﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  M. 
  atomus 
  Andre 
  is 
  readily 
  separated 
  from 
  

   it 
  by 
  the 
  pygidium 
  not 
  being 
  striated. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  

   thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  pallid-testaceous, 
  infuscated 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  sparsely 
  pilose, 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   joints 
  equal 
  in 
  length. 
  Head, 
  if 
  anything, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  dark 
  

   rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  tubercles 
  pallid- 
  

   testaceous, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tubercles 
  large, 
  shining 
  ; 
  behind, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  developed 
  

   one-half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Thorax, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  

   above, 
  straight, 
  slightly 
  and 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

   Pleurae 
  slightly 
  excavated, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  

   middle 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  femora 
  darker, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   paler. 
  Abdomen 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax; 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  violaceous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apical 
  

   segments 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anal 
  segment 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  strongly 
  longitudinally 
  

   striolated. 
  Ventral 
  surface 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  

   testaceous, 
  with 
  a 
  straight, 
  blunt 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   segments 
  fringed 
  thickly 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  CONSOCIATA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  ?. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Agrees 
  closely 
  with 
  M. 
  posthuma; 
  but 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  being 
  entirely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  square 
  mark 
  

   of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  there 
  being 
  also 
  similar 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  ; 
  the 
  anal 
  segment 
  is 
  black 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  

   finely, 
  not 
  strongly, 
  punctured, 
  and, 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  is 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  stiff, 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  is 
  more 
  sharply 
  oblique, 
  and 
  not 
  rounded 
  

  

  