77. 

 MUTILLA EPHIPPIUM. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Mutilladae Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Mutilla Europsea Linn. 



MuTiLLA Linn., Fab., Lat., Leach, &;c. 



Antennce distant, somewhat fusiform, much longer than the head, 

 13-jointed in the males, 12-jointed in the females, 1st joint long, 

 hairy, incurved, not receiving the 2nd, which is small, cup-shaped, 

 the 3rd obconic, 4th and following nearly of equal length (fig. 1). 

 Lahrum nearly concealed by the clypeus, transverse, coriaceous, 

 ciliated, and producing a few long bristles near its base (2). 

 Mandibles exserted, long, narrowed near the base, tridentate (3). 

 Maxilla: long, terminal lobe minute, rounded, ciliated, membrana- 

 ceous : Palpi very long, hairy, 6-jointed, 1st joint bent, 2nd di- 

 lated, remainder somewhat long, the last slender cylindric (4). 

 Mentum corneous, trigonate elongated (5 a) : Palpi as long as 

 the mentum, to the anterior angles of which they are attached, 

 |>ubescent, 4-jointed, 1st joint bent, clavate, 2nd and 3rd com- 

 pressed, the latter somewhat rhomboidal, 4th long slender cylin- 

 dric (b) : Lip coriaceous, very short, hollow, completely con- 

 cealed behind the mentum. 

 Clypeus produced, emarginate. Head globose. Ocelli 3 in the males 

 alone. Thorax of the male venj convex with a transverse suture 

 and scutellum ; of the female cubical without transverse sutures 

 and scutellum. Abdomen attached by a short peduncle, ovate, 2nd 

 segment large, somewhat campanulate. Wings of males pubescent, 

 stigmata celluliform, marginal cell remote from the apex, submargi- 

 nalcellsS. Females apterous ; armed with a sting. Anterior legs 

 short, with a long, compressed, membranaceous spine at the apex of 

 the tibicE, the 4 posterior tibia spurred (8 afore leg). 



Ephippium Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 2. p. 370. n. 18. mas. — rufipes. Fab. Ent. 

 Syst. 2. 372. 26. fern. 



Male black, shining, pilose with long whitish hairs. Head some- 

 what minutely punctured. Thorax and scutellum brick-colour, 

 anterior margin black extending in the centre as far as the su- 

 ture, strongly punctured ; metathorax very coarsely punctured. 

 Abdomen strongly punctured. Wings stained yellowish fus- 

 cous with alternate fascia of red and green next the poste- 

 rior margin. — Female black glossy. Head thickly punctured. 

 Neck, thorax, peduncle and basal joint of abdomen brick- 

 colour, thorax coarsely punctured. Abdomen minutely punc- 

 tured, rufous at the apex and the margins of the segments, 

 which appear silvery from the denseness of the hair, as well as 

 a spot on the 2nd segment. Antennae and legs rufous, the 

 former fuscous towards the apex. 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



