﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  y^ 
  

  

  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  looked 
  at 
  from 
  above 
  are 
  

   straight 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  mesopleurse 
  are 
  slightly 
  excavated 
  ; 
  

   above 
  coarsely 
  uniformly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  propleurae 
  

   entirely 
  black, 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   smooth 
  shining, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  propleurae 
  by 
  a 
  keel 
  ; 
  

   black, 
  rufous 
  above, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleuraj 
  coarsely 
  reticulated, 
  

   rufous 
  above, 
  black 
  below. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  a 
  sharp 
  oblique 
  slope. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  two 
  elongated 
  oval 
  marks 
  of 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  silvery 
  pile. 
  

   The 
  ventral 
  segments 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  separated. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  black, 
  densely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  stout 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  stout, 
  longish. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PUERILIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Femiginea, 
  sparse 
  loitge 
  alho-hirta; 
  abdoinine 
  nigra. 
  2. 
  

   Long, 
  fere 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  (Yerbury). 
  

  

  Antenna; 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  scape 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  closely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  down. 
  Head 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   and 
  an 
  elongated 
  mark 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  to 
  the 
  eyes, 
  becoming 
  narrowed 
  as 
  it 
  approaches 
  

   them, 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  above 
  coarsely 
  rugose, 
  becoming 
  

   somewhat 
  reticulated 
  towards 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesothorax 
  hardly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  

   propleurae 
  a 
  little 
  shagreened; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   a 
  little 
  aciculated 
  and 
  hollowed; 
  the 
  rest 
  very 
  shining 
  and 
  

   impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  with 
  

   distinctly 
  separated 
  punctures. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  

  

  