Manchester Mejiwirs, Vol. xliv. (1900). No. W 35 



MUTILLA VIOLENTA, Sp. nov. 



Nigra, tJioracc supra rufo ; flagcllo antenna nun brnnneo; 

 ahdoinine albo-scx-niaculato, sub t us rufo. 9 . 



Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Yerbury). 



Head slightly, but distinctly, wider than the thorax, 

 strongly rugosely punctured ; in the middle the punctures 

 are stronger, and run into irregular longitudinal striations; 

 is reticulated over the antennas. Scape of antennae 

 covered with long silvery hairs ; the flagellum is stout, 

 dark rufous, darker, almost black, above ; the third joint 

 is not quite the length of the fourth, and is narrowed at 

 the base. Thorax twice the length of the head, slightly 

 irregularly contracted in the middle above, the metathorax 

 slightly wider. The median segment has an oblique 

 slope, is deeply and strongly reticulated, and is darker 

 coloured at the apex ; its upper part dentate. Propleurje 

 and the upper parts of the meso- and meta-pleuras rufous, 

 smooth and shining ; the apical part of the last irregularly 

 reticulated. Legs black, with a slight piceous tint ; the 

 calcaria pale ; on the hinder tibiae are five stout, dark rufous 

 spines. Abdomen black, the ventral surface for the greater 

 part ferruginous ; the basal segment is sparsely covered 

 with long white hair ; the two marks on the base of the 

 second segment are oval ; the two on the third segment 

 are larger, are on the apex of the segment, broader than 

 long, and irregularly rounded behind ; the marks on the 

 fourth segments are smaller ; the pygidium is closely 

 longitudinally striated, and fringed laterally with long 

 pale hair ; the ventral keel has a slight curve ; the 

 segments are rather thickly covered with long white hair. 



MUTILLA PAMPHIA, Sp. nov. 

 Nigra, capite dense longe pallide piloso ; tJiorace supra 



