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52. Mutilla nigfrigena, Andre, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1893, 



pp. 464, 471, $. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and somewhat coarsely 

 punctured, apical segment of the last longitudinally striate above ; 

 head orbicular, convex in front, wider than the thorax ; this latter 

 slightly convex above, rectangular, the sides parallel, its anterior 

 margin more arched than the posterior. Head and abdomen 

 black, the vertex and front of the head and the thorax red ; scape 

 of the antennfe and the legs reddish, the flagellum reddish (or 

 black) ; abdomf^n with black pubescence, a round spot at the base 

 and a semicircular spot and a fringe on the apical margin of the 

 2nd segment, of white pubescence ; a similar but ill-defined spot 

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

 and a few scattered white hairs on the sides of and beneath the 

 segments. 



Hah. Canara, Bombay Presidency. 2 . Length 3| to 5 mm. 



53. Mutilla reticulata, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 35, $ . 



$. Head and thorax very coarsely cribrate, sparsely covered 

 with erect hairs ; head slightly wider than the thorax ; the eyes 

 ovate and small ; thorax from above rectangular, anteriorly and 

 posteriorly nearly transverse, the sides excavated, the face of the 

 emarginate portions coarsely punctured : abdomen longitudinally 

 deeply striate, pubescent above. Head, legs, and abdomen black, 

 the basal two segments of the last with transverse bands on their 

 apical margins, and the 3rd segment with lengthened lateral spots 

 of silvery pubescence. 



Hah. India (Smith). 2 • Length 10 mm. 



54. Mutilla ocellata, Saiiss. Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1867, p. 356, pi. 8, 



fio-. 5, 2 ; Cam. Mem.. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 120. 



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

 the punctures finer on the abdomen than on the head and thorax; 

 head broad, globose ; eyes oval ; thorax from above rectangular, the 

 anterior and posterior margins nearly transverse, the lateral 

 margins towards the apex crenulate and slightly emarginate ; the 

 pleura) excavated ; pro- and mesopleurae smooth, metapleurfc 

 punctured ; abdomen short, pubescent. Head and abdomen black ; 

 thorax red : the vertex of the head between the eyes, also the 

 forehead, suffused with red ; legs black, the pubescence on them 

 whitish ; a small round median spot at the apex of the 1st, a larger 

 spot at the apex of the 2nd, and another of a size between the two 

 at the apex of the 3rd alxlominal segment, of snow-white pubescence, 

 the sides and apex of the abdomen with some white hairs. 

 Hah. Ceylon. 2 • Lem/th 8-12 mm. 



55. Mutilla maculo-fasciata, *S'««.s,v. Jli/m. Nor. Reise, p. 107, 2 • 



2 • Head barely as wide as the thorax, densely punctured, 



