﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  39 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  EMANCIPATA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

   Nigra, 
  mesonoto 
  propleurisque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  albo- 
  

   sex-maculato 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigris. 
  9 
  . 
  

   Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrack 
  pore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  rufous, 
  

  

  the 
  third 
  joint 
  not 
  quite 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

  

  Head 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  

  

  closely, 
  punctured 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  tubercles 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  testaceous. 
  Mandibles 
  

  

  broadly 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  short, 
  rounded 
  and 
  

  

  slightly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  straight 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

  

  large, 
  deep, 
  and 
  running 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  into 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  and 
  is 
  rounded 
  above; 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  black, 
  except 
  above, 
  and 
  is 
  irregularly 
  rugose. 
  Pleurae 
  

  

  black, 
  except 
  the 
  propleurae 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae, 
  

  

  which 
  are 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  prosternum 
  being 
  also 
  rufous 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  mesopleurae 
  bears 
  a 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

  

  smooth, 
  not 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

  

  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

  

  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  and 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  

  

  fulvous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  Petiole 
  fringed 
  with 
  

  

  long, 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  behind 
  the 
  

  

  middle 
  are 
  two 
  oval 
  marks 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  

  

  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  

  

  punctured, 
  the 
  apical 
  closely, 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  raised 
  behind, 
  

  

  and 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  towards 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Resembles 
  M.gnoma; 
  but 
  is 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  base 
  

   only 
  of 
  the 
  pleurae 
  being 
  rufous, 
  gnoma 
  having 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  rufous, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  thorax 
  being 
  wider 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  