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  Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  43 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  distinctly 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scape 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  

   not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  narrower 
  than 
  it. 
  

   Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  tubercles 
  

   red, 
  punctured 
  above, 
  shining. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous, 
  black 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  strongly 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  before 
  

   the 
  apex 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  transverse 
  furrow 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  

   almost 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  almost 
  transverse 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  an 
  

   abrupt, 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  and 
  is 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  

   reticulated. 
  Pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  propleurse 
  

   rugose. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  hair 
  long 
  and 
  white 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  

   four 
  pale 
  rufous 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  and 
  the 
  

   tarsal 
  spines 
  are 
  paler. 
  Abdomen 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  is 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  pale 
  golden 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  its 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  entirely, 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  dark 
  rufous, 
  and 
  is 
  closely 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  rufous 
  and 
  is 
  

   triangularly 
  incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Comes 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  Burmese 
  M. 
  conjungenda 
  Magr. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  PERSUASA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice 
  mesonotoque 
  rufis 
  ; 
  femoribus 
  piceis 
  ; 
  

   abdomine 
  albo-bimacidato. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  large, 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  it 
  is 
  twice 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  red 
  mark, 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded, 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  

   shining, 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  distinctly, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

   closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  closer 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  than 
  

   on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  