﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  19 
  

  

  the 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  covered, 
  but 
  not 
  closely, 
  with 
  large 
  

   deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  

   a 
  smooth 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  

   straight 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  is 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  transverse 
  space 
  behind 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Comes 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  " 
  Section 
  b\ 
  (p. 
  9)" 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  

   new 
  group 
  ; 
  "Abdominal 
  segments 
  2 
  and 
  3 
  red," 
  after 
  

   his 
  or. 
  

  

  C. 
  The 
  group 
  of 
  M. 
  lepcha. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  

   abdomen 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  

   fulvous 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  LEPCHA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  dense 
  fulvo-Jdrta 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco-violaceis 
  ; 
  basi 
  

   fulvo 
  ; 
  tegulis 
  testaceis. 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  short, 
  thick; 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  distinctly 
  tapering 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  

   stiff, 
  pale 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile. 
  

   The 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  bearing 
  all 
  over 
  stout, 
  deep, 
  round 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  is 
  sparsely, 
  the 
  front 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  longer, 
  paler 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  rugose 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  covered 
  there 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  Thorax 
  

   entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  bright 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  

   which 
  is 
  especially 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  mesopleurae 
  and 
  the 
  median 
  segment. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  running 
  into 
  reticula- 
  

   tions 
  ; 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  are 
  two, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  clearly 
  

   defined, 
  furrows. 
  Metanotum 
  closely 
  reticulated, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  bright 
  fulvous 
  pubescence, 
  which 
  is 
  sparser 
  

  

  