74 Cameron, Hymcnoptcra Ovicntalia. 



rounded at the top ; the apex semi-oblique ; abdomen 

 shining, closely and minutely punctured ; sparsely covered 

 with long pale hairs; the base of the first to third segments 

 in the middle bearing long pale golden hairs ; the hypo- 

 pygium covered with long pale golden hairs and closely 

 punctured ; the ventral segments black, sparsely covered 

 with long white hair ; the second segment bearing large, 

 widely separated punctures ; the other segments more 

 closely and finely punctured at the apex. Legs covered 

 with long stiff whitish hairs ; the anterior tibiae and femora 

 slightly infuscated. 



MUTILLA ARIEL, Sp. 1WV. 



Ferruginea; abdominc cceruleo, argenteo-maculato ; antennis 

 pedibusquc nigris; basi antennarwn ferrugineo. 2. Long. 

 ii mm. 



Antennae black, sparsely pilose ; the basal two joints 

 and the greater part of the third rufous. Head ferru- 

 ginous ; above the antennae blackish : coarsely punctured ; 

 sparsely covered with long fuscous hairs. Thorax ferru- 

 ginous, not half the length of the abdomen, the sides 

 rounded at base and apex ; the latter with an oblique 

 slope, broadly rounded at the top ; above coarsely 

 punctured, sparsely covered with long blackish hairs, 

 which become silvery white on the median segment, 

 there is a large pale golden spot on the base of the 

 mesonotum; the sides are slightly and gradually narrowed 

 from the base of the mesothorax to the apex. The meso- 

 pleurae a little hollowed in the centre, infuscated ; the 

 lower part densely covered with pale golden hair ; the 

 pro- and meta-pleurae coarsely punctured. The abdomen 

 is metallic blue, shining, sparsely covered with long black 

 hairs ; there is a spot of silvery pubescence on either side 

 of the basal segment, an oblong or oval one in the middle 

 of the second ; the second segment at the apex has a 

 broad band of silvery pubescence, dilated, broadly and 



