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a much larger, semicircular mark of deep orange pubes- 

 cence, mixed with pale golden hairs ; the second segment 

 longitudinally striolated. 



MUTILLA LITIGIOSA, Sp. nov. 



Long. 8 mm. ?. 



Hab. Trincomali, Ceylon. 



In Bingham's table, this species comes in on p. 4 — 

 " Second abdominal segment with two spots, the spots 

 medial, one above the other." 



The spots golden. 



Legs and scape of antennae red. M. pulla Andre. 



„ „ „ black. M. litigiosa. 



Antennae stout, tapering very distinctly towards the apex, 

 the scape sparsely covered with longish white hair ; the 

 flagellum bare, or with a microscopic pile ; the apex of 

 the scape and the base of the flagellum rufous beneath ; 

 the third joint nearly one-half longer than the fourth. 

 Head as wide as the middle of the thorax ; coarsely 

 rugosely punctured ; sparsely covered with long, fuscous 

 hair on the vertex ; on the face and oral region the hairs 

 are paler, silvery white and more numerous ; the base of 

 the mandibles piceous. Thorax rufous, except on the 

 sternum ; rounded at the base and apex, becoming 

 gradually, but not very much, thicker towards the apex ; 

 above coarsely rugosely punctured ; the pleurae excavated, 

 smooth and shining ; their lower part black, and thickly 

 covered with long, white hair ; the median segment 

 broadly rounded at the top, and with an oblique slope. 

 Legs black ; the tarsi more or less rufous towards the 

 apex ; the femora sparsely, the tibiae more thickly, 

 covered with white hairs, the tarsi with the hairs thicker 

 and stiffer ; the calcaria pale. Abdomen longer than the 

 head and thorax united ; black ; a fringe of long-ish, 



