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closely, punctured, the base thickly covered with long 

 white hair ; the rest of it less thickl)- with shorter, stiffer, 

 black hair. Scutellum pyramidal, strongly, rugosely 

 punctured, except for a smooth line in the middle on the 

 top ; the base covered with long black, the apex with 

 much longer j^ale, hair. The basal part of the median 

 segment is densel}- covered with depressed silvery hair, and 

 more sparsely with longer silvery hair ; reticulated ; the 

 median area has the basal third widened, its sides straight, 

 obliquely narrowed, its apex raised ; the apex is closely 

 irregularly reticulated and is thickly covered with long 

 white hair. The first cubital cellule at the top is twice the 

 length of the second ; the second transverse cubital nervure 

 has the upper three-fourths roundly curved ; the lower part 

 is straight, bullated ; the first recurrent nervure is received 

 at the base of the apical third of the cellule ; the second 

 nearer the middle. Abdomen thickly covered with white 

 longish pubescence ; the apex of the petiole, the second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments ferruginous ; thepygidium 

 thickly covered with long black hair ; the apex in the 

 middle smooth ; the ventral keel has a slight rounded 

 curve, and does not project at the base or apex ; the lateral 

 keels on the hypopygium not much raised ; those on the 

 penultimate segment more distinct. 



MUTILLA FUNEBRANA, Sp. IIOV. 



Nigra, abdojiiine fcrrugi>/eo, pctiolo, scgnieiitisqiie 5 — 7 

 nigris ; alis violaceis, basi fere hyalinis. 6 . 



Long. 13 mm. 



J-fab. Barrackpore i^RotJnicy'). 



Scape of antennae thickl}- covered with long white 

 hair ; the flagellum with a pale down. Front and vertex 

 strongly punctured ; the former thickly covered with 



