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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orienlalia. 
  

  

  Mesonotum 
  shining, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  and 
  

   bearing 
  all 
  over 
  large 
  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  central 
  

   furrows 
  are 
  deep. 
  Scutellum 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   middle 
  basal 
  part 
  smooth, 
  impunctate, 
  shining 
  ; 
  its 
  lower 
  

   three-fourths 
  widely 
  and 
  deeply 
  furrowed, 
  the 
  furrow 
  

   narrowed 
  and 
  rounded 
  above. 
  Post-scutellum 
  finely 
  

   punctured 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  sides 
  rugose. 
  Mesopleurse 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  grey 
  hair. 
  

   Metapleuras, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  strongly 
  reticulated. 
  

   Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white, 
  

   the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  rufous. 
  Wings 
  deep 
  violaceous; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  shorter 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  longer 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  than 
  

   the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  shortly 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Median 
  segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  reticulated, 
  the 
  reticulations 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  smaller 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  area 
  broad 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  much 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  parallel, 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  rounded 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

   keel. 
  Abdomen 
  dark 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  apical 
  

   segments 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  bearing 
  large 
  deep 
  punctures, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  rufous 
  and 
  more 
  finely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  straight, 
  not 
  dilated 
  at 
  base 
  

   or 
  apex. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  which 
  is 
  smooth. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PERDITA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  dense 
  a/bo-pi/osa, 
  mesonoto 
  nigro-Jiirto 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   minis 
  segmentis 
  2-is 
  et 
  j-is 
  rufis 
  ; 
  a/is 
  violaceis, 
  b 
  a 
  si 
  fere 
  

   Jiyalinis. 
  3. 
  

  

  Long. 
  22 
  — 
  23 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antcnnai 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  

  

  

  