14 MUTILLID^. 



reticulations ; head orbicular, slightly wider than the thorax, the 

 eyes subspheroidal, small ; thorax from above broadly rectangular, 

 the anterior and posterior margins rounded ; the apex steeply 

 sloped. Head and abdomen black; thorax dark red; the apical 

 ioiut of the flagellnm of the antennse testaceous ; the whole head, 

 thorax, and abdomen covered with short erect black hairs, the 

 abdomen also ^^■ith recumbent stiff black pubescence ; a round spot 

 on each side of the 2nd segment above, a broad elongate spot on 

 each side on the apical margin of the 3rd, with some indistinct 

 smaller markings on the sides of the other segments covered with 

 white pubescence. 



Hah. Miuhla, Upper Burma. 5 . Lerujtli 9 mm. 



14. Mutilla ruficrus, Rad. MS., Magr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2») xii, 



1892, p. 205. 



2 . Yerv closely resembling M. suhintrcms, Ead. ; differs in 

 being smaller, the head and thorax being more lightly punctured, 

 the abdomen less pubescent, and the ventral carina on it less 

 distinct. 



Hab. Bbamo, Upper Burma ; Karen Hills. $ . Length 5-7 mm. 



15. Mutilla interrupta, OUv. Encycl. Mith. viii, p. 62. 

 Mutilla repraesentans, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 35, $ . 



2 . Head not so wide as the thorax, closely and not very 

 coarsely punctured, the scape of the antennse and the clypeus 

 pubescent, eyes ovate ; thorax rectangular, coarsely punctured, 

 the sides excavate and smooth, posteriorly vertically truncate, the 

 punctures on the posterior face running into vertical strise ; abdo- 

 men pubescent above, beneath smooth with the margins of the 

 segments finely punctured. Black, the base and apes of the 

 antennse, the base of the mandibles, and the thorax red ; legs and 

 abdomen beneath rufo-fuscous ; two round spots on the 2nd 

 abdominal segment above, and lateral oblong spots on the 3rd and 

 4th segments covered with silky silvery pile, the apical segment 

 fringed laterally with silvery hairs. 



(S . Head and thorax coarsely punctured and sparsely pubescent, 

 the clypeus and cheeks more densely so ; mesonotum with three 

 parallel longitudinal carinse ; the median segment long, narrowed 

 posteriorly and coarsely reticulate, from the base three central 

 parallel longitudinal carinse run to half the length of the segment, 

 the two outer ones meeting in a rounded loop beyond the apex 

 of the central carina ; abdomen smooth and shining, subpetiolate. 

 Black, the pubescence on the head and thorax silvery, the basal 

 four segments of the abdomen red ; wings clear hyaline at base, 

 lifht fuscous, with a purplish effiTlgence beyond the basal nervure 

 of the fore wing and beyond the anal cell in the hind wing. 



Hab. North-West Provinces ; Bengal ; Madras ; Burma ; Tenas- 

 serim, extending to China. $. Length 10-11 mm. cS . Length 

 15-17 ; exp. 28-33 mm. 



