﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  ]^ol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  65 
  

  

  Pleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  

   strongly 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   excavated, 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  ; 
  

   the 
  propleurae 
  reticulated, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  excavated, 
  projecting 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  

   the 
  other 
  segments 
  punctured, 
  but 
  the 
  punctation 
  

   becoming 
  weaker 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  segments 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  stout, 
  a 
  little 
  curved, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   projecting 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  large 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  others 
  have 
  the 
  base 
  

   impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   oblique 
  lateral 
  furrows 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   hypopygium 
  roundly 
  depressed. 
  Legs 
  densely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  

   curved 
  and 
  bent 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  sharply 
  

   elbowed 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  both 
  the 
  recurrent 
  

   nervures 
  are 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   cellule. 
  

  

  ''MUTILLA 
  RUFODORSATA, 
  Sp. 
  IWV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  dense 
  argenteo-hirta 
  ; 
  mesonoto 
  riifo 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  

   nigro-ccernleo 
  ; 
  alis 
  fnsco-violaccis. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Agra 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  all 
  over 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   before 
  the 
  tips 
  piceous. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  two 
  joints 
  covered 
  thickly 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  down. 
  Thorax 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  all 
  over, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   and 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  scutellum 
  rufous. 
  Pronotum 
  and 
  

   mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  very 
  coarsely 
  irregularly 
  reticulated; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  sharp 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  

   reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence. 
  The 
  pleurae 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  except 
  the 
  base 
  

  

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