lil 
MUTILLA. 
MotILa, auctorum. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Caput magnum; antenne capite longiores, filiformes, fron- 
tales, articulis primo et secundo elongatis ; pa/pi max- 
illares maxillis longiores. 
Abdomen in utroque sexu ovalis, convexum, segmento se- 
cundo magno. 
Thorax cubicus; ale cellulis tribus submarginalibus, una 
marginali. 
Mazzs alati. 
Feminz apterz. 
MUTILLA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head large ; antenne longer than the head, filiform, si- 
tuated in the front of the head, the first and second 
joints elongate ; mazillary palpi longer than the max- 
illz. 
Abdomen in both sexes oval, convex, the second segment 
large. 
Thorax cubical; wings with one marginal and three sub- 
marginal cells. 
Mates with wings. 
FEMALES apterous. 
The insects of this genus have no neuters, nor do they 
live in societies, as some writers have asserted, 
Most of the species inhabits the warmer, and some few 
the more temperate regions. Mutilla Europea is the only 
one that inhabits Great Britain, in which country it is far 
from being a common insect. 
