38 HYMENOPTERA. 
silvery-white pubescence; the calcaria white. Abdomen black, 
the extreme base and apex ferruginous; the second segment 
having at the base a central ovate spot of golden pubescence, its 
apical margin fringed with silvery hairs, also a small spot of the 
same colour in the middle of the following segments; beneath, 
the margins of the segments fringed with silvery hairs. 
Hab. Northern India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 
192. MuTILLA REGIA. } B.M. 
Female. Length 4 lines.—Head, antenne, thorax and legs 
ferruginous ; the mesothorax having at its anterior margin a 
transverse quadrate spot of bright silvery pubescence. Abdomen 
bright purple, the base and apex having a slight tinge of green; 
the second segment has a narrow oblong spot at its base, i the 
middle, and a larger ovate one at its apical margin, of bright 
silvery-white pubescence. 
Hab. Northern India. 
193. MuTILLA UNIFASCIATA. B.M. 
Male. Length 7 lines.—Black, the head small, narrower than 
the thorax, eyes emarginate ; the head, prothorax, metathorax 
and legs thinly clothed with cinereous pubescence; wings fuscous, 
subhyaline at their extreme base. Abdomen: the two basal seg- 
ments red; the third densely clothed with very short silvery- 
white pubescence, the apical segments frmged with black. 
Hab. Northern India. 
194. MuriLua CHINENSIS. B.M. 
Female. Length 5 lines.—Head and abdomen black, thorax 
pale ferruginous ; ; the scape, basal joint of the flagellum, palpi 
and mandibles pale ferruginous, the latter black at their tips; 
thorax oblong, the sides nearly parallel, longitudinally rugose ; 
the legs pale ferruginous, thinly clothed with fulvous pubescence. 
Abdomen: the apical margin of the basal segment has a thin 
fringe, the second segment a central spot, and also a fascia on its 
apical margin, and the third segment has also a broad fascia, of 
bright gold-coloured pubescence; beneath, the margins of the 
segments fringed with bright golden hairs. 
Hab. North China. 
195. MuTILLA DESPONSA. 
Male. Length 5 lines.—Head and abdomen black, thorax 
ferruginous ; eyes ovate, the head and scape of the antenne 
