NEW HYMENOPTERA FROM CEYLON. 147 
Ferruginous ; the abdomen black ; the pubescence sparse and. 
whitish ; calcaria whitish. 
Length, 4 mm. 
Hab.__Hambantota, Ceylon (Fletcher); January. 
Mutilla fumigata, sp. nov. 
o. Ferruginea, abdomine nigro, segmento quinto in medio 
albopiloso. 
Head finely punctured-rugose, a little broader than the thorax, 
the eyes separated from the posterior margin of the head by a 
distance equal to about half their breadth ; antennal tubercles 
rather large, smooth, and shining, scape shining, finely and sparsely 
punctured, flagellum rather thick, the third joint as long as the 
second. Thorax coarsely rugose longitudinally, about twice as 
long as broad, the sides almost parallel, very slightly emarginate 
in the middle, obliquely sloped posteriorly, a low transverse carina 
a little before the apex. Pleura concave, shining, the metapleure 
finely punctured. Abdomen closely punctured, the second dorsal 
segment longitudinally rugose; pygidial area not very clearly 
defined, much longer than broad, shining, very finely and. closely 
punctured. Ventral segments finely punctured, the second very 
coarsely and closely punctured. Ferruginous, the apical half of the 
flagellum more or less fuscous ; the apex of the mandibles and the 
whole of the abdomen black; a spot of white pubescence on the 
fifth dorsal segment. 
Length, 6 mm. 
Hab.—Hambantota, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; November. 
Mutilla fletchert, sp. nov. 
°. Ferruginea, rugose punctata, abdomine nigro, segmento 
secundo basi macula magna aurea, apice aurea late fasciata. 
Head and thorax coarsely rugose-punctate, more coarsely on the 
thorax than on the head, pro- and meso-pleure rather indistinctly , 
metapleuree more distinctly punctured. Abdomen finely and 
closely punctured, the second dorsal segment coarsely longitudinally 
rugose. Pygidial area small, elongate, nearly twice as long as 
broad, shining, very minutely punctured at the base. Head no 
broader than the thorax, rounded behind the eyes, which are situated 
much nearer to the posterior margin of the head than to the base of 
the mandibles; the tubercles at the base of the antenne rather 
large, scape shining, the second joint of the flagellum longer than 
the third. Thorax nearly twice as long as broad, slightly rounded 
anteriorly ; the sides almost parallel, very feebly emarginate before 
the middle; the pleura slightly concave. The carina on the first 
ventral segment of the abdomen is rounded at the apex. 
Ferruginous ; the abdomen black ; the flagellum (except the basal 
joint) fuscous ; a large spot of golden pubescence at the base of the 
