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89. Mutilla metallica, Ca?«. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc (4) v, 1892, 



pp. 120, 128. 



2 . Closely allied to M. regia, Smith ; differs in the head and 

 thorax being somewhat more coarsely punctured, the protiotuin 

 anteriorly and the median segment posteriorly more rounded, and 

 the basal segment of the abdomen narrowed at base almost iuto 

 a short petiole. Head and thorax of a darker red than in M. rer/ia, 

 the head above and in front with glistening golden pubescence ; 

 abdomen deep caernlean blue, a spot at the base of the 2nd 

 segment, two spots in the middle at its margin, and two smaller 

 spots laterally at the base of the 4th segment, of white pubes- 

 cence. 



Hab. Trineomali, Ceylon. 5 . Length 8 mm. 



90. Mutilla perelegans, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli (1897). 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen rugosely punctured, the j)unctures 

 large, deep, oblong, and almost confluent in places on the head, 

 Ihorax, and sides of the 2nd abdominal segment; the head and 

 thorax with a thin covering of erect stiff hairs ; the sides of the 

 thorax excavated above the intermediate and above and a little 

 behind the anterior coxae, with a strong keel between the excavated 

 porrions, these latter smooth. Head and thorax red, the erect 

 stiff hairs black, the pubescence beneath and on the legs glittering 

 golden yellow ; abdomen black, with black pubescence, a median 

 circular spot of ferruginous pubescence close to the base of the 

 2nd segment above, and a lateral oblong spot of golden pubescence 

 at its posterior margin, 3rd segment above entirely covered with 

 golden pubescence. 



J . Similar, but with the median segment posteriorly emar- 

 ginate, the sides prolonged backwards into conical well-marked 

 tubercles ; the 2nd abdominal segment wants the spot of ferruginous 

 pubescence at base, but has the lateral marginal spots nearly meeting 

 in the centre above, and the 4th as well as the 3rd segment is 

 clothed with golden pubescence ; ^-ing dark fuscous, hyaline at 

 base. 



Bab. AVestern and Southern India ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 

 12 mm. (5 . Length 17; e.rj). 27 mm. Type in coll. Eothnev. 



91. Mutilla pulchriiia. Smith, Cat. iii, p. 34, $. 



$ . Head and thorax coarsely cribrate, with a few scattered 

 hairs ; eyes small, nearly round ; thorax rectangular, more rounded 

 in front than posteriorly, the sides slightly excavate, with two 

 blunt projections along the upper margin, from each of which an 

 oblique carina crosses the pleura? ; abdomen coarsely punctured ; 

 the 1st, 2nd, oth, and following segments with sparse, and the 3rd 

 and 4th with dense pubescence; the 1st ventral segment strongly 

 carinated down the middle. Head, thorax, and legs dark purplish 

 red ; abdomen black, Avith black pubescence, the pubescence on the 

 3rd and 4th segments rich golden yellow. 



