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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  AG 
  LAI 
  A, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdominis 
  segmento 
  2-0 
  rufo 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco- 
  

   violaccis. 
  $. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  lyrata, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  

   by 
  having 
  only 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  red 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  being 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  at 
  

   the 
  top, 
  whereas 
  in 
  M. 
  lyrata 
  the 
  third 
  is 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  being 
  less 
  

   sharply 
  angled 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  propleurai 
  wanting 
  the 
  keels. 
  

  

  Head 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  smooth. 
  Man- 
  

   dibles 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  band 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  fuscous, 
  mottled 
  with 
  testaceous. 
  Thorax 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  mesopleurai 
  

   also 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Mesonotum 
  covered 
  all 
  

   over 
  with 
  large, 
  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  its 
  two 
  furrows 
  deep 
  ; 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  longitudinal 
  

   keel. 
  Scutellum 
  coarsely, 
  deeply 
  and 
  irregularly 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  irregular 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Median 
  segment 
  reticulated 
  all 
  

   over 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  central 
  area 
  elongated 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

   triangular 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleura; 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurre 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  

   Wings 
  smoky-fuliginous, 
  with 
  a 
  violaceous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures, 
  except 
  the 
  apical 
  ones, 
  are 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  third 
  ; 
  and 
  is 
  there 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  space 
  

   bounded 
  by 
  the 
  recurrent 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervures. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  segments 
  thickly 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  blackish, 
  broadly 
  brownish 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  