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bordered by a shiniiiL^ keel. Proplcur.x stoutly, but not 

 clo.sely, obliquely striolated ; the mesopleurae .strongly 

 punctured, except at the base and apex ; the metapleurai 

 reticulated, with the base smooth Mesostcrnum smooth, 

 the sides punctured ; the middle with a fine keel. Wings 

 fu.sco-violaceous, the base almost hyaline ; the second 

 cubital cellule at the top is not much longer than the third ; 

 the recurrent nervures arc received shortly beyond the 

 middle; the radial cellule is wide ; the basal abscissa of the 

 radius is oblique, straight ; the upper part of the apical has 

 a slight, the lower an acute slope. Legs thickly covered 

 with white hair ; the calcaria pale. The apex of the 

 petiole, the second, third, fourth, and base of the fifth 

 segments are ferruginous ; the segments fringed thickly 

 with silvery hair ; the apical segments also with long, stiff, 

 black hairs; the middle of the pygidium smooth; the apex 

 is reddish and curved upwards. The ventral keel is stout 

 and has a slightly rounded slope ; the sides of the two apical 

 segments are bordered by stout keels. 



The two following species are from Japan. 

 MUTILLA MIKADO, Sp. HOV. 



Nigra, tJiorace supra rufo ; abdojiiine io)ige aureo- 

 piloso. ? . 



Long. 12 — 14 mm. 



Antennae stout, black, the scape covered with long 

 white hair. Head large, slightly, but distinctly, wider 

 than the thorax ; largel}' developed behind the eyes ; 

 rugosely punctured ; sparsely covered with long, stiff, 

 black hair. Eyes small. Thorax quadrangular, not very 

 much longer than the head ; the sides straight ; the base 

 and apex transverse ; the sides rounded ; above strongly 

 punctured, dark ferruginous, thickly covered with long 



