﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  71 
  

  

  aureous 
  hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  a 
  projection, 
  which 
  rises 
  

   a 
  little 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  curved; 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  has 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  

   others 
  are 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  

   and 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  The 
  legs 
  

   are 
  moderately 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  fulvous 
  or 
  pale 
  ; 
  

   the 
  fore 
  femora 
  are 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  : 
  the 
  two 
  hinder 
  pairs 
  rufous, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  apex, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  black. 
  

  

  In 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  it 
  comes 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  sex-maculata, 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  entirely 
  red 
  ; 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  having 
  

   interrupted 
  white 
  bands 
  instead 
  of 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  marks 
  on 
  

   the 
  second 
  segment, 
  too, 
  being 
  oval 
  and 
  not 
  elongate. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  VALIDA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  thorace 
  supra 
  rufo, 
  ahdominc 
  albo-hiniaculato, 
  

   bast 
  longe 
  fulvo-hirto. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  the 
  sides 
  more 
  thickly 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  it 
  is 
  developed 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   eyes. 
  Scape 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagelluni 
  

   with 
  fuscous 
  down. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  one 
  half 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  head, 
  its 
  sides 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  

   three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  

   reddish 
  ; 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  almost 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  slightly 
  hollowed, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pro- 
  and 
  meta-pleurae 
  coarsely 
  reticulated, 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   impunctate, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  smooth, 
  

   obscurely 
  shagreened, 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  thick 
  band 
  

   of 
  rich 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  oval 
  

   marks 
  of 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

  

  