﻿MancJiester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  47 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  INDOCILA, 
  Sp. 
  1IOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  vertice 
  tJwraceque 
  ritfis 
  ; 
  abdominis 
  segmento 
  

   secundo 
  albo-maculato 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigris, 
  femoribas 
  piceis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  

   transverse 
  behind, 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  rounded 
  ; 
  black; 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  ; 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  behind 
  the 
  

   ocelli 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  and 
  more 
  closely 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  black 
  pubescence. 
  Antennal 
  tubercles 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   face 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  clearly 
  separated 
  

   and 
  triangular. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Palpi 
  dark 
  testaceous. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black, 
  dark 
  testa- 
  

   ceous 
  beneath, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile. 
  Thorax 
  

   rufous, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  rounded 
  at 
  base 
  

   and 
  apex 
  ; 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  above 
  and 
  irregularly 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  edges 
  

   are 
  rough 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  above 
  with 
  a 
  

   spine 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  this 
  spine 
  is 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  viewed 
  

   laterally, 
  and 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  

   on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  are 
  two 
  short, 
  thick 
  spines. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  

   meso-pleurse 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleuras 
  black, 
  

   strongly 
  punctured. 
  Legs 
  black; 
  the 
  femora 
  inclining 
  to 
  

   piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  long, 
  dense, 
  and 
  white 
  ; 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  white 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  one, 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  

   and 
  bluntly 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  

   and 
  one 
  slightly 
  larger 
  than 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  petiole, 
  and 
  one, 
  

   somewhat 
  square 
  in 
  shape, 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  seg- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  apical 
  segment 
  has 
  no 
  area, 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  is 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  and 
  

   has 
  no 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Is 
  nearly 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  aspcra, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  

  

  