MUTILLA. 190 



Div. II. Thorax ferruginous. (Sp. 28-33.) 



28. Mutilla rufitarsis. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Head, legs, and abdomen black, thorax 

 ferruginous ; an ovate macula of white pubescence at the base of 

 the abdomen, and a fascia towards its apex. The scape, first joint 

 of the flageUum, and base of the mandibles obscurely ferruginous. 

 Thorax oblong-quadrate, slightly widened posteriorly, and coarsely 

 rugose ; the tarsi obscurely ferruginous. Abdomen with an ovate 

 silvery-white pubescent macula at the base of the second segment, 

 a small one, which unites with a narrow white fascia on its apical 

 margin ; the third segment covered with white pubescence ; the 

 apical segment longitudinally striated, and fringed at the sides 

 with pale pubescence ; beneath, the segments arc fringed with 

 white pubescence. 



Hah. India. 



29. Mutilla argenteomaculata. 



Female. Length 5|-7| lines. — Black, with the thorax ferruginous 

 above ; the vertex of the head and the abdomen with fine silvery- 

 white pubescent ovate macula). On the cheeks and below the 

 antennae a little white pubescence ; the head narrower than the 

 thorax. The thorax oblong and narrow, coarsely rugose above, 

 and having a short, bright rufo-fulvous pubescence ; on each side, 

 before the middle, a stout angular tooth ; on the sides, beneath, and 

 on the legs a mixture of short silvery-white and long black pubes- 

 cence ; the anterior margin of the thorax more or less black. The 

 second segment of the abdomen with large, deep, coarse punctures ; 

 the first segment covered with fulvous pubescence ; the second 

 with an ovate silvery-white pubescent macula in the middle of its 

 apical margin, extending onto the base of the following segment ; 

 on the margin of the second segment is also a similar white spot 

 on each side of the central one ; the fifth segment has a smaller 

 central white spot ; all the maculae are thinly sprinkled with white 

 erect hairs, the rest of the abdomen with black ; beneath, the pu- 

 bescence is entirely white. 



Male. Adorned with silvcry-whito spots, but has the thorax black, 

 the second segment of the abdomen being more or less ferruginous; 

 the head and the metathorax and the first segment of the abdomen 

 with white pubescence ; an ovate spot at the middle of the apical 

 margin of the second, the third with a lateral spot, and a central 

 one on the fifth and sixth ; the wings fuscous, becoming si;bhyalino 

 towards their base ; the eyes ovate. 



Hah. Bombay Presidency. 



