MUTILLA. 25 



4th andoth smooth aud shining; the punctures on the 2nd segment 

 running into longitudinal striae ; head broad and square : eyes 

 ovate ; thorax in front squarish, posteriorly constricted towards the 

 apex. Black, the scape and basal joint of the Hagellura of the 

 antennae, the thorax, and the coxae and femora of all the legs red ; 

 the 3rd abdominal segment covered with a dense silvery pile above. 

 Uah. Borneo {Smith) ; Moolayit. Tenasserim {L. Fca). $ . 

 Length 5-7 mm. 



43. Mutilla sex-maculata, Sxved. [nee Smith) Nouv. Act. Holm, viii, 



1787, p. :2tiG ; Had. v.y Sich. Hoi: See. Ent. Ross, vi, 1869, p. 24(3. 



2 . Head and thorax closely punctured, with a thin scattered 

 pubescence; abdomen densely pubescent ; bead orbicular; thorax 

 truncate in front and posteriorly, from above irregulai'ly rect- 

 angular, slightly broader posteriorly than in front, slightly con- 

 stricted in the middle ; abdomen massive, long, much longer than 

 the head and thorax united. Black, the thorax above red ; two 

 oblong spots close to the base of the 1st abdominal segment, two 

 others on its apical margin, aud two on the 3rd segment, of snow- 

 white pubescence. 



Hah. Punjab; Allahabad; Barrackpore; Bombay. §. Length 

 11-17 mm. 



44. Mutilla agnata, Andre, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sac. viii, 1893, pp. 466, 



479,$. 



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

 pubescent, the thorax nearly bare, with sparse erect fine hairs ; 

 head very orbicular, strongly convex in front, narrower than the 

 thorax ; eyes very large, subovate ; thorax from above elongate, 

 rectangular, the lateral margins slightly waved anteriorly, widely 

 arched posteriorly, truncate, the truncation punctured ; 1st ab- 

 dominal segment very short, its posterior margin above depressed 

 well beneath the base of the ^nd segment. Head black, covered 

 with a rather thin short golden pubescence, the scape and basal 

 two joints o£ the anteunai aud the legs ferruginous ; the apical 

 portion of the flagellum brown ; thorax red ; abdomen black, the 

 basal half and the narrow apical margin of the 2nd, and the 

 whole of the rest of the segments above, covered with ferruginous 

 golden pubescence, the anterior border of the golden pubescence 

 on the 2ud segment medially emarginate. 



Hab. Canara, Bombay Presidency. $ . Length 7-12 mm. 



*45. Mutilla insularis, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 

 pp. 119, 133. 



" 2 • The antennae and head black ; thorax ferruginous ; abdo- 

 men black, with two large oval united fasciae on the second 

 segment ; the thii-d segment and the apex of the fourth golden 

 fulvous ; legs black, the femora for the greater part ferruginous. 



