NO. 1387. HYMEXOPTERA FROM THE PHILIPPINES— ASHMEAI). 155 



of femora are moi'e or less blackish or fuscous. Wings hyaline, but 

 with a narrow fuscous band across the basal vein and a l)road fuscous 

 band across from the apical half of the stigma and enclosing- the 

 stigmal vein. 



Type.~Q^. No. 8()0(>, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father AV. A. Stanton.) 



Family XLIL MUTILLID.E. 



Tribe II. MUTILLINI. 



Genus MUTILLA Linnaeus. 

 MUTILLA SEMPERI, new species. 



Male. — Length, 6 mm. Black, except the first and second seg'ments 

 of the abdomen, which are red, clothed with glittering- white hairs. 

 The pubescence is denser on the face and clypeus, pronotiim above, 

 mesopleura anteriorly and narrowly at the base of the metanotum. 



The head and thorax are distinctly punctured, the metathorax being 

 coarsely reticulated. The abdomen is punctate, but the punctures are 

 liner and less distinct on the apical three or four segments. Wings 

 hyaline, but broadly margined with fuscous at apex; the veins dark or 

 blackish. 



Type.—Q.Vit. No. 8(»01, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Dedicated to Mr. George Semper, the author of Die 

 Schmetterlinge der Philippinschen Inseln, published during the years 

 1886 to 1802. 



Family L^^ CERAPHRONID.l^]. 



Genus CERAPHRON Jurine. 

 CERAPHRON MANIL^E, new species. 



lemale. — Length, 1 to 1.2 mm. Black and shining, the head and 

 thorax jnicroscopicall}^ shagreened; the antenna^, except the last three 

 joints, which are black, and the legs are brownish yellow. The last 

 three joints of the llagellum are large and form a club, the lirst joint 

 of which is only a little longer than thick, the last being fusiform 

 and twice as long as the lirst, the funicle joints preceding the clul), 

 being small, transverse or submoniliform. 



Type.—{2,dX. No. 7911, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Described from 10 specimens, 9 females and 1 male, received 

 from Father Stanton. The single male has lost its head, but is easil}' 

 recognized by its smaller size and the different shaped abdomen. 



