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Cameron, Hymenoptcra Oricntalia. 



MUTILLA MANDERSI, Sp. 110V. 



Nigra, thoracc rtifo ; abdomine fidvo-sexmaculato ; bast 

 femorum late rufo. 2. Long. 17 mm. 



Hab. Shan States (Manders). 

 Comes very close to M. funaria, but differs from it in 

 its longer and, as compared with the head, somewhat 

 narrower thorax, which is further entirely rufous, besides 

 being less strongly punctured ; and by the legs being 

 broadly rufous at the base. It comes near also to M. sex- 

 macidata, but that has the thorax more thickened towards 

 the apex, with its sides entirely black, while the marks on 

 the abdomen are much more elongated on the second 

 segment. 



Head as wide as the thorax, black, coarsely rugosely 

 punctured, covered with fuscous and golden hairs ; behind 

 the eyes it is rounded, and is there somewhat shorter than 

 the length of the eyes ; the mandibles are rufous in the 

 middle. Scape of the antennae covered sparsely with long 

 silvery hairs ; the flagellum with an obscure down ; the 

 third joint twice the length of the fourth. Palpi black. 

 Thorax more than twice the length of the head ; the sides 

 almost straight ; hardly dilated towards the apex ; above 

 closely and strongly punctured ; covered with longish 

 fuscous hairs ; the apex with a semi-abrupt slope, rounded 

 at the top ; the pleurae smooth, shining, beneath covered 

 with a silvery down ; the base and apex obscurely punc- 

 tured. Abdomen with the basal three segments as long as 

 the head and thorax united ; the top covered thickly with 

 black ; the sides and ventral surface more sparsely with 

 longer silvery hairs; velvety; the basal segment gradually 

 dilated towards the apex ; the two marks on the second 

 segment are oval, large ; on the third they are more than 

 twice broader than long; on the fourth they are not much 

 longer than broad ; there are none on the fifth ; the 

 pygidium is densely covered at the sides with long fulvo- 



