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length of the head ; the sides looked at from above are 

 straight ; but the mesopleurse are slightly excavated ; 

 above coarsely uniformly punctured ; the propleurse 

 entirely black, coarsely punctured ; the mesopleurse 

 smooth shining, separated from the propleurse by a keel ; 

 black, rufous above, the lower part densely covered with 

 silvery pubescence ; the metapleurae coarsely reticulated, 

 rufous above, black below. The median segment has at 

 the apex a sharp oblique slope. Abdomen black, covered 

 with black hairs, two elongated oval marks of silvery 

 pubescence on the second segment near the middle ; the 

 third and fourth segments with silvery pubescence at the 

 sides above ; the other segments fringed with silvery pile. 

 The ventral segments covered with silvery hairs ; the 

 second segment strongly punctured, the punctures dis- 

 tinctly separated. Legs entirely black, densely covered 

 with stout hairs ; the tibial spines stout, longish. 



MUTILLA PUERILIS, Sp. 110V. 



Ferruginea, sparse longe albo-hirta; abdomine nigro. 2. 

 Long, fere 8 mm. 



Habk Ceylon {Yerbury). 



Antennae ferruginous, the scape shining, sparsely 

 covered with longish white hairs ; the flagellum closely 

 covered with short white down. Head shining, sparsely 

 covered with longish white hairs; the tips of the mandibles 

 and an elongated mark extending from the antennal 

 tubercles to the eyes, becoming narrowed as it approaches 

 them, black. Thorax above coarsely rugose, becoming 

 somewhat reticulated towards the median segment ; the 

 mesothorax hardly narrowed towards the middle. The 

 propleurae a little shagreened; the base of the mesopleurae 

 a little aciculated and hollowed; the rest very shining and 

 impunctate ; the apical part of the metapleune w ith 

 distinctly separated punctures. The median segment is 



