﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  3 
  

  

  hair 
  ; 
  over 
  the 
  middle 
  coxae 
  it 
  is 
  rufous. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  femora, 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  tarsi 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  more 
  sparsely, 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  much 
  more 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  thick, 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  irregularly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   base 
  covered, 
  but 
  not 
  thickly, 
  with 
  long, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  long, 
  fulvous, 
  golden 
  hair, 
  which 
  extends 
  

   on 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   coarsely 
  irregularly 
  reticulated, 
  most 
  strongly 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  in 
  its 
  centre, 
  in 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  middle, 
  are 
  two 
  oval 
  marks 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  black 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  third, 
  are 
  two 
  marks 
  of 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence, 
  but 
  wider 
  and 
  shorter 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  are 
  slightly 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  hairs 
  at 
  their 
  apices 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  smooth, 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  covered 
  thickly 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  

   long, 
  black 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  silvery 
  hairs. 
  The 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  obliquely 
  triangularly 
  

   raised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  depressed 
  before 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  broadly 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  its 
  apical 
  half 
  bearing 
  large, 
  deep, 
  

   irregular 
  punctures 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  closely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  apices, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  The 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ELTOLA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  very 
  similar 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  markings 
  to 
  M. 
  

   rotlineyi 
  Cam., 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  not 
  having 
  "a 
  single 
  central 
  spine 
  posteriorly." 
  

  

  