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  Cameron, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  middle, 
  and 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  oblique 
  lateral 
  

   keels 
  on 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  stout, 
  and 
  of 
  uniform 
  height 
  

   throughout 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  uniformly 
  depressed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  is 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  more 
  raised 
  than 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MORN 
  A, 
  sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  apice 
  pctioli 
  abdominisque 
  segmentis 
  2 
  — 
  5 
  

   ferrugineis; 
  capite 
  tlioraceque 
  dense 
  albo-pilosis 
  ; 
  alls 
  

   violaceis, 
  cellida 
  cubitali 
  I 
  -a 
  mill 
  to 
  longiore 
  quam 
  2-a. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tirhoot, 
  Bengal 
  (RotJiney). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennas 
  covered 
  sparsely 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thickly 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  pile. 
  Front 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  and 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  

   hair; 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   is 
  similarly 
  punctured 
  and 
  more 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  region 
  distinctly 
  raised. 
  

   Face 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  bare 
  ; 
  keeled 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  large, 
  deep, 
  round 
  

   foveas 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  cheeks 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  hair, 
  the 
  palpi 
  blackish, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  pubescence. 
  Pronotum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  propleuras 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   bearing 
  eight 
  stout 
  keels, 
  which 
  are 
  placed 
  at 
  about 
  equal 
  

   distances 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  except 
  the 
  lower 
  pair 
  which 
  

   are 
  more 
  closely 
  approximate. 
  Mesopleuras 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  reticulated. 
  

   Metapleurae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   base 
  smooth, 
  the 
  apex 
  reticulated. 
  Mesosternum 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  smooth 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  area 
  is 
  stoutly 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  is 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining. 
  Mesonotum 
  shining, 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

  

  