10 MUTILLID^. 



C. Thorax partl}^ black, partly red. 



a. Thorax anteriorly red, posteriorly black. 

 a. Basal abdominal segment not petiolate. 



d^. Abdomen with white pubescence. 

 a^. Third and fourth segments with a 

 spot of white pubescence on 



either side M. miranda, p. 50. 



h^. Third and fourth segments without 



any such spots, plain black M. provida, p. 50. 



b'. Abdomen with golden pubescence . . M. nobilis, p. 24. 

 b' . Basal a.bdominal segment much nari'owed 



and petiolate M. sejm/oides, p. 50. 



b. Thorax anteriorly black, posteriorly red . , 31. rufodorsata, p. 51. 

 T). Thorax metallic blue M. yerburyi, p. 51. 



2. Mutilla maximinae, Magr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2") xii, 1892, 



p.218, $. 



5 . Head in front and the vertex coarsely and deeply punctured ; 

 thorax narrow, subquadraugular, lightly convex, slightly constricted 

 in the middle on the disc, densely and minutely longitudinally 

 striate, very slightly reticulate, the margins undulate, in some 

 places slightly toothed, the lateral angles above somewhat dentate ; 

 the plate of the scutellum absent ; pleurae smooth and shining ; 

 the carina on the basal ventral segment absent ; the 2nd segment 

 of the abdomen above densely pubescent, the base of the anal seg- 

 ment rugosely punctate. Black, the thorax, the coxae, and basal 

 half of the femora rufo-ferruginous ; an oval semilunar spot of 

 yellowish pile on the posterior margin of the 1st abdominal seg- 

 ment, two small spots of the same near the anterior margin of 

 the 2nd segment, and a broadly-arched fascia on its posterior 

 margin ; short linear yellowish maculae also on the posterior 

 margins of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments ; the anal segment with 

 long sparse grey, and the 2nd segment above with dense black 

 pubescence. 



Hab. Karen Hills, Burma. 5 . Length 8 mm. 



3. Mutilla pulchrinella, Mac/): Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2"^) xii, 1892, 



p. 212,$. 



$ . Head nearly as wide as the thorax, in front rugose, above 

 longitudinally punctate ; thorax in front and in the middle coarsely 

 rugose, posteriorly punctured, the punctures running into w'ide 

 reticulations ; the plate of the scutellum short, broad, slightly 

 elevated ; the lateral margins of the thorax nearly entire, barely 

 sinuate ; the 1st abdominal segment shining, sparsely punctured, 

 no carina on its ventral side, the 2nd segment broadly smooth 

 and shining at base, above lightly punctured with sparse pubes- 

 cence ; the whole head, thorax, and abdomen covered sparingly 

 with long grey pubescence. Black, the thorax, the legs (the 

 tibiae and tarsi excepted), the mandibles except at their apex, the 

 scape of the antennae, and the anal segment of the abdomen rufo- 

 ferruginous ; two small, round, widely separated spots on the 2nd 



