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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  TIRHOOTENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice 
  late 
  tJioraceque 
  supra 
  rufis 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  

   argenleo-octo 
  -macula 
  to 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigris, 
  dense 
  argenteo- 
  

   pilosis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tirhoot, 
  Bengal 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  Bingham's 
  " 
  Section 
  B 
  : 
  head 
  black, 
  varie- 
  

   gated 
  with 
  red 
  or 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  thorax 
  red." 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thickly 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  

   developed 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  behind 
  them, 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  round, 
  large, 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  black 
  and 
  

   pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  between 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  a 
  thick 
  

   mass 
  of 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair. 
  In 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  rufous 
  spot. 
  Thorax 
  red, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  the 
  breast 
  black 
  ; 
  above, 
  

   irregularly 
  and 
  deeply 
  reticulated 
  all 
  over; 
  the 
  reticula- 
  

   tions 
  large 
  and 
  deep, 
  and 
  with 
  thick 
  walls 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  slope, 
  is 
  reticulated 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  sides, 
  the 
  

   rest 
  smooth 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  

   meso-pleurae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  propleurae 
  reticulated 
  above 
  at 
  

   the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  depressed 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  metapleurae 
  rufous, 
  

   reticulated. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair. 
  

   Abdomen 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  

   two 
  oval, 
  dark 
  silvery 
  marks; 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  large 
  square 
  

   ones, 
  clearly 
  separated, 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  divided 
  

   into 
  two 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  division. 
  Pygidium 
  smooth 
  and 
  bare 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  sides 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  

   hairs; 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  

  

  