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nervure is sharply elbowed above the middle ; the third transverse 

 cubital is distinct throughout, but thinner than the others. Legs black, 

 thickly covered with white hair • the calcaria white. Abdomen black ; 

 the four basal segments banded with long white hair, the others with 

 long black hair ; the petiole and the second segment are closely and 

 strongly punctured ; the ventral keel on the petiole is narrow and 

 straight, not projecting much. The last segment is closely and strongly 

 punctured, except in the middle at the apex ; below it is punctured 

 strongly and closely ; it has no keels, and bears near the base a trans- 

 verse smooth furrow. 



This species is allied to M. antennata, Smith, which I only know from 

 the descriptions of Smith and Bingham ; the description given by both 

 authors of the meta-thorax does not fit our species at all ; it is said to 

 be covered with large shallow punctures and having a smooth channel 

 down the centre, which has on each side an elevated keel ; " the palpi 

 are ferruginous, the antennae fusco-ferruginous," &g. 



MuTiLLA EEGiA, Smith. (P. kfig. 8 9. 9-9 «<^.) 



Captain Nurse has reared from adjacent cells in a nest of Eumenes 

 escuriens a $ Mutilla regia^ Smith, and a $ Mutilla which is, doubtless, 

 the other sex. As I cannot make out that this $ has been described 

 under any name, I give a description of it. This is the first time the 

 history of any Indian species oi Mutillahss been recorded. Black ^ the 

 abdomen ferruginous, the basal and apical segments black. Head thickly 

 covered with silvery hair ; the antennal tubercles rufous ; the antennal 

 keel sharply projecting. Clypeus covered with long white hair ; its apex 

 smooth, rounded. Mandibles broadly rufous before the apex. Palpi 

 black. Pro- and meso-notum closely and coarsely punctured ; the pro- 

 notum with a broad band of depressed silvery pubescence : the meso- 

 notal furrows are distinct. Scutellum roundly convex, distinctly raised 

 over the meso-notum; rugosely punctured; there is a short, deep, almost 

 smooth, furrow in the middle behind. Median segment closely and re- 

 gularly reticulated ; the base is covered with depressed white pubes- 

 cence ; the central area is widely expanded at the base ; its apex is not 

 much wider than the other reticulations. The base of the meso-pleurse 

 is rugosely punctured ; the rest smooth, except for some striations in the 

 middle. Meso-pleurse coarsely, rugosely punctured. The upper part of 

 the meta-pleurse is irregularly reticulated ; the lower bears deep round 

 punctures. Legs covered with long white hair ; the spurs white ; the 



