HYMENOPTERA FROM SARAWAK 77 



Mutilla agapeta, sp. nov. 



Black; the abdomen red, with the apical two segments 

 black ; the clypeus broadly convex in the middle ; the centre of 

 the scutellum smooth and shining, its base depressed ; wings 

 fusco-violaceous, hyaline at the base. 5 • 



Long : 1 5 mm. 



II ab. Kuching, Sarawak. 



The third joint of the antennte is shortly, but distinctly, 

 longer than the fourth. Front and vertex closely punctured ; 

 the vertex sparsely covered with longish pale hair ; the front, 

 especially in the centre, thickly covered with silvery pubescence. 

 Face roundly convex, smooth and shining ; the clypeus short, 

 depressed, clearly separated, slightly and broadly waved ; the 

 edges depressed. Mandibles densely pilose at the base ; the 

 lower basal tooth stout, obliquely directed downwards ; there 

 is no distinct subapical tooth ; the palpi are black. Pro- and 

 mesonotum closely punctured ; the pronotum above thickly 

 covered with griseous pubescence ; the lower and hinder part 

 of the propleura3 bear stout, clearly separated keels. The raised 

 central part of the mesopleura is thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence and punctured but not very deeply or closely. 

 Metapleurte smooth, irregularly reticulated at the base above. 

 Mesonotum closely punctured. Scutellum strongly convex : 

 the basal and apical slopes oblique ; the base in the centre is 

 flat, smooth and shining. Median segment reticulated, thickly 

 covered with silvery pubescence. Legs thickly covered with 

 white pubescence ; the calcaria and spines pale. Wings fuscous- 

 violaceous, hyaline behind the transverse basal nervure ; the 

 third cubital cellule at the top and bottom distinctly shorter th ui 

 the second ; the recurrent nervures are received beyond the 

 middle of the cellules ; the second transverse cubital nervure is 

 roundly curved outwardly. Abdomen ferruginous ; tfhe basal 

 half of the petiole below and the apical two segments black. 

 The ventral keel is almost straight; the last segment is broadly 

 smooth and bare in the centre ; below it has the sides broadly, 

 obliquely depressed and clearly separated from the centre which 

 is depressed, especially at the apex, where it is bounded by 

 keels. 



