Manchester Memoirs, ] ^oL xliv. {igoo}, N'o. 15. 45 



Scape of antenn.'u shining, sparsely pilose, piceous ; 

 the base of the flagellinn testaceous. Head black; 

 slightly, but distinctly, wider than the thorax ; the front 

 and vertex closely, strongly and uniformly punctured ; 

 the transverse keels above the antenna:? are distinct ; on 

 the front in the micidle is a narrow longitudinal keel. 

 The sides of the face are rufous. Mandibles rufous. 

 Thorax rufous ; the sides parallel ; the base and apex 

 rounded ; it is about twice the length of the head. 

 Mesonotum strongly punctured, more closeh' and not so 

 strongly at the apex ; the base irregularly striated, the 

 sides uneven. The apex has a rather abrupt oblique 

 slope ; it is black, rufous round the edges ; the lower part 

 in the middle smooth, the rest reticulated ; the upper 

 part has in the centre a bluntly rounded, broad tooth ; on 

 either side of this are four short, blunt teeth. Pleurae 

 smooth, shining, black, rufous round the edges. Legs 

 black, piceous at the base ; covered with white hair ; the 

 tibial spines pale testaceous, longish, and four in number. 

 Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united ; black ; 

 the petiole punctured and covered with long pale hairs ; 

 behind the middle of the second segment are two oval 

 marks of pale fulvous pubescence ; the third and fourth 

 segments are covered with similar pubescence ; the 

 pygidium is strongly and closely punctured ; the second 

 ventral segment is strongly punctured. 



MUTILLA ASPERA, Sp. 710V. 



Nigra, vert ice inesonotoqiie ferrugincis; apice abdominis 

 segmenti secuiuii fiilvo-piloso ; flagello antennarttni subtus 

 brunneo ; apice mctanoti spiiioso. 



Long. 7 — 8 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Yerbury). 



