72 Cameron, Hymenoptcra Orioitalia. 



hairs. Scutellum roundly convex, rugosely i)uncturcd, 

 covered with long blackish hair ; the post-scutellum with 

 longer pale hair. Median segment reticulated ; the basal 

 part thickly covered with depressed white pubescence ; 

 the central area short, its apex triangular; the apical 

 slope is covered with long white hair, and is reticulated ; the 

 iTiesoi)leur<e, except at base and apex, rugosely punctured 

 and thickly covered with long white hair; the apex of the 

 mctapleur.e irregularly reticulated. Legs thickly covered 

 with white hair ; the hair on the fore tarsi fulvous ; the 

 calcaria pale. Wings fusco-violaceous; the base of both 

 wings hyaline; the radial cellule wide; the basal abscissa 

 of the radius has an oblique slope ; the apical one is 

 almost straight ; the second cubital cellule is slightly 

 longer than the second on the top ; the second transverse 

 cubital ncrvure is roundly curved ; the third sharply 

 angled in the middle. Abdomen ferruginous, the apical 

 segment black ; the middle segments thickly covered 

 with bright fulvous pubescence ; pygidium densely covered 

 with long fuscous hair ; the ventral keel is indistinct, 

 straight, of equal height ; the apical two segments without 

 keels. 



Forms a new Section in Bingham's table, p. 9 : "First 

 to sixth seijments red." 



MUTILLA FOVEATA, Sp. nov. 



Nigra; ahdomine rufo, basi apiceqne nigris ; alls fiiscis, 

 fere violaceis, nervis fuscis. $, . 



Long. 13 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon ( Ycrbury). 



Head black; thickly covered with long grey hairs and 

 Avith a silvery down ; the front and vertex strongly, but 

 not closel)-, punctured ; the clypcus distinctly keeled in 



