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ME. P. SMITH ON HTMENOrTEllOUa INSECTS 



spinosis; thorace spinis duabus acutis elongatis armato; abdomine 

 cordato. 



Worker. Length 2\ lines. Opake-black ; the head and thorax above, 

 with a coarse irregular striation, intermixed with a rough granulation, 

 the margins of the head crenulated, the posterior angles acute and 

 slightly produced. Thorax armed posteriorly with two stout diverging 

 spines. Abdomen oblong- cordate, finely and irregularly striated; 

 sprinkled with distant short white erect seta3 ; the nodes of the pe- 

 duncle rugose. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



Gen. Echinopla, Smith. 



1 . Echinopla striata, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 80. 3. 

 Hab. Celebes; Malacca. 



2. Echinopla pallipes, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii, 80. 2. 

 Hab. Celebes ; Borneo. 



3. Echinopla dubitata. E. nigra; capite thoraceque rugosis ; ab- 

 domine ovato laevi nitido ; squama in utroque latere spina horizontali ; 

 femoribus pallide testaceis. 



Worker. Length 2 lines. Black, and thinly covered with erect black 

 hairs ; the head and thorax rather finely rugose ; the antennae pubes- 

 cent, with the extreme tip pale testaceous ; the eyes round and very 

 prominent. The anterior margin of the prothorax arched with a short 

 acute spine at the lateral angles ; the thorax is deeply constricted in 

 the middle, the metathorax rounded behind; the roughness of the 

 thorax gives its margins a crenulated appearance ; the coxae, trochan- 

 ters, and base of the femora pale rufo-testaceous ; the claw-joint of 

 the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen globose, shining, and very finely 

 punctured. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



Fam. MUTILLIDvE, Leach. 



Gen. Mutilla. 



1. Mutilla Merops, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 115. 2. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Bachian. 



2. Mutilla anthylla, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 115. 4. 

 Hab. Gilolo; Bachian. 



3. Mutilla Ianthca, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 115. 3. 

 Hab. Amboyna; Bachian. 



Gen. M BTHOOA, Lair. 



1. Metiioca thobacica. M. rufo-ferruginca; capite abdorainisquc 

 fasciis tribua nigris. 



