y^ Cameron, Ilynioioptcra Oricntalia. 



black hair. IMeur.'u black, smooth and shinin;^, bare. 

 Legs black, thickly covered with white hair ; the calcaria 

 pale. Abdomen not much longer than the head and 

 thorax united ; the apices of the basal three segments 

 thickly fringed with long, pale golden hair. 



MUTILLA JAPOXICA, Sp. ilOV. 



Nigra, thorace rufo ; pcdibus 7-ufis, npicc fciiiormn 

 apiceque tibiaruvi late nigris. $ . 



Long. 7 mm. 



Hab. Hakodate, Japan (J/r. George Lewis). 



Antenn.-e black, the apex of the scape and the 

 second joint rufous ; the flagellum attenuate at base 

 and apex. Head slightly wider than the thorax ; 

 rugosely punctured, sparsely covered with long black 

 hairs. Clypeus projecting obliquely from the base to 

 the apex, the lower part perpendicular ; mandibles 

 rufous, the apical part black, long, without a tooth ; 

 clearly separated. Thorax with the sides above straight, 

 not contracted ; the base above black ; rugose, the base 

 and apex bearing long black hairs ; the apex has a 

 sharp oblique slope, and is black in the middle above. 

 Pleur.ne smooth and shining, sparsely covered with long 

 white hair. Legs rufous ; the apical half of the 

 fore femora, and nearly the apical half of the four 

 hinder, the fore tibiii,-, excejjt at the base, and 

 nearly the apical half of the four hinder, and the base 

 of the tarsal joints, black ; the spines on the four hinder 

 tibi.'e are stout and blackish ; on the tarsi dark testaceous; 

 the calcaria pale. Abdomen not much longer than the 

 head and thorax united ; black, the base of the petiole 

 rufous. An oval mark on the base of the second segment 

 in the middle ; the apex of the second segment and the 

 greater part of the third segment covered with pale ful- 



