Indian Aculeale Iltjincnopfera. 399 



base, becoming somewliat darker at apex ; nervures dark 

 testaceous, tegulas black or reddish black. 



Long. (3-9 milliin. 



Hab. Deesa. 



I took a specimen of the above tn coitu with a female 

 which I think is without doubt Smith's M. optimaj and I 

 subsequently obtained a long series of both sexes. They 

 vary a good deal in size^ especially the female. 



Mutilla v^alinha, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax closely but not very deeply punc- 

 tured, abdomen with fine and somewhat sparse punctures ; 

 liead as wide as thorax, when viewed from above almost 

 round, the eyes small; thorax subquadrate, roundly truncate 

 at base, rounded at apex ; abdomen pseudosessile, shorter 

 than head and thorax united. Head, autennaj, thorax, legs 

 and apical two or three abdominal segments light red ; abdo- 

 men immaculate, basal three or four segments very dark 

 brown, almost black, their apical margins red ; pubescence 

 greyisli wliite^ sparse but long, especially on the abdomen. 



Long. 4 mi Him. 



Hah. Deesa; a single specimen. 



Tliis species, having the abdomen immaculate, comes into 

 Bingham's key on p. 8, near to M. pulchriria. It is, however, 

 only about a quarter the length of that species. 



Mutilla qfflcia, sp. n. 



($ . Head somewhat sparsely, pronotum and mesonotum 

 more closely and deeply punctured, median segment coarsely 

 reticulate; abdomen somewhat sparsely and shallowly punc- 

 tured ; antennae as long as the head and thorax united, 

 the third joint of the flagellum slightly longer than the 

 fourth ; the portion of the vertex between the ocelli much 

 raised, eyes emarginate, head sliglitly narrower than thorax; 

 pronotum truncate anteriorly, gradually widening towards 

 tegulse; mesonotum with two parallel longitudinal furrows ; 

 scutellum with a slight median furrow, median segment 

 convex, roundly truncate posteriorly, first abdominal seg- 

 ment with a ventral tubercle. Head, thorax, and basal and 

 apical abdominal segments black, with sparse grey pu- 

 bescence intermixed with some black hairs; remainder of 

 abdomen light red and shining, with golden pubescence ; 

 legs with grey pubescence, calcaria white. Wings light fusco- 

 hyaline, paler, almost hyaline at base ; three cubital cells, 

 not extending beyond the apex of the radial cell, which is 



