22 mutillidjE. 



head finely and closely, thorax less finely punctured ; eyes nearly 

 round ; thorax squarish in front, posteriorly rounded, with a steep 

 slope; 1st ventral segment strongly longitudinally carinate. 

 Black, the antennae, legs, and base ot" the 1st abdominal segment 

 rufescent ; the thorax red ; a round spot in the middle above on 

 the 2nd abdominal segment, a transverse baud, widest in the 

 middle on its posterior margin, and the 3rd segment above covered 

 with silvery white pubescence. 



Hah. Penang ; Bhamo, Upper Burma ; Eangoon district, 

 Lower Burma. 5 . Length 7-8 mm. 



36. Mutilla trimaculata, Cam. Mem. Manch. L.Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 

 pp. 122, 12G. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely punctured 

 and pubescent, the pubescence consisting of thin rather longisli 

 erect hairs ; the thorax from above long, oval, with the ends 

 anteriorly and posteriorly broad, widely rounded ; beneath, the sides 

 are excavated and smooth. Black, the thorax and legs dark red ; 

 the apex of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th segments of the abdomen above 

 w'lVn a spot of glistening white pubescence. 



Hah. Poona, Western India. $ . Length 5 mm. Type in coll. 

 Eothnev. 



37. Mutilla argenteomaculata. Smith, New »S/x Hym. B. 3/. p. 399, 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen coarsely cri- 

 brate, with erect sparsely set hairs; head orbicular, 

 not so M'ide as the thorax : thorax convex, elongate, 

 oval, with the top and bottom of the oval truncate, 

 transverse, and with an acute tubercle on each 

 side at middle ; 1st abdominal segment short, 

 subpetiolate, and narrowed, much depressed be- 

 neath the level of the base of the 2nd segment, 

 -p. o which is nearly vertical. Head and abdomen 



Mutilla arqenteo- black, thorax above and 1st abdominal segment 

 raacidata, $. \. red, sides of the thorax rufo-fuscoiis, sometimes 

 red ; the pubescence black ; the sides of the 

 thorax with a little golden pubescence ; legs black ; a large round 

 macula on the head, three medial spots down the abdomen above 

 (one at the base and one at the apex of the 2nd segment, and one 

 at the apex of the 5th segment), and a spot on each side close to 

 the posterior margin of the 2nd segment covered with silvery 

 white pubescence. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the 2nd abdominal 

 segment more or less ferruginous : the head, the median segment, 

 and the basal abdominal segment with white pubescence ; an 

 ovate spot in the middle of the apical margin of the 2nd segment, 



