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

  

  MUTILLA 
  ONARA, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  16 
  — 
  17 
  mm. 
  6. 
  

  

  Agrees 
  in 
  coloration 
  with 
  M. 
  Jionorata 
  — 
  black, 
  with 
  

   the 
  basal 
  three 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  red, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  

   segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  — 
  

   but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  being 
  larger, 
  by 
  the 
  central 
  

   area 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  being 
  much 
  broader 
  and 
  not 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  much 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  basal 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  being 
  impunctate. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  fiagellum 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  microscopic 
  pile 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Front 
  

   and 
  vertex 
  deeply 
  rugosely 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  broadly.in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  thickly, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Clypeus 
  

   very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  its 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  raised. 
  Mandi- 
  

   bles 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  palpi 
  black, 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  hair. 
  The 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  and 
  is 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae, 
  

   except 
  above, 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  stout, 
  somewhat 
  irregular, 
  

   longitudinal 
  striae. 
  Mesonotum 
  coarsely, 
  irregularly, 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  and 
  reticulated, 
  more 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  long, 
  black 
  and 
  

   sparse 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  four 
  longitudinal 
  furrows, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   being 
  the 
  shorter. 
  Scutellum 
  roundly 
  convex, 
  not 
  much 
  

   raised 
  ; 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  rugose. 
  Median 
  segment 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  largely 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  central 
  area 
  wide, 
  in 
  length 
  scarcely 
  twice 
  the 
  

   width 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  itself 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  oblique. 
  Mesopleurae 
  closely 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  largely 
  reticu- 
  

   lated. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  mesosternum 
  irregularly 
  stoutly 
  

  

  