3. Mutilla carinata ^HNS.

M. capite thoraceque metallico-purpureis viridi tinctis, pedibus ferrugineis, abdomine nigro, basi pallido fasciata, segmento secundo ad apicem fascia bilobata ornato.

Female. Length 4 1 / 4 lines. The head and thorax of a metallic purple tint with shades of green and copper; the scape of the antennae, the mandibles, palpi, and legs ferruginous; the head and thorax closely and strongly punctured. The abdomen velvety black; the base truncate, the truncation smooth and shining; its margin carinate; the upper surface of the basal segment yellowish-white, a broad bilobed fascia of the same colour at the apical margin of the second segment; the apex ferruginous. Male. The head and thorax metallic green, strongly and closely punctured; abdomen black and shining, much more finely punctured than the thorax; wings light brown, with their base and extreme apex hyaline; the legs ferruginous.

Hab. Aru.