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The precise generic position of this species must stand 

 over for further study in connection with its unknown 2 . 

 It is very closely related to the Photopsis section of the 

 American genus Sphcerophthalma. In general form and 

 appearance it is very like Mutilla obliterata Sm., which 

 is, however, abundantly distinct otherwise. It differs 

 from Mutilla proper in the eyes being entire in the 6. 



Mutilla apicipennis, sp. nov. 



Thorace capiteque ferrugineis ; abdomine nigro, bast ferru- 

 gineo ; pedibus pallide testaceis ; alis hyalinis, apice fumatis. 

 6 . Long. 10 mm. 



Hab. Trincomali (Yerbury). 



Head as wide as the thorax, shining, glabrous ; the 

 mandibles with long fulvous hairs ; their teeth deep black; 

 a slight depression on the front above the antennae ; the 

 eyes and ocelli large ; the head behind the eyes not half 

 their length. Antennae thick, uniformly fulvous, covered 

 with a close white pubescence. Thorax uniformly fulvous, 

 shining ; the mesonotum obscurely punctured ; the 

 scutellum rugosely punctured ; the median segment with 

 a gradually rounded slope ; reticulated uniformly, sparsely 

 covered with long white hairs. Pro- and meso-pleurae 

 rugosely punctured ; the edges of the former crenulated ; 

 the metapleurae reticulated. Legs pale testaceous, covered 

 with long pale hairs ; the hinder femora broadly infuscated 

 towards the apex. Petiole elongated, gradually dilated, 

 and strongly punctured, especially towards the apex ; 

 where there is a black band ; beneath it is hollow, shining, 

 the edges rough, the other segments shining, their apices 

 obscure testaceous ; covered with long pale hairs. The 

 wings, which do not reach to the apex of the abdomen, 

 are milk-white. The nervures pale testaceous. The apex 

 from the third transverse cubital nervure smoky ; the two 

 basal transverse cubital nervures curved ; the third sharply 



