﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  31 
  

  

  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  

   spines 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  are 
  blackish. 
  

   Petiole 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  marks 
  on 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  oval 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  

   fourth 
  segments 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  laterally 
  with 
  pale 
  

   fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  closely, 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  striated 
  , 
  the 
  apex 
  smooth 
  and 
  piceous, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair. 
  The 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  not 
  

   clearly 
  defined, 
  and 
  is 
  straight 
  throughout. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  DRYTA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  obscure 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   joint 
  not 
  much 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  about 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  

   closely, 
  irregularly, 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  running 
  into 
  

   reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  tubercles 
  are 
  rufous. 
  Thorax 
  fully 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   distinctly 
  rounded; 
  the 
  apex 
  transverse; 
  the 
  sides 
  slightly 
  

   and 
  broadly 
  contracted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  strongly, 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally, 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  above; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  

   oblique, 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  slope, 
  is 
  strongly 
  reticulated 
  and 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  irregularly 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  piceous 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  white, 
  the 
  tarsal 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  rufous 
  tinge. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  with 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  two 
  oval 
  marks 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  are 
  broadly 
  covered, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  with 
  silverly 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  is 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  is 
  

  

  