﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  33 
  

  

  hair. 
  The 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  rufous 
  : 
  the 
  apical 
  

   half 
  is 
  roundly 
  dilated. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MARTIALIS, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Agrees 
  closely 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  coloration 
  with 
  M. 
  dryta 
  ; 
  

   differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  thorax 
  narrower, 
  longer 
  and 
  

   more 
  dilated 
  behind; 
  in 
  the 
  petiole 
  being 
  rufous 
  beneath; 
  

   in 
  its 
  keel 
  not 
  being 
  incised 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  coxae 
  being 
  rufous. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  

   pile 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  large, 
  rufous. 
  Head 
  distinctly 
  

   wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  

   golden 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Thorax 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  slightly 
  widened 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  shining, 
  obscurely, 
  finely, 
  

   transversely 
  striated. 
  Mesonotum 
  strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  a 
  rounded 
  slope, 
  is 
  strongly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  middle 
  reticulations 
  more 
  open, 
  running 
  into 
  irregular 
  

   longitudinal 
  striae. 
  Propleurae 
  irregularly 
  punctured; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  irregularly 
  and 
  indistinctly 
  reticulated 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Legs 
  

   black, 
  inclining 
  to 
  piceous 
  on 
  the 
  femora, 
  the 
  coxae 
  rufous 
  ; 
  

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

   tarsal 
  spines 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  fulvous 
  tint. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  petiole 
  rufous 
  beneath, 
  its 
  keel 
  straight 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   segment 
  are 
  two 
  oval 
  marks, 
  near 
  the 
  middle, 
  of 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  are 
  broadly 
  

   banded 
  laterally 
  with 
  similar 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   is 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   sides 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair. 
  

  

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