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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientaha. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PHAOLA, 
  Sp. 
  flOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  mesonoto 
  rufo 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  albo-^-viaculato 
  ; 
  

   pedibus 
  nzgrzs, 
  tarsis 
  sordide 
  testaceis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  — 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wroughton). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  not 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  strongly 
  

   and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  blackish 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  large, 
  rufous, 
  shining 
  ; 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  the 
  apex 
  black 
  ; 
  palpi 
  testaceous. 
  

   Eyes 
  moderately 
  large. 
  Antennae 
  stout 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  below, 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   joint 
  is 
  entirely 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  irregularly 
  

   dark 
  rufous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  are 
  

   almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Thorax 
  scarcely 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  and 
  

   narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  rounded. 
  The 
  meso- 
  and 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  meta-notum 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  strongly 
  and 
  

   deeply 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  and 
  is 
  

   rounded 
  above 
  ; 
  smooth 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  with 
  

   some 
  short 
  striae 
  and 
  some 
  punctures. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   propleurae 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  behind 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   meso- 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  meta-pleurse 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   metapleurae 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  large 
  and 
  scattered. 
  

   Prosternum 
  dark 
  rufous. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  dark 
  testaceous. 
  Abdomen 
  scarcely 
  

   so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  similar 
  spot, 
  twice 
  its 
  size 
  and 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   mark 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  

   on 
  the 
  fifth 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  not 
  defined, 
  and 
  is 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  tri- 
  

  

  