﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  V^ol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  ^^- 
  'i* 
  ^^ 
  

  

  and 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  are 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  is 
  obliterated 
  entirely, 
  while 
  the 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  

   itself 
  terminates 
  at 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital. 
  The 
  

   abdomen 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   golden 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous, 
  and 
  projects 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  into 
  a 
  sharp, 
  

   triangular 
  plate 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  it 
  is 
  semi- 
  

   circularly 
  incised. 
  

  

  B. 
  Species 
  described 
  from 
  males 
  only. 
  

  

  a. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  only 
  tivo 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures. 
  

  

  ^MUTILLA 
  PERVERSA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  thorace 
  rufo, 
  sterno 
  nigro 
  ; 
  alls 
  siibfumatis, 
  nervis 
  

   fuscis. 
  d 
  . 
  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  

   pale 
  hairs. 
  Vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  equal 
  to 
  their 
  length, 
  

   and 
  not 
  much 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  dark 
  piceous, 
  the 
  

   teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  fuscous. 
  The 
  antennal 
  scape 
  not 
  

   furrowed 
  beneath, 
  sparsely 
  haired 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  stout, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  Thorax 
  above 
  entirely 
  

   obscure 
  ferruginous, 
  punctured, 
  but 
  not 
  strongly 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  

   a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope. 
  Propleurae 
  almost 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleurae 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   impunctate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  strongly 
  reticulated. 
  

   Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  soft 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  

   Alar 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  

   oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  small, 
  almost 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  straight, 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   curved 
  and 
  largely 
  bullated 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  almost 
  impunctate 
  

   covered, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  with 
  long 
  soft 
  

  

  