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The little M. atomus Andre is readily separated from 

 it by the pygidium not being striated. Antennae stout, 

 thickened towards the apex ; pallid-testaceous, infuscated 

 towards the apex, sparsely pilose, the third and fourth 

 joints equal in length. Head, if anything, wider than the 

 thorax ; the front and vertex strongly punctured, dark 

 rufo-testaceous ; the oral region and the tubercles pallid- 

 testaceous, as is also the base of the mandibles ; the 

 tubercles large, shining ; behind, the head is developed 

 one-half the length of the eyes. Thorax, with the sides 

 above, straight, slightly and gradually narrowed towards 

 the apex ; the mesonotum coarsely punctured ; the median 

 segment with a slight oblique slope, rounded at the top. 

 Pleurse slightly excavated, smooth and shining ; the 

 middle with long, white hair. Legs thickly covered with 

 long, white hair ; testaceous, the femora darker, the tarsi 

 paler. Abdomen a little longer than the head and thorax; 

 black, with a slight violaceous tinge ; the base and apical 

 segments rather thickly covered with long, pale hair ; the 

 anal segment rufo-testaceous, strongly longitudinally 

 striolated. Ventral surface black ; the basal segment 

 testaceous, with a straight, blunt centre ; the other 

 segments fringed thickly with long, white hair. 



MUTILLA CONSOCIATA, Sp. nov. 



Long. 5 mm. ?. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon ( Yerbury). 



Agrees closely with M. posthuma; but instead of the 

 apex of the second abdominal segment being entirely 

 covered with silvery pubescence, it has only a square mark 

 of it in the centre, there being also similar marks on the 

 fourth and fifth ; the anal segment is black and is only 

 finely, not strongly, punctured, and, at the sides, is thickly 

 covered with longish, stiff, black hairs ; the apex of the 

 median segment is more sharply oblique, and not rounded 



