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Pleurae strongly punctured ; the apex of the propleurse 

 strongly crenulated; the base and apex of the mesopleurae 

 excavated, shining, impunctate, except on the lower part ; 

 the propleurse reticulated, except at the base. The base 

 of the abdomen excavated, projecting at the sides ; 

 the other segments punctured, but the punctation 

 becoming weaker towards the apex ; all the segments 

 fringed with long white hairs. The keel on the basal 

 ventral segment stout, a little curved, and a little 

 projecting at the apex ; the second segment has the 

 punctures large and deep ; the others have the base 

 impunctate ; the apex closely punctured, and with the 

 oblique lateral furrows distinct ; the apical half of the 

 hypopygium roundly depressed. Legs densely covered 

 with white hairs. The first transverse cubital nervure 

 curved and bent at the lower third ; the second sharply 

 elbowed a little above the middle ; both the recurrent 

 nervures are received shortly beyond the middle of the 

 cellule. 



MUTILLA RUFODORSATA, Sp. UOV. 



Nigra, dense argenteo-hirta ; mesonoto rufo ; abdomine 

 nigro-ccerideo ; alis fusco-violaceis. 6. Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. Agra (Rothney). 



Head narrower than the thorax, rugosely punctured, 

 densely covered with silvery hairs all over ; the mandibles 

 before the tips piceous. Antenna? entirely black ; the 

 basal two joints covered thickly with silvery hairs ; the 

 flagellum with an indistinct down. Thorax densely 

 covered with silvery hairs all over, black ; the mesonotum 

 and basal half of scutellum rufous. Pronotum and 

 mesonotum coarsely punctured, almost reticulated ; the 

 scutellum very coarsely irregularly reticulated; the apex of 

 the median segment has a sharp oblique slope ; coarsely 

 reticulated ; the base thickly covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence. The pleurae coarsely punctured, except the base 



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