MUTILLA. 13 



large oval maculae, the 3rd and 5th segments with obsolete (pro- 

 bably due to attrition) fasciae of greyish-yellow pile. 

 Hah. Eangoon, Burma. 5 . Length V6 mm. 



11. Mutilla niveosigData, Andre, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 189.3 

 pp. 465, 480, 2 . 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen coarsely and closely punctured 

 and studded with erect hairs ; head orbicular, strongly convex in 

 front ; thorax from above rectangular, truncate in front and pos- 

 teriorly, the sides crenulate along the upi)er margin, smooth below, 

 with the metapleurse coarsely punctured, the truncation at apex 

 smooth. Black, the pubescence black, the thorax above red, a narrow 

 margin anteriorly black ; abdomen with dense black pubescence, the 

 basal segment nearly bare, ciliated on its posterior margin with 

 yellow hairs, 2nd and 3rd segments with two oval spots covered 

 with snow-white pubescence. 



Hah. Poena ; Orissa. $ . Length 10 mm. 



12. Mutilla dimidiata, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 628, c?; Rad. &■ Sick. 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, vi, 1869, p. 285, c?. 



2 . Head about as wide as the thorax, striate in front, the striae 

 running into fine reticulations ; thorax punctured, coarsely so 

 posteriorly ; from above rectangular, the sides slightly emarginate ; 

 the abdomen pubescent, the base of the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments 

 finely punctured. Black, the thorax red, the femora of the legs 

 beneath rufescent ; abdomen with a round pubescent spot on each 

 side at base of the 2nd segment, a broad medially interrupted 

 fascia on the 3rd, a squarish spot on each side of the 4th, and a 

 fringe on each side of the 6th, of silvery hairs. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely pubescent, punctured 

 coarsely on the thorax, on the head the punctures are finer, 

 and on the abdomen more sparsely scattered ; the mesonotum 

 with four longitudinal carinae ; median segment reticulate under 

 the pubescence, somewhat truncate posteriorly, with a medial 

 irregularly V-shaped carina and a short outwardly divergent 

 carina on either side at base. Black, the pubescence silvery 

 white on the head and thorax, red on the red portions of the 

 abdomen ; the abdomen red, with the basal and apical segments 

 black ; wings dark fuscous, with a purple effulgence. 



Hah. Bengal; North- West Provinces; Bombay; Madras ; Burma ; 

 Tenasserira ; Ceylon ; extending to the east as far as Luzon and 

 Timor. 5 . Length 12-15 mm. d" . Length 18-20 ; exp. 38-43. 



13. Mutilla vicinissima, Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2") i, 1884 

 p. .'5(34,28, $. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured, the punctures very 

 coarse and deep on the head and thorax, more shallow on the 

 abdomen, on the thorax in certain lights they seem to run into 



