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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  HESITATA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Ferrugiuea, 
  abdomine 
  coeruleo, 
  albomaculato 
  ; 
  victanoto 
  

   retiailato. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Agrees 
  in 
  coloration 
  and 
  size 
  with 
  M.poonaensis 
  Cam., 
  

   from 
  Bombay 
  ; 
  but 
  may 
  readily 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  being 
  reticulated. 
  

  

  Head 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  with 
  blackish, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  with 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  it 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  

   their 
  length, 
  and 
  is 
  roundly 
  narrowed. 
  Antennal 
  tuber- 
  

   cles 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  reddish. 
  Thorax 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  mesonotum 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  and 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellar 
  region 
  with 
  black 
  

   hair. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  distinctly, 
  

   and 
  not 
  very 
  closely, 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  smooth, 
  

   neither 
  punctured 
  nor 
  reticulated. 
  The 
  prDpleurae 
  sparsely 
  

   punctured 
  above; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  blackish; 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  blackish, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Metapleurse 
  black, 
  rufous 
  round 
  

   the 
  edges, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence. 
  Abdomen 
  coeruleous; 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  is 
  an 
  oblong, 
  white 
  spot 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  has 
  a 
  

   broad 
  white 
  band, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   and 
  following 
  segments 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  spot 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   apex 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  is 
  smooth, 
  its 
  

   sides 
  bearing 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PARTHENIA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

   Nigra, 
  thorace 
  ru/o; 
  abdominis 
  scguiento 
  2-0 
  pallide 
  

   aureo-maculato, 
  apice 
  anreo-piloso 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

   Hab. 
  Barrack 
  pore 
  (Roth)icy). 
  

  

  