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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  and 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half. 
  Propleurse 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   top 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  some 
  large, 
  deep 
  punctures. 
  Meso- 
  

   pleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  hidden 
  by 
  the 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  smooth. 
  Metapleurae 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  with 
  large, 
  moderately 
  deep 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  

   side 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  deep, 
  not 
  very 
  large, 
  punctures. 
  

   Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  and 
  spines 
  pale 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  

   pale 
  fulvous. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  covered 
  all 
  

   over 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  

   very 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  narrowly 
  and 
  

   the 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  broadly 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  

   apical 
  segments 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  black. 
  Wings 
  fulvo- 
  

   hyaline 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervure, 
  smoky 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  violaceous 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  nervures 
  are 
  pale, 
  the 
  lower 
  ones 
  indistinct. 
  

  

  Comes 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  "Section 
  A, 
  b, 
  b 
  1 
  . 
  Head 
  rounded, 
  

   not 
  sloping 
  backwards, 
  punctured," 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  

   from 
  M. 
  discrcta 
  Cam., 
  the 
  representative 
  of 
  that 
  section, 
  

   by 
  the 
  tegulae 
  not 
  being 
  black 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  fulvous, 
  not 
  

   white, 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  D. 
  The 
  Group 
  of 
  M. 
  khasiana. 
  Species 
  with 
  

   the 
  thorax 
  red 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   thickly 
  banded 
  with 
  white 
  or 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  KHASIANA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  tlioracc 
  rufo 
  ; 
  alt's 
  fusa's, 
  fere 
  violaceis, 
  nervis 
  

   fuscis. 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  distinctly 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scape 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  tubercles 
  are 
  rufous. 
  

  

  