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  CAMERON, 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  long 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  is 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  is 
  glabrous 
  and 
  

   smooth. 
  The 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  

   straight, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ERXIA, 
  sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  apice 
  petioli 
  abdominisque 
  segmentis 
  2 
  — 
  4 
  

   ferrugineis 
  ; 
  mctanoto 
  dense 
  argenteo-piloso 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco- 
  

   violaceis, 
  basi 
  hyalinis. 
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  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  

   are 
  of 
  equal 
  length. 
  Head 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  also 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  

   hair, 
  most 
  thickly 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  strongly, 
  

   but 
  not 
  closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  region 
  raised. 
  

   Clypeus 
  smooth 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  rest 
  minutely 
  transversely 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  the 
  sides 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   slightly 
  waved. 
  Mandibles 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   fulvous 
  and 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  their 
  middle 
  rufous. 
  Pronotum 
  

   closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  fuscous 
  pubescence. 
  Mesonotum 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  closely, 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  furrows 
  are 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  narrower 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  marked. 
  Scutellum 
  

   rounded, 
  not 
  much 
  raised 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  which 
  is 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  and 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   are 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Median 
  

   segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  depressed 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  

   which 
  almost 
  hides 
  the 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  basal 
  area 
  

   has 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  wide, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  straight 
  ; 
  from 
  

   there 
  it 
  becomes 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  are 
  

  

  