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  CAMERON, 
  Rymcnoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  antennal 
  tubercles 
  rufous. 
  Eyes 
  rather 
  small, 
  compared 
  with 
  

   the 
  head. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  face 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  below 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Thorax 
  

   somewhat 
  quadrangular, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex; 
  

   in 
  length, 
  half 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  black; 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  rufous, 
  except 
  round 
  the 
  edges; 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  above 
  projects 
  into 
  a 
  plate 
  which 
  is 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long 
  and 
  has, 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it, 
  three 
  short, 
  

   stout 
  teeth. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  is 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  

   punctured, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  apex, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  longitudinal 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Pleurae 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   distinctly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  top. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  

   femora 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  dark 
  

   rufous, 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  black, 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  

   spot 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  and 
  a 
  larger, 
  broader 
  one 
  

   on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pygidium 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   which 
  is 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  

   and 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   hairs, 
  pale 
  on 
  the 
  base, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  darker. 
  

  

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

   gated 
  with 
  red 
  ; 
  thorax 
  red," 
  (p. 
  6) 
  except 
  that 
  with 
  it 
  only 
  

   the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  red. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  RECONDITA, 
  Sp. 
  ?10V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  thoracc 
  ferrugineo, 
  plcaris 
  apiceque 
  segmenti 
  

   mcdialis 
  infra 
  nigris 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  segmcnto 
  2-0 
  albo-bima- 
  

   culato 
  ; 
  pedibas 
  nigris, 
  tarsis 
  posticis 
  testaccis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Comes 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  " 
  Section 
  A. 
  a. 
  a\ 
  b'\ 
  b\," 
  near 
  to 
  

   M. 
  tridungulata. 
  

  

  