﻿Manchcstcv 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  57 
  

  

  6 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  the 
  former 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  ferruginous, 
  except 
  the 
  apical 
  segment, 
  which 
  is 
  

   black 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  ; 
  wings 
  fuscous, 
  paler 
  at 
  the 
  

   base. 
  Antennae 
  elongate, 
  slender, 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  grooved 
  laterally, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  sparse 
  

   down 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Head 
  not 
  much 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  

   behind 
  the 
  e3'es 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  their 
  width 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  vertex 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Prothorax 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  gre}^ 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  deep 
  and 
  clearly 
  separated 
  ; 
  dov/n 
  the 
  sides 
  

   run 
  two 
  deep 
  furrows 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  abrupt 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  is 
  

   an 
  elongated 
  area 
  reaching 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  shortly 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  dilated. 
  Propleura; 
  

   obliquely 
  striolated, 
  smooth 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleuras 
  

   coriaceous, 
  projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  

   with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Radial 
  

   cellule 
  elongate 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  sharply 
  

   obhque, 
  the 
  apical 
  more 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  

   cubital 
  nervure 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  broadly 
  and 
  roundly 
  

   curved 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  sharply 
  angled 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  both 
  

   the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Keel 
  on 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  stout, 
  black. 
  

  

  >J 
  MUTILLA 
  OPULENTA, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  The 
  $ 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  probably 
  M. 
  soror, 
  Sauss. 
  {Ann. 
  

   Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr., 
  vii., 
  1867, 
  354, 
  t. 
  8,f. 
  3.) 
  As 
  Smith's 
  name 
  

   is 
  the 
  older 
  one, 
  it 
  will 
  ha\-e 
  to 
  be 
  adopted 
  should 
  soror 
  

   prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  variet}-. 
  

  

  Col. 
  Yerbury 
  has 
  taken 
  the 
  sexes 
  together. 
  The 
  ? 
  

   however 
  has 
  the 
  thorax 
  black, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  M. 
  soror 
  

  

  