﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  49 
  

  

  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  upper 
  third 
  is 
  rufous, 
  the 
  rest 
  black. 
  The 
  

   pro-, 
  meso-, 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  meta-pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  

   Legs 
  black, 
  inclining 
  to 
  piceous, 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  lighter 
  in 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  spines 
  

   four, 
  longish, 
  sharp, 
  pale 
  testaceous. 
  Abdomen 
  deep 
  

   black 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   abdominal 
  segment, 
  a 
  longer, 
  broader 
  one, 
  rounded 
  

   behind, 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  third, 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   not 
  defined 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  segment 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  and 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  in 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  is 
  punctured, 
  keeled 
  

   laterally 
  and 
  rufo-testaceous 
  on 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  only 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  winged 
  

   or 
  male 
  sex. 
  In 
  the 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist, 
  for 
  August 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  I 
  have 
  described 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  Mutillida 
  from 
  India. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  FOVEISCUTIS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  ab 
  do 
  mine 
  ferrugineo, 
  basi 
  apiceque 
  nigris 
  ; 
  

   scutello 
  tubercnlato, 
  medio 
  Icsvo, 
  basi 
  foveato 
  ; 
  a/is 
  violaceis; 
  

   capite 
  thoraceque 
  dense 
  nigro-pilosis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  23 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nab. 
  Poona 
  ( 
  Wroughton). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  distinctly 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   with 
  a 
  pale 
  pile. 
  The 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  are 
  strongly, 
  but 
  

   not 
  closely, 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  inner 
  orbits 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  belt 
  of 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  bare, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  transverse, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hair 
  ; 
  obliquely 
  

   projecting. 
  Mandibles 
  black; 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  rest 
  bare, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

  

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