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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  MtJTILLA 
  AMITINA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  basi 
  antennarum 
  pedibusque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  maculis 
  2 
  

   basalibus 
  2-1 
  segmenti 
  fasciisque 
  j-i 
  et 
  /j.-i 
  fulvo-anreis 
  : 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  The 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   joints 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  hair. 
  

   Head 
  black; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  orbits 
  (broadly 
  behind), 
  

   the 
  antennal 
  tubercles, 
  and 
  the 
  face, 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  testaceous; 
  the 
  head 
  

   above 
  the 
  antennae 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair. 
  Thorax 
  quadran- 
  

   gular; 
  longer 
  than 
  broad; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  distinctly 
  

   narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  metathorax 
  rounded. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining. 
  Legs 
  dark 
  reddish, 
  the 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  darker 
  

   tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  pale 
  

   on 
  the 
  femora, 
  more 
  rufous 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  

   two 
  large 
  oval 
  marks 
  (broader 
  than 
  long) 
  of 
  golden- 
  

   fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   segments 
  is 
  similarly 
  coloured 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  

   closely, 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  soror 
  Sauss., 
  

   with 
  which 
  it 
  agrees 
  in 
  the 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  

   but 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  separated 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  head 
  

   and 
  thorax, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  joints 
  of 
  

   the 
  fiagellum 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  being 
  rufous. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  CONSOLIDATA, 
  Sp. 
  flOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice, 
  mesotwto 
  facieque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  flagello 
  anten- 
  

   narum 
  pedibusque 
  piceis. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  {Yerbury). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  dark 
  testaceous 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  fiagellum 
  is 
  lighter 
  in 
  colour, 
  especially 
  

  

  