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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  REDACTA, 
  Sp. 
  tlOV. 
  

   Nigra, 
  mesonoto 
  abdomineque 
  subtus 
  rufis, 
  abdominis 
  

   segmento 
  2-0 
  ^.-maculato. 
  ? 
  . 
  

   Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black, 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head, 
  if 
  anything, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  above 
  (including 
  the 
  apex) 
  rufous, 
  

   except 
  round 
  the 
  edges, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  strongly 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  scutellar 
  tubercles 
  large, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  and 
  is 
  reticulated 
  above 
  ; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  edge 
  irregularly 
  dentate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   is 
  distinctly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  more 
  transverse. 
  Legs 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  inclining 
  to 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tibial 
  spines 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   following 
  ventral 
  segments 
  rufous, 
  fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  deeply 
  incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   has 
  a 
  rounded, 
  the 
  apex 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope. 
  The 
  petiole 
  bears 
  

   long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   are 
  two 
  oblong 
  white 
  marks, 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  two 
  smaller 
  

   roundish 
  ones 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  two 
  square 
  ones, 
  

   which 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second; 
  

   the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  irregularly 
  longitudinally 
  striated. 
  

  

  Looks 
  like 
  a 
  miniature 
  M. 
  sexmaculata. 
  [As 
  the 
  fact 
  

   is 
  not 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Col. 
  Bingham, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  pointed 
  out 
  

   that 
  in 
  M. 
  sexmaculata 
  there 
  is, 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  examples 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen, 
  a 
  small 
  rufous 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  too 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous.] 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  In 
  Col. 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  on 
  p. 
  6 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  error 
  which 
  may 
  

   mislead. 
  He 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  four 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  of 
  M. 
  sexmaculata 
  

   are 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  segment, 
  whereas 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  mistake 
  is 
  

   repeated 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  on 
  p. 
  25. 
  

  

  