﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  45 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  pilose, 
  piceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fiagellum 
  testaceous. 
  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  

   slightly, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  

   and 
  vertex 
  closely, 
  strongly 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  keels 
  above 
  the 
  antennas 
  are 
  distinct 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  front 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  longitudinal 
  keel. 
  

   The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  are 
  rufous. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous. 
  

   Thorax 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  parallel 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  

   rounded 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  about 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  more 
  closely 
  and 
  not 
  so 
  

   strongly 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  irregularly 
  striated, 
  the 
  

   sides 
  uneven. 
  The 
  apex 
  has 
  a 
  rather 
  abrupt 
  oblique 
  

   slope 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  black, 
  rufous 
  round 
  the 
  edges 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  smooth, 
  the 
  rest 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  a 
  bluntly 
  rounded, 
  broad 
  tooth 
  ; 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  four 
  short, 
  blunt 
  teeth. 
  Pleurae 
  

   smooth, 
  shining, 
  black, 
  rufous 
  round 
  the 
  edges. 
  Legs 
  

   black, 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   tibial 
  spines 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  longish, 
  and 
  four 
  in 
  number. 
  

   Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  petiole 
  punctured 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   behind 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  are 
  two 
  oval 
  

   marks 
  of 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  

   segments 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  is 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ASPERA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice 
  mesonotoqne 
  ferritgineis 
  ; 
  apice 
  abdominis 
  

   segmenti 
  secundi 
  fnlvo-piloso 
  ; 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  subtus 
  

   brunneo 
  ; 
  apice 
  metanoti 
  spinoso. 
  

  

  Long. 
  7 
  — 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  