﻿Mandiester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  61 
  

  

  closely, 
  punctured, 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  it 
  less 
  thickly 
  with 
  shorter, 
  stiffer, 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  Scutellum 
  pyramidal, 
  strongly, 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  smooth 
  line 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  on 
  the 
  

   top 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black, 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  

   much 
  longer 
  pale, 
  hair. 
  The 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  is 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  depressed 
  silvery 
  hair, 
  and 
  

   more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  longer 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  area 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  widened, 
  its 
  sides 
  straight, 
  

   obliquely 
  narrowed, 
  its 
  apex 
  raised 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  closely 
  

   irregularly 
  reticulated 
  and 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  The 
  first 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  

   has 
  the 
  upper 
  three-fourths 
  roundly 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   is 
  straight, 
  bullated 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  middle. 
  Abdomen 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   longish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  the 
  second, 
  

   third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  thepygidium 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  rounded 
  

   curve, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  project 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  or 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   keels 
  on 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  not 
  much 
  raised 
  ; 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   penultimate 
  segment 
  more 
  distinct. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  FUNEBRANA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  abdomine 
  ferrugineo, 
  petiolo, 
  segmentisque 
  5 
  — 
  7 
  

   nigris 
  ; 
  alis 
  violaceis, 
  basi 
  fere 
  liyalinis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  fiagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  