Manchester Memoirs, Vol. xlii. (1898), No. 11. 



XL Hymenoptera Orientalia, or Contributions to a 

 knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental 

 Zoological Region. Part VII. 



By Peter Cameron. 



\Communicated by J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., jF.L.S.] 

 Received January i8th. Read January 2^th, i8g8. 



Since the publication of Part VI. of this series of 

 papers on the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological 

 Region, there has appeared Col. C. T. Bingham's " Fauna 

 of British \nd\3., Hy7nenoptera," Vol. I., which deals with 

 the x^culeate Section of the Order, except the Ants. To 

 facilitate reference I have, in this paper, followed 

 Col. Bingham's arrangement, giving indications of the 

 positions my new species will occupy in the system 

 adopted by him. Further, I have pointed out certain 

 omissions and corrections in his work. 



It is necessary to say here that Col. Bingham's book 

 only refers to British India, Burma and Ceylon, whereas 

 the scope of my papers includes the Oriental Zoological 

 Region as defined by Mr. A. R. Wallace — a very much 

 wider area. 



MUTILLID^. 



MUTILLA VISRARA, Sp. nov. 

 Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon ( Yerbiiry). 

 Allied to M. niveosignata, but differs in the basal seg- 

 ment not being "almost bare" at the base, but covered 



September 13th, i8g8. 



