36 MUTILLID.^. 



(4ongat-e, rounded anteriorly, constricted posteriorly, cariying a 

 little before the middle on each side a pointed tubercle ; 1st 

 abdominal scornient ])etiolate, swollen posteriorly. Head and thorax 

 dark red ; abdomen black, sparsely pubescent ; antennae black ; legs 

 black, ciliated witb golden yellow hairs ; the 2ud and 3rd ab- 

 dominal segments with transverse bands of golden pubescence. 

 Hah. Trincomali, Ceylon. $, Length \^-^b mm. 



74. Mlltilla trichocondyla, Andre, Jour. Bomh. N. H. Sac. viii, 189.3, 



pp. 468, 483, $ . 



5 . Head, thorax, and the 2nd abdominal segment coarsely 

 reticulate ; head and thorax sparsely pubescent with stiff hairs, 

 abdomen densely pubescent ; head square, very nearly as broad as 

 the thorax, the occ-iput transverse ; thorax t'rom above broader 

 anteriorly than [)osteriorly, with two blunt triangular teeth on 

 each side, the hinder the smaller, the posterior margin roundly 

 truncate ; the base of the 2nd abdominal segment bare and smooth. 

 Black, the head and thorax dark red, the latter with the sides and 

 apex narrowly edged with black, the scape of the antennre and the 

 legs brownish red, the flagellum ferruginous ; the posterior margin 

 of the 2nd, the whole of the 3rd, and the sides of the 2nd-5th 

 abdominal segments covered with golden yellow pubescence, the 

 band on the 2nd segment slightly interrupted in the middle. 



Hah. Canara, Bombay Presidency. $ . Lenrjili 13 mm. 



75. Mlltilla bicincta, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. So-'j, pi. 8, 



iig. 4 ; Had. i^ Sich. Hot: Soc. Ent. Ross, vi, 1869, p. 306. 



5 . Head and thorax somewhat finely punctured, abdomen 

 pubescent ; head as wide as the thorax, orbicular ; thorax from 

 above broadly rectangular, with a slight constriction in the middle ; 

 abdomen subsessile. Head and thorax red ; abdomen black, the 

 posterior margins of the 2nd and 3rd segments with transverse 

 bands of golden pubescence ; the ventral carina on the 1st segment 

 emarginate and studded with golden hairs ; legs for the greater 

 part red, with golden pubescence. 



Hah. Ceylon. $ . Length 13 mm. 



76. Mutilla kauarae, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, 

 pp. 119, 134. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen coarsely punctured, the head 

 and abdomen pubescent, the punctures on the thorax running into 

 longitudinal strioe, the pronotum anteriorly widely arched or sub- 

 angular, the median segment posteriorly truncate, the truncation 

 slightly convex, the sides of the thorax deeply emarginate, smooth ; 

 abdomen broad, not longer than the head and thorax united. Head, 

 thorax, and legs red, abdomen black ; the head and a broad trans- 

 verse band on the posterior margins of the 2nd and 3rd abdominal 

 segments covered with dense ferruginous golden pubescence ; the 



