﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  9 
  

  

  distinctly 
  punctured, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  as 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  

   its 
  hair 
  longer 
  and 
  paler. 
  Metanotum 
  strongly 
  and 
  

   regularly 
  reticulated 
  all 
  over 
  ; 
  its 
  base 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  its 
  basal 
  half 
  is 
  rounded 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  slope. 
  Propleurae 
  impunctate, 
  but 
  marked 
  with 
  

   four 
  stout 
  keels 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  and 
  a 
  narrower 
  one 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  strongly 
  but 
  not 
  deeply 
  

   punctured, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair; 
  

   the 
  metapleurse 
  strongly 
  reticulated, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  smooth 
  

   oblique 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  spines 
  and 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  Wings 
  fusco-violaceous; 
  

   the 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  dark 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  at 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  it 
  receives 
  the 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  shortly, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   third. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  segments 
  entirely 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  thickly 
  with 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  Petiole 
  stout, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  wider 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex; 
  in 
  length 
  about 
  half 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  ; 
  both 
  are 
  rather 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  closely, 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle. 
  The 
  petiole 
  beneath 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  the 
  keel 
  is 
  straight 
  throughout 
  ; 
  rounded 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  oblique 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  black, 
  

   rufous 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  RESPONSARIA, 
  Sp. 
  ftOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdominis 
  segmentis 
  primis 
  tribus 
  late 
  rufo- 
  

   ferrugineis 
  ; 
  alls 
  fumatis, 
  basi 
  fere 
  hyalinis 
  ; 
  tegulis 
  

   testaceis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

  

  