﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  41 
  

  

  angularly, 
  obliquely 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   middle 
  keel 
  is 
  broad, 
  straight. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  trimaculata 
  Cam. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  EDOLATA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Rufa, 
  abdomine 
  nigro, 
  segmentis 
  I 
  — 
  5 
  vitta 
  apicali 
  

   albo-sericea 
  ornatis 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  rufis; 
  capite 
  laevo, 
  nitido, 
  sparse 
  

   punciato. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  them 
  ; 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  

   sparsely 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  sparsely 
  with 
  longish 
  

   black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  large, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous, 
  their 
  apices 
  broadly 
  black. 
  

   Antennae 
  stout, 
  rufous, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  down 
  ; 
  

   the 
  third 
  joint 
  narrowed, 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  

   Thorax 
  of 
  equal 
  width 
  above 
  ; 
  strongly, 
  longitudinally 
  

   rugulose, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  is 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  punctured 
  

   sparsely. 
  Legs 
  rufous, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  coloured 
  like 
  the 
  legs. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  violaceous-blue 
  tint 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  

   square 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  first; 
  a 
  large 
  semi-circular 
  

   one 
  on 
  the 
  second, 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  a 
  still 
  

   smaller 
  one 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  smooth, 
  testaceous. 
  

   The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  below 
  are 
  broadly 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  

  

  Agrees 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  coloration 
  with 
  Mr 
  hesitata 
  ; 
  is 
  

   easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  shorter 
  thorax, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  M. 
  liesitata, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  smooth 
  front 
  and 
  vertex. 
  

  

  