Manchester Mamoirs, J'^o/. x/iv. (igoo), No. 15. 29 

 MUTILLA AGELIA, S/>. HOV. 



Long. 8 — 9 mm. 



This species and that next described (both from 

 Barrackpore, where they were taken by Mr. Rothney) 

 belong to the group of M . intcrnipta, having the thorax 

 entirely red ; the head and abdomen black, the latter 

 with two oval marks of white pubescence, and the third 

 and fourth segments covered with similar pubescence 

 broadly on the sides. 



Length 9 mm. ; the scape and the second joint ferruginous, 

 the ventral keel projecting in the middle, depressed 

 on either side of the keel. M. agelia. 



Length 7 mm. ; the antennae entirely black ; the ventral 

 keel with the basal third projecting downwards. 



M. milhila. 

 Scape of antennae thickl}- covered with long white 

 hair ; the apex and the greater part of the lower side 

 rufous ; the second joint of a darker rufous colour ; the 

 third joint nearly twice the length of the fourth. Head a 

 little wider than the thorax ; strongly rugosely punctured ; 

 the front and vertex sparsely covered with longish black 

 hair. Antennal tubercles black. Thorax red ; twice the 

 lengrth of the head ; the base rounded in the middle, its 

 sides slightly oblique ; the apex almost transverse, the 

 sides straight, strongly rugosel}' punctured above ; the 

 apex has a sharp, oblique slope ; the basal two-thirds 

 strongly reticulated ; the middle with two straight keels, 

 which are clearly separated ; the apex in the middle more 

 irregularly and less distinctly reticulated. Pleurae smooth 

 and shining, the lower half of the meso- thickly covered 

 with silvery pubescence. Legs black, thickly covered with 

 white hair ; the calcaria pale ; the five tibial spines pale 

 rufous ; the tarsal spines are long and pale rufous. 

 Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united ; the 



