﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  5 
  

  

  Legs 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united, 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  silvery 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  a 
  large, 
  round, 
  central 
  and 
  a 
  smaller, 
  

   more 
  elongate 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  

   and 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  broadly 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre, 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   segments 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  shining, 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  slightly 
  raised, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  large, 
  moderately 
  deep 
  and 
  

   clearly 
  separated. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  three-fourths 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  

   black, 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   segment 
  with 
  large, 
  shallow 
  punctures, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  the 
  middle 
  

   projects 
  into 
  a 
  stout, 
  somewhat 
  triangular, 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   segments 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  Might 
  be 
  the 
  2 
  of 
  M. 
  ocdipns, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  point 
  which 
  

   can 
  only 
  be 
  settled 
  by 
  direct 
  observation. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  SIMPLICATA, 
  Sp. 
  )WV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  mm. 
  2. 
  

  

  Flab. 
  Mahaganay, 
  Ceylon 
  {Yerbury). 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  the 
  limited 
  group 
  of 
  Mutilla 
  kanarce 
  Cam. 
  

   and 
  M. 
  atomus 
  Andre, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  having 
  no 
  spots 
  

   on 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  having 
  instead 
  broad 
  bands 
  of 
  reddish- 
  

   fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  red, 
  the 
  antennae 
  black, 
  

   reddish 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  M. 
  kanarce 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  species 
  than 
  

   this, 
  its 
  thorax 
  is 
  red 
  : 
  the 
  head 
  covered 
  above 
  with 
  fulvous 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  fulvous 
  

  

  