﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  3 
  

  

  a 
  large, 
  elongate 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  is 
  

   straight 
  throughout. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  are 
  

   raised 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  the 
  raised 
  part 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  are 
  two 
  shorter 
  keels, 
  

   also 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  M.perdita 
  and 
  M. 
  cressida 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  

   may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  petiole 
  

   dilated 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  four 
  apical 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  more 
  stoutly 
  built 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  being 
  

   clearly 
  longer 
  above 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  bulging 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ANTERA, 
  Sp. 
  tlOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdomine 
  ferrugineo, 
  basi 
  apiceque 
  nigris, 
  basi 
  

   scut 
  el 
  li 
  medio 
  canalicidato 
  ; 
  alis 
  violaceis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  20 
  mm. 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  M. 
  dimidiata 
  Lep., 
  having 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  raised 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  having 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  fiagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  

   almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  but, 
  if 
  either, 
  the 
  third 
  is 
  the 
  

   shorter. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  a 
  large 
  smooth 
  

   space 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  behind 
  the 
  ocelli. 
  Clypeus 
  broadly 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  its 
  apex 
  slightly 
  waved. 
  Mandibles 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lower 
  tooth 
  is 
  much 
  shorter 
  and 
  more 
  rounded 
  than 
  the 
  

   upper 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  black. 
  Pronotum 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair; 
  the 
  propleurse 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  depression 
  bearing 
  

   seven 
  stout, 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  smooth. 
  

  

  