﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  6g 
  

  

  ^ 
  MUTILLA 
  KEMOTA, 
  Sp. 
  nOV. 
  

  

  Long, 
  15 
  mm. 
  2. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali 
  (Ycrbury). 
  

  

  Comes 
  very 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  cgregia 
  Sauss., 
  in 
  the 
  colora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  having 
  

   a 
  stout 
  spine 
  ; 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   entirely 
  black, 
  not 
  red. 
  

  

  Head 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  deep 
  black, 
  coarsely 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black, 
  inter- 
  

   mixed 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  with 
  shorter 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  orbits 
  

   on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  narrowly 
  rufous. 
  Antennal 
  scape 
  rufous, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  Thorax 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  wider 
  to 
  the 
  

   spines, 
  then 
  becoming 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  narrower 
  to 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  black 
  hairs; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  

   abrupt 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  long 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  black, 
  on 
  the 
  low'er 
  golden. 
  

   The 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleuras 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  

   projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  in 
  a 
  stout 
  

   rufous 
  spine 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  beyond 
  the 
  spine 
  a 
  little 
  hollowed 
  

   and 
  finely 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  entirely 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured. 
  The 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  rufous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  femora 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tibia; 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  more 
  thickly 
  with 
  long 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  The 
  petiole 
  

   narrow 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  gradually 
  dilated 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  golden 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  broadly 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  narrowly 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  intermediate 
  space 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Second 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured; 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  black 
  hairs; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  

   a 
  belt 
  of 
  golden 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment 
  covered 
  

   with 
  golden 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  two 
  ventral 
  segments 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  covered 
  with 
  

   golden 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  