﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  A/0. 
  15. 
  23 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  COERULEO-TINCTA, 
  #. 
  WW. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  tJwrace 
  rufo, 
  abdominis 
  basi 
  coeruleo 
  ; 
  alis 
  fusco- 
  

   violaceis, 
  nervis 
  fuscis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  black, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  raised 
  ; 
  the 
  

   raised 
  part 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  

   smooth, 
  shallow 
  furrow. 
  Clypeus 
  roundly 
  convex, 
  shining, 
  

   smooth, 
  its 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  incised. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  

   distinctly 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  Thorax 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  breast 
  black. 
  

   Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  somewhat 
  larger, 
  deeper, 
  and 
  more 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  are 
  distinct 
  

   behind. 
  Scutellum 
  distinctly 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctured. 
  

   Median 
  segment 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  is 
  

   a 
  smooth 
  area, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  slightly 
  curved 
  and 
  

   triangular 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  which 
  is 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  and 
  median 
  segment. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleurae 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  reticulated 
  

   above 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  punctured. 
  

   Mesosternum 
  between 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  legs 
  furrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  

   furrow 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  keel. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  

   paler 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  is 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   oblique 
  above, 
  sharply 
  oblique 
  below; 
  the 
  apical 
  nervures 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  are 
  thinner. 
  The 
  basal 
  

   two 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  have 
  a 
  distinct 
  bluish 
  tint 
  ; 
  

   the 
  bluish 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  others 
  is 
  less 
  noticeable 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   three 
  segments 
  are 
  thickly 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  pale 
  

  

  