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semi-longitudinal keels ; the apex at the top is stoutly 

 margined ; at the top is a triangular area, the sides with 

 stout oblique keels, meeting in the centre ; the pleura 

 coarsely irregularly reticulated, the sternum irregularly 

 transversely striolated ; its side stoutly keeled with a 

 sharp margin at the edge, the pleura at the side of this 

 being hollowed ; the sternum widely hollowed, the hollow 

 becoming gradually wider towards the apex. Abdomen 

 shining, impunctate ; the base stoutly longitudinally 

 striated ; the basal ventral segment strongly reticulated ; 

 keeled down the middle to near the apex ; the other 

 segments with punctures at the apex, these being fewer on 

 the middle and more numerous on the apical segments. 



MUTILLXDiB. 



Since my paper on the Indian Mutillidae {Manchester 

 Memoirs, V ., 1892) was published, some additional 

 species have come into my possession from Mr. Rothney 

 and from Col. Yerbury. The collection from the last- 

 named gentleman is of especial value, as it enables us to 

 unite the sexes of a few species. 



The discovery by Mr. Rothney of an apterous 6 Mutilla, 

 although not unique, is of interest. It is remarkable that 

 the four known apterous species of c? Mutilla have the 

 thorax emarginate, as it often is with 2 Mutillce, while it 

 never is so in the winged males. 



a. Males. Wingless, thorax incised. 



Mutilla cedipus, sp. nov. (PI. 4, f. 13. <5 .) 



Ferruginea, aptera, abdomine nigro, albo maculate ; pedibus 

 nigris; thor ace late inciso. 6. Long, fere 9 mm. 

 Hab. Barrackpore {Rothney). 



Head large, wider than the thorax, the part behind 

 the eyes more than twice their length; coarsely punctured, 

 closely covered with white pubescence ; black, ferruginous 



