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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  somewhat 
  triangular, 
  oblique 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  behind 
  this 
  

   projects 
  ; 
  its 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  stout, 
  and 
  is 
  roundly 
  depressed 
  

   beneath. 
  The 
  second 
  segment, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  is 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  the 
  

   the 
  second 
  segment 
  with 
  shorter, 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   thickly, 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  with 
  depressed, 
  dark 
  fulvous 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  remaining 
  segments 
  are 
  covered 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  all 
  over. 
  The 
  tegulae 
  are 
  black, 
  

   very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  

   hairs. 
  

  

  Comes 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  Burmese 
  M. 
  schlcttereri 
  Magr., 
  

   and 
  M. 
  stepJiani 
  Magr., 
  but 
  is 
  abundantly 
  distinct. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ELMIRA, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  Long. 
  \y 
  mm. 
  6. 
  

  

  Comes 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  "Section 
  b 
  x 
  . 
  on 
  p. 
  9 
  and 
  a\ 
  Basal 
  

   two 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  red." 
  From 
  M. 
  tmifasciata 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  scutellum 
  not 
  being 
  " 
  prominent, 
  

   raised 
  "; 
  by 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  being 
  thickly, 
  not 
  " 
  very 
  

   sparingly, 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  soft 
  hairs 
  "; 
  by 
  the 
  basal 
  

   two 
  segments 
  being 
  thickly 
  pilose, 
  not 
  merely 
  " 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  pubescent." 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout 
  : 
  the 
  scape 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  rufous 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  laterally 
  : 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  stout, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  stiff, 
  black 
  

   pubescence 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down. 
  Head 
  coarsely, 
  deeply 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair, 
  

   which 
  is 
  thicker 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  it 
  is 
  

   longer. 
  Antennal 
  tubercles 
  large, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  

   Mandibles 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  