﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  ( 
  1 
  898), 
  No. 
  1 
  1 
  . 
  13 
  

  

  a 
  much 
  larger, 
  semicircular 
  mark 
  of 
  deep 
  orange 
  pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  mixed 
  with 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   longitudinally 
  striolated. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  LITIGIOSA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table, 
  this 
  species 
  comes 
  in 
  on 
  p. 
  4 
  — 
  

   " 
  Second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  spots, 
  the 
  spots 
  

   medial, 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  other." 
  

  

  The 
  spots 
  golden. 
  

  

  Legs 
  and 
  scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  red. 
  M. 
  pulla 
  Andre. 
  

  

  „ 
  ,, 
  „ 
  black. 
  M. 
  litigiosa. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  tapering 
  very 
  distinctly 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   the 
  scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  bare, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  scape 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  rufous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  nearly 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  fuscous 
  

   hair 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  oral 
  region 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   are 
  paler, 
  silvery 
  white 
  and 
  more 
  numerous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  mandibles 
  piceous. 
  Thorax 
  rufous, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  

   sternum 
  ; 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  becoming 
  

   gradually, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  much, 
  thicker 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   above 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  excavated, 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  their 
  lower 
  part 
  black, 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope. 
  

   Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  tibise 
  more 
  thickly, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  hairs 
  thicker 
  

   and 
  stiffer 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Abdomen 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  longish, 
  

  

  