1908.] Records of the Indian Museum. 351 



markings on the abdomen are as follows : Above : a spot in the mid- 

 dle of the basal segment, three round spots in a transverse row close 

 to but not actually on the base of the second, a medially interrup- 

 ted broad band on the third, and a lateral spot on the fourth seg- 

 ment ; beneath : the second, third and fourth segments fringed 

 with stiff yellow hairs, anal segment similarly fringed on the sides 

 and below. Head rounded, narrower than the thorax, coarsely 

 and deeply punctured; clypeus very short, anteriorly crenulate; 

 antennae robust, the second joint of the flagellum slightly longer than 

 the third or fourth; eyes oval, prominent ; occiput slightly arched. 

 Thorax subrectangular^ convex^ strongly tuberculate at the sides, 

 above very coarsely and deeply punctured, the intervals between 

 the punctures running into longitudinal coarse striae ; seen from 

 above slightly narrower posteriorly than anteriorly, its posterior 

 face vertical, distinctly concave. Abdomen massive, oval, longer 

 than the head and thorax united ; pygidial area convex, very deli- 

 cately transversely striate; ventral carina on the basal segment 

 short, deep, wedge-shaped, entire. 



Length. — $ , 13 mm. 



Hah. — Oncha near Naini Tal, United Provinces. 



A very distinct form not closely resembling any Indian form 

 known to me. In size and general shape not unlike M. pulchrina, 

 Smith, but abundantly different in sculpture and markings. Like 

 Smith's species, the pygidial area is convex and finely transversely 

 striate, and the ventral carina wedge-shaped, short and deep. 



Mutilla indiga, form nov. 



cf . Head, postscutellum, median segment, legs and abdomen 

 black ; pro- and mesonotum and scutellum red ; sides of the thorax 

 and pectus black ; antennae dull golden brown, tips of the man- 

 dibles and the antennal tubercles red ; pubescence silvery white, 

 dense, and long on the lace and front of the head and on the legs, 

 shorter on the thorax and at base of and beneath the abdomen ; on 

 the last it forms distinct fringes along the apical margins of segments 

 I to 3. Head orbicular, very slightly narrower than the thorax ; 

 pronotum long, posterior margin deeply arched; mesonotum convex, 

 parapsidal furrows deep and well marked; scutellum and post- 

 scutellum short and laterally compressed ; median segment long, 

 strongly convex and gradually sloped posteriorly ; abdomen sub- 

 petiolate, broad at base of second segment, gradually but quickly 

 narrowed to the apex. Head, thorax and abdomen shining ; head 

 and thorax anteriorly finely and somewhat sparsely punctured ; 

 median segment more closely punctured with wide shallow reti- 

 culations ; abdomen finely, somewhat closely and regularly, punc- 

 tured. Wings fusco-hyaline ; tegulae large, black and shining ; veins 

 brown. .. ii . 



Length. — cf , 8 ; exp. 16 mm. ^ ■•■•.-• . 



Hab. — Jhansi, N.-W. India. . " - ' 



