﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900). 
  No. 
  15. 
  35 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  VIOLENTA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  thorace 
  supra 
  rufo; 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  brunneo; 
  

   abdomine 
  albo-sex-maculato, 
  subtus 
  rufo. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  slightly, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   are 
  stronger, 
  and 
  run 
  into 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  striations; 
  

   is 
  reticulated 
  over 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  is 
  stout, 
  

   dark 
  rufous, 
  darker, 
  almost 
  black, 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   is 
  not 
  quite 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  is 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   the 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  slightly 
  

   irregularly 
  contracted 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  above, 
  the 
  metathorax 
  

   slightly 
  wider. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  

   slope, 
  is 
  deeply 
  and 
  strongly 
  reticulated, 
  and 
  is 
  darker 
  

   coloured 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  its 
  upper 
  part 
  dentate. 
  Propleurae 
  

   and 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  and 
  meta-pleurae 
  rufous, 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  irregularly 
  

   reticulated. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  piceous 
  tint 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  pale 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  are 
  five 
  stout, 
  dark 
  rufous 
  

   spines. 
  Abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  is 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  are 
  oval 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  

   are 
  larger, 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  segment, 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long, 
  and 
  irregularly 
  rounded 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  segments 
  are 
  smaller 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  closely 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated, 
  and 
  fringed 
  laterally 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  curve 
  ; 
  the 
  

   segments 
  are 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PAMPHIA, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

   Nigra, 
  capite 
  dense 
  longe 
  pallide 
  piloso 
  ; 
  thorace 
  supra 
  

  

  