﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  55 
  

  

  The 
  precise 
  generic 
  position 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  must 
  stand 
  

   over 
  for 
  further 
  study 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  its 
  unknown 
  $ 
  . 
  

   It 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Photopsis 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  genus 
  Sphcerophthahiia. 
  In 
  general 
  form 
  and 
  

   appearance 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  like 
  Mutilla 
  ohliterata 
  Sm., 
  which 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  abundantly 
  distinct 
  otherwise. 
  It 
  differs 
  

   from 
  Mutilla 
  proper 
  in 
  the 
  eyes 
  being 
  entire 
  in 
  the 
  S 
  . 
  

  

  \/MuTILLA 
  APICIPENNIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Thorace 
  capiteque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  ahdoniine 
  nigro, 
  hasi 
  ferru- 
  

   gineo 
  ; 
  pedihus 
  pallidc 
  testaceis 
  ; 
  alts 
  hyalinis, 
  apicc 
  finnatis. 
  

   S 
  . 
  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali 
  {Yerhury). 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  shining, 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  their 
  teeth 
  deep 
  black; 
  

   a 
  slight 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  above 
  the 
  antenna; 
  ; 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  and 
  ocelli 
  large 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  not 
  half 
  

   their 
  length. 
  Antennse 
  thick, 
  uniformly 
  fulvous, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  close 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  Thorax 
  uniformly 
  fulvous, 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  

   a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  reticulated 
  uniformly, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleurai 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  metapleurae 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  broadly 
  infuscated 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Petiole 
  elongated, 
  gradually 
  dilated, 
  

   and 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  ; 
  beneath 
  it 
  is 
  hollow, 
  shining, 
  

   the 
  edges 
  rough, 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  shining, 
  their 
  apices 
  

   (jbscure 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs. 
  The 
  

   wings, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  

   are 
  milk-white. 
  The 
  nervures 
  pale 
  testaceous. 
  The 
  apex 
  

   from 
  the 
  third 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  smoky 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  

   basal 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  sharply 
  

  

  