MUTILLA. 15 



16. Mutilla subintrans, End. 8,- Sich. Ilor. Soc. Fnf. Ross. \\, 1869, 



p. 228, $ ; Magr. Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. (2") xii, 1892, p. 203. 



2 . Closely allied to and resembling M. inten-upia, Oliv., but 

 of stouter build and more coarsely punctured on the thorax ; head 

 wider than the thorax, collar transversely striate ; thorax from 

 above rectangular, the sides emarginate, vertically truncate pos- 

 teriorly, punctured, the punctures not running into striae ; abdomen 

 pubescent above, beneath the basal segment with a prominent 

 longitudinal carina, the apical margins of the segments coarsely 

 punctured. Coloration precisely similar to that of 3f. inter rupta. 

 Hah. Ceylon; Burma; Tenasserira. 5. LengtJi 12 mm. 



17. Mutilla COlabensis, Andre, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1893, 



pp. 466, 47.5, 2 . 



9 . Head and thorax somewhat coarsely punctured and covered 

 with erect hairs ; abdomen densely pubescent ; head from above 

 slightly rectangular, not strongly convex in front, broader than the 

 thorax, the latter from above rectangular, the sides pai-allel, the 

 angles somewhat rounded. Head and abdomen black ; the thorax 

 above red, below and the sides with a narrow margin all round 

 above black ; the pubescence on the abdomen jet-black ; a round spot 

 on the front of the head, an oval spot on each side close to the 

 base of the 2nd, and another on each side close to the base of the 

 3rd abdominal segment, covered with snow-white pubescence. 

 Hab. Colaba, Bombay. 2 • Length 6 mm. 



18. Mutilla ceylanensis. Had. Sf Sich. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, vi, 1869, 



p.247, §. 



5 . Head coarsely punctured, thorax striate-punctate, abdomen 

 pubescent ; eyes large, round ; thorax squarish with the angles 

 rounded ; abdomen subsessile. Head and abdomen black ; thorax 

 red ; abdomen with black pubescence, two round spots in the 

 middle of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments of white pubescence, 

 the sides of the segments and the apical segment ciliated with 

 "white hairs ; legs red, with scattered white hairs. 



Hah. Ceylon. $ . Length, 9 mm. 



Unknown to me, but from the description I should say very 

 close to M. sexmaculata, Swed., if not identical with it. 



19. Mutilla aulica*, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 37, $. 



2 . Head and thorax closely and coarsely, abdomen finely 



* The following species described by Olivier (Encycl. M^th. viii, p. 61, 2) 

 from '•■ Les Indes Orientales " has not, so far as I know, been procured of late 

 years by any collector : — 



" il/.Vw/o.srt. 2 • Hirta, nigra ; thorace postice, abdominis primo segmento 

 secundoque basi, nifo-aureo-pilosis, secundi apice, tertio, quarto, (|uintoque 

 nigris, albo-tripunctatis." — Rad. & Sich. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, vi, 186!), p. 259. 

 Radozkovsky and Sichel also regard M. hengcdensis, Lepel., as probably a variety 

 of the above. 



