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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  petiole 
  has 
  the 
  apex 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  bears 
  scattered 
  punctures. 
  On 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  two 
  somewhat 
  oval 
  silvery 
  

   marks 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  bear 
  broad 
  bands 
  

   of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  finely 
  

   rugose, 
  and 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  The 
  

   ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  rufous, 
  tridentate 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  keel 
  triangular, 
  

   the 
  others 
  more 
  rounded. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MITHILA, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  — 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Agrees 
  in 
  coloration, 
  markings, 
  and 
  form 
  with 
  

   M. 
  agelia, 
  but 
  is 
  smaller, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  known 
  from 
  

   it 
  by 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  being 
  straight 
  throughout; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  pygi- 
  

   dium 
  is 
  more 
  distinctly 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  and 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  entirely 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  scape 
  bearing 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down, 
  and 
  stout; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  about 
  one-third 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Head 
  not 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  vertex 
  rugosely 
  longitudinally 
  punctured, 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tubercles 
  

   ferruginous. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  dark 
  testaceous. 
  Thorax 
  not 
  quite 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  covered 
  with 
  blackish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  slope, 
  and 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  slope 
  reticulated, 
  running 
  below 
  into 
  striae, 
  which 
  are 
  

   wide 
  apart 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  is 
  neither 
  punctured 
  nor 
  striated, 
  

   and 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  irregularly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   they 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  pile. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

  

  