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  8 
  CAMERON, 
  Hyme)ioptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  cellule 
  hyaline. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   segments 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  thickly 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  LATHONIA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdominis 
  segmentis 
  2-0 
  ct 
  j-o 
  rufis 
  ; 
  dense 
  albo- 
  

   pilosis; 
  a/is 
  hyalinis, 
  basi 
  fusco. 
  6. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  thick, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile. 
  Front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  closely, 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   sparsely, 
  the 
  front 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  

   Face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  turned 
  

   up 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Mandibles 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  obscure 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  black, 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  tooth 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  large. 
  

   Thorax 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  uniformly 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  deep 
  punctures. 
  

   Scutellum 
  flatly 
  rounded, 
  punctured 
  like 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  

   and 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Metanotum 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   its 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  rounded 
  above; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   area 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  fourth 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  rest; 
  the 
  narrowed 
  

   part 
  is 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide. 
  Propleur?e 
  

   smooth, 
  except 
  above 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesopleurne 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pale 
  hair; 
  metapleurae 
  smooth, 
  its 
  apex 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale, 
  the 
  spines 
  

   rufous. 
  Wings 
  violaceous, 
  the 
  base 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  shortly, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   third 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  received 
  

   shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  third 
  segments 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  golden 
  hair; 
  the 
  others 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair; 
  

  

  