﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  37 
  

  

  slope, 
  is 
  piceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  are 
  

   strongly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  having 
  more 
  and 
  longer 
  hair 
  than 
  usual. 
  It 
  fits 
  

   best 
  into 
  Bingham's 
  "Section 
  A., 
  a., 
  a." 
  but 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  

   fulvous 
  rather 
  than 
  yellow 
  and 
  golden. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MARCIA, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  mesonoto 
  nietanotique 
  apice 
  supra 
  rufis; 
  ab- 
  

   domine 
  albo-sex-viaculato 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigris. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  black, 
  strongly 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured, 
  running 
  into 
  reticulations, 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  black, 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  thickly 
  with 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Thorax 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  

   rounded 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  

   third 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  metanotum 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  more 
  strongly 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  

   and 
  is 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  above 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  strongly, 
  irregularly, 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  striae 
  stronger 
  and 
  irregularly 
  

   curved 
  on 
  the 
  rufous 
  part, 
  becoming 
  weaker 
  and 
  straighter 
  

   towards 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  is 
  smooth. 
  Pleurae 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  black, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  curved 
  red 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  

   above 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  is 
  rough 
  and 
  irregular 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  are 
  four 
  short, 
  blunt 
  teeth 
  ; 
  

   above 
  the 
  apical 
  slope 
  are 
  short, 
  irregular 
  teeth. 
  Legs 
  

   black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  

   white 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  long 
  and 
  pale. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  

   are 
  two 
  oval 
  marks, 
  placed 
  lengthways 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  

   segment 
  are 
  two 
  larger 
  oval 
  spots 
  placed 
  across, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  fourth 
  are 
  two 
  smaller 
  round 
  spots 
  of 
  silvery 
  

  

  