,1896.] HYMBNOPTERA OF OBTtON. r427 



170. MuTiLLA SUBINTEANS, Eadoszkovsky. 



Mutilla suhintraiis, Eadoszk. & Sich. Hor. Soc. Enfc. Ross. 1867, 

 228, 62 ? ; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, v. 

 (1892), 122, 75. 



171. Mtjiilla soboe, Saussure. 



Mutilla soror, Sauss. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, 353, t. 8. f. 3 ; 

 Eadoszk. & Sich. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. 1867, 306, 3 $ ; Cam. Mem. 

 & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, v. (1892), 122, 76.' 



Habrouenne. 



I 172. Mutilla sibxlla, Smith. 



Mutilla Sibylla, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii. (1858), 80, 11 J ; 

 Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 1867, 22 ; Smith, Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. xi. (1867), 339, 47 ; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. 

 Soc. ser. 4, V. (1892) 122, 74, 



173. MuTiLi/A tapeoban;e, Cameron. 



Mutilla taprohanae, Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. 

 ser. 4, V. (1892), 122, 81, &. 125. 

 Trincomalee (FerSwry coW.). 



174. Mutilla tbebubyi, Cameron. 



Mutilla yerhuryi ', Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. 

 ser. 4, V. (1892), 123, 87, & 135. 

 Mahaagang {Yerhury coll.). 



Genus Methooa, Latreille. 



175. Methooa nigea, sp. DOT. (Plate XV. fig. 4.) • 



J . L. 8-11 millim. Exp. 17-20 millim. 



Black and shining ; the wings broad, hyaline and iridescent, with 

 ' the apical half faintly shaded with fuscous ; legs piceous, tarsi 

 •paler. 



Head about as broad as the thorax, closely and finely punctured ; 

 mandibles black ; clypeus much broader than high, its anterior 

 ' margin semicircular ; antennse opaque black, thick and somewhat 

 fusiform. Thorax : the pro- and mesonotum above finely and 

 closely punctured, the metanotum smooth, posteriorly truncated, 

 with three longitudinal short' carinse running from its base to the 

 edge of the truncation, from whence the lateral carinse are con- 

 tinued obliquely outwards to the sides of the metathorax ; the wings 

 ■ hyaline, iridescent in certain lights, faintly shaded with light fuscous 

 especially on the anterior wing beyond the basal nervure ; legs 

 •■ piceous, the tarsi paler, the anterior tibise and tarsi below testaceous. 

 Abdomen shining, rather sparsely punctured above, and slightly 



' Either by ft slip of the pen or through a printer's error, Ool. Terbury's 

 name is spelt " Yerburgh," all through Mr. Cameron'B paper, consequently this 

 speeieg stands as " Yerhirghi " instead of " Yerburyi " in the paj)er. t have 

 , restored the true spelling.' ■ ■ . - - . . i 



