24 MUTILLIDJE. 



40. Mutilla nobilis, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 03, J ; Ca7n. Mem. Manch. 



L. I'h. Sac. (4) \, 1892, p. 120. 



$ . Head and thorax coarsely punctured ; abdomen densely 

 pubescent ; head elongate, half as long again as broad ; eyes very 

 small, ovate; thorax trom above 8omev\hat irregularly rectangular, 

 narrowed posteriorly, with an inconspicuous acute tubercle on 

 each side before the middle ; abdomen very massive, much longer 

 than the head and thorax united. Head and thorax red ; antennsB 

 and legs rufo-fuscuus, the tibiae and tarsi with dense golden 

 pubescence ; abdomen black, Mith black pubescence, three large 

 contiguous spots at the base of the 2iid segment, and the ^rd and 

 4th segments above clothed with bright golden pubescence, the 

 middle spot on the 2nd segment slightly further back than the 

 other two, the bajid on the 3rd and 4th narrowly interrupted in 

 the middle. 



(5 . Similar, the scape and basal two joints of the flagellum of 

 the antennae, and the legs pale reddish yellow, the median segment 

 black, steeply sloped, nearly vertical posteriorly ; abdomen sub- 

 petiolate, the 1st segment and the apical margins of the 2nd, 3rd, 

 and 4th broadly covered with golden pubescence ; wings fuscous, 

 subhyaline at base. 



Uab. Madras, Shevaroy Hills. § . Length 16 mm. cJ ■ Length 

 15-20 ; exp. 30-33 mm. ' 



41. Mutilla laminella, Mm/r. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2-^) xii, 1892, 



p.215, $. 



$ . Head minutely but deeply, thorax more coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures oblong, posteriorly merging into wide reticulation, 

 the apex of the thorax abruptly tiiiucate; the plate of the 

 scutellum narrow, but very prominent ; the pleurae shining ; the 

 ventral carina distinct, its margin roundly ialcate. Black ; the 

 mandibles (except at apex), the base and apex of the scape of 

 the antenna!, and the thorax rufo-ferruginous ; the apical margins 

 of the 2ud, 3rd, and anal abdominal segments and the tarsi 

 variegated \\'\\\\ rufo-testaceous ; the whole head and thorax with 

 sparse cinereous, and the abdomen \Aitli dense black pubescence; 

 an obsolete spot on the 1st segment above, a fascia on its apical 

 margin, and a subtriangular patch on the middle above of the 3rd 

 segment, of silky yellow pile. 



Hah. Mandalay, Upper Burma. § . Length 5 mm. 



42. Mutilla Cassiope, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. 1858, p. 86, $ ; Maffr. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2"; xii, 1892, p. 219. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen thinly pubescent ; the head, 

 thoi-ax, basal two abdominal segments, the base of the 4th and 5th, 

 and the whole of the apical segment closely punctured above, the 

 head and thorax having a granular appearance ; the base and apex 

 of the 2nd segment very narrowly, and the apical margins of the 



