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MUTILLA. KALLALA, n. Sp. 



$ Head, thorax, including tegulee, and first two abdominal segments 

 somewhat coarsely, remaining abdominal segments finely, punctured ; 

 head narrower than thorax, the portion near the ocelli somewhat 

 raised, eyes small, and not emarginate ; median segment rather short, 

 rounded ; first abdominal segment long and sub-petiolate. Head, 

 scape of antennse, thorax, legs, basal portion of first, and the whole of 

 abdominal segments 5-6 black ; apical portion of first, and the whole of 

 second (sometimes also of third and fourth) abdominal segments more or 

 less orange red ; flagellum of antennse black variegated with red, above, 

 red below ; the head, thorax, legs, abdomen, and scape of the antennse 

 covered with a somewhat sparse greyish pubescence. Wings hyaline 

 at base, apical portions fuscous; the radial, cubital, and second dis- 

 coidal cells more or less hyaline ; tegulae black, nervures dark testaceous. 



Length 12 mm. exp. 20 mm. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



Near M. argenteomaculata, in A. a. P. of Bingham's Key. 



MUTILLA EKKA, U. Sp. 



9 Head and thorax somewhat finely, abdomen very finely, punc- 

 tured ; head rather wider than basal portion of thorax, the latter 

 widening posteriorly ; first abdominal segment very short. Black, the 

 thorax and abdomen, especially the latter, with a dark reddish tinge, 

 the whole covered with a sparse greyish pubescence ; second abdominal 

 segment with two lateral ovate spots of cream-coloured pubescence, 

 the spots diverging apically ; third segment with two smaller spots 

 of snow-white pubescence, converging apically. 



Length 7 mm. 



Habitat : Deesa. 



In group 0. of Bingham's Key, forming a new section. 

 MUTILLA chota, n. sp. 



9 Head and thorax closely and regularly, abdomen much more 

 finely, punctured ; head very large, rounded above, half as wide again 

 as thorax ; thorax rounded posteriorly, with a medial carina along 

 apical portion. Black, thorax bright red ; mandibles, scape of antennse 

 and front darker red ; pubescence sparse, greyish ; two lateral spots, 

 converging apically, of somewhat sparse greyish pubescence or pile or 

 apical portion of second abdominal segment. 



