﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  67 
  

  

  except 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propleuras 
  and 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   sternum. 
  Scutellum 
  black 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segments 
  with 
  

   large, 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  smaller 
  reticulations, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  

   gradually 
  rounded 
  slope. 
  The 
  propleurae 
  are 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurse 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  and 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  reticulated, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   smooth. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   soft 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  The 
  alar 
  nervures 
  testa- 
  

   ceous, 
  slightly 
  darker 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  radial 
  cellule 
  wide 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  oblique, 
  straight, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  apical 
  which 
  is 
  curved, 
  almost 
  angled 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  is 
  oblique, 
  

   slightly 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  curved 
  and 
  bullated 
  beneath 
  

   hardly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  is 
  sharply 
  angled 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  Abdomen 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  the 
  punctation 
  becomes 
  weaker 
  ; 
  covered, 
  especially 
  

   at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  segments, 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

   The 
  basal 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   central 
  keel, 
  moderately 
  strongly 
  developed 
  and 
  hardly 
  

   raised 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  strongly, 
  the 
  

   others 
  much 
  more 
  weakly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  their 
  apices 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  entire, 
  not 
  

   depressed, 
  punctured 
  throughout. 
  

  

  C. 
  Species 
  described 
  from 
  females 
  only. 
  

  

  - 
  MUTILLA 
  LUXURIOSA, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  thorace 
  supra 
  obscure 
  fcrrugineo 
  ; 
  abdoniinc 
  albo- 
  

   scxmaculato. 
  2 
  . 
  Long. 
  7 
  — 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  {Ycrbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  not 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  clypeus 
  and 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  

  

  