the ocellar region distinctly 



