﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xhv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  29 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  AGELIA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  — 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  and 
  that 
  next 
  described 
  (both 
  from 
  

   Barrackpore, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rothney) 
  

   belong 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  M. 
  intermpta, 
  having 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   entirely 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   with 
  two 
  oval 
  marks 
  of 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  pubescence 
  

   broadly 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  ferruginous, 
  

  

  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  depressed 
  

  

  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  keel. 
  M. 
  agelia. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  the 
  antennas 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

  

  keel 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  projecting 
  downwards. 
  

  

  M. 
  mil 
  hi 
  la. 
  

   Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  rufous 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head 
  a 
  

   little 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  

   hair. 
  Antennal 
  tubercles 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  red 
  ; 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  its 
  

   sides 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  almost 
  transverse, 
  the 
  

   sides 
  straight, 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  has 
  a 
  sharp, 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  

   strongly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  two 
  straight 
  keels, 
  

   which 
  are 
  clearly 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  more 
  

   irregularly 
  and 
  less 
  distinctly 
  reticulated. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining, 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale 
  ; 
  the 
  five 
  tibial 
  spines 
  pale 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  pale 
  rufous. 
  

   Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  