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pubescence ; all the calcaria are pale yellow. Wings uniformly 

 violaceous ; the transverse cubital and the recurrent nervures 

 are largely bullated. The basal three abdominal segments and 

 the base of the fourth broadly, ferruginous ; the basal three seg- 

 ments are narrowly lined with yellow at the apex. The post- 

 petiole is finely longitudinally striated, the sides punctured ; the 

 second and third segments have a narrow keel in the centre, 

 bordered by some longitudinal striations ; the gastracoeli are 

 large, smooth, and have two oblique stout keels on the outer 

 side. 



MUTILLIP/E. 



V 



Mutilla herpa, sp. now 



Nigra, pro-mesothorace scutelloque ferrugineis ; abdomine 

 nitido, dense nigro piloso ; segment secunodo dense albo piloso ; 

 alis violaceis ; tegulis rufis 5 . 



Long : 12 mm. 



Hab. Sarawak, Borneo (Shelford). 



Head as wide as the base of the mesonotum ; coarsely 

 rugosely punctured, running into reticulations on the front, 

 which, at the apex, broadly projects; its apex and side are 

 sharply keeled ; the middle is obliquely incised ; the sides are 

 broadly rounded ; the face is rugose and bears, on the middle 

 at the apex, three irregular punctures. Antennae black, the 

 scape shining, pilose ; the flagellum opaque, bare. Pro- and 

 mesonotum, with the scutellum, closely rugosely punctured. 

 The scutellum, is broad; its sides are smooth and project; its 

 apex has a rounded slope. Wings violaceous, lighter in tint at 

 the base ; the third transverse cubital nervure is only indicated 

 by a stump on the top ; there being thus only two complete 

 cubital cellules ; the second transverse cubital nervure is broad- 

 ly rounded. The median segment is coarsely reticulated ; the 

 basal three are of equal length, but the central is much narrow- 

 er and is acutely pointed at the apex. The pro- and the upper 

 two-thirds of the mesopleurre are ferruginous ; the propleura? 

 and the base and apex of the mesopleurre are smooth. Abdomen 

 deep black, shining ; the petiole is broad and becomes gradually 



