64 Cameron, Hyvicnoptcra Orientalia. 



the apical witli black hair ; the h\'popyi^iuin is stoutly 

 keeled laterally ; the keels are not much raised towards 

 the apex. The basal region of the median segment is 

 thickly covered with silvery pubescence, and is reticulated; 

 the central area reaches to the apex of the truncation ; 

 the basal third is wider than the rest ; the keels there 

 bulge roundly outwardl^^ 



In size and in having only the second, third, and fourth 

 abdominal segments red, this species agrees with M. 

 clcoiyma ; the latter species ma\- be known b\- the 

 propleura:; being more strongl}-, regularly and closely 

 punctured ; by the central area on the median segment 

 not being so wide at the base ; by the penultimate ventral 

 segment being stoutly keeled laterally ; and by the second 

 transverse cubital ncrvure being roundl}' cur\ed, not 

 elbowed. 



MUTILLA CLEONVMA, Sp. HOV. 



Nigra, abdouiiiiis segmentis 2 — -^ fcrntgiiicis ; medio 

 scutclli laevo ; alis fiisco-violaccis. 0. 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hah. 13arrackpore {Roihney). 



Scape of antennre covered with sil\-er\'-white pube- 

 scence ; the flagellum with a black down ; its middle joints 

 slightly dilated. Front and vertex closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the vertex covered with longish fuscous hair ; 

 the vertex in the middle with a broad band of silvery 

 pubescence. Face and clypeus smooth and shining ; the 

 former broadly keeled in the middle. Base of mandibles 

 thickly covered with silvery hair ; the basal tooth stout. 

 Pronotum strongly and closeh- punctured, covered with 

 long fuscous hair; the mesonotum with shorter, thicker and 

 darker hair, its punctures are deeper and more widely 

 separated. Scutellum p\-raniidal, closely and strongl}' 



