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MUTILLID^. 



and of the usual width, with two other laminae placed triangularly 

 above and somewhat prominent ; the posterior portion of the 

 thorax with longitudinal rugose folds furnished with prominent 

 papillae placed in lines ; the 1st abdominal segment above with 

 coarse OAal punctures, beneath with a carina emarginate in the 

 middle and bent downwards. Black, the thorax, the mandibles in 

 the middle, and the apex of the abdomen rufo-ferruginous ; the 

 2nd abdominal segment above with two oval yellowish spots of 

 silky pile, the 3rd and 4th segments with a fascia of the same 

 coloured pile, which in some varieties is interrupted medially. 

 The anal segment has on both sides long, and the legs short and 

 sparse, yellowish pile. 



Hah. Palon, Burma ; Karen Hills at low elevations. § . 

 Length 9 mm. 



8. Mutilla SOror, Smm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. 354, pi. 8, fig. 3 ; 



Rcid. 8)- Sich. Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss, vi, 1869, p. 306. 



$ . Head punctured, thorax more coarsely punctured and reticu- 

 late, abdomen densely pubescent ; thorax from above square. Head 

 and abdomen black, thorax red, the antennae and legs black, the 

 scape of the former and the coxae of the legs reddish, the pubescence 

 on the legs golden, on the abdomen black, with two large maculae 

 on the 2nd segment, the 3rd and 4th segments above clothed with 

 golden pubescence. 



Hah. Ceylon. $ . Length 8 mm. 



9. Mutilla pulchriceps, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 



pp. 121, 130, pi. iv, fig. 17. 



2 . Closely allied to and resembling M. soror, Sauss. ; differs in 

 having the head covered densely with golden pile, and the sides of 

 the thorax being irregularly concave, not straight. 



Hab. l^oona {Wronghton). $. Length 8 mm.. 



1 0. Mutilla pectino-spinata, Maffr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (S*^) xii,1892, 



p. 212, $. 



5 . The scape of the antennae strongly curved, nearly half the 

 length of the flagellum ; head coarsely longitudinally channelled ; 

 thorax narrow, subrectangular, scarcely constricted in the middle, 

 the sides irregularly emarginate, and spinose, posteriorly abruptly 

 truncate, the upper margin with ten spinose papillae, two long ones 

 in the middle subarcuate, and four smaller ones on each side ; the 

 dorsal portion of the thorax longitudinally reticulate, the pleurae 

 smooth and shining, the posterior face of the metanotum coarsely 

 reticulate towards the apex, with minute black striae and ovate 

 spots ; the 2nd abdominal segment with black pubescence, densely 

 rugosely punctate ; the 1st ventral segment with a linear carina 

 very prominent. Black, with greyish -yellow pubescence; the 

 thorax, the intermediate femora, and the anal segment of the 

 abdomen rufo-ferruginous ; the 2nd abdominal segment with two 



