﻿MancJiester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  71 
  

  

  Mesopleurae 
  rugosely 
  reticulated, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Metapleurae 
  reticulated 
  irregularly 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  Mesosternum 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  a 
  triangular 
  depression. 
  Legs 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Wings 
  

   fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  violaceous 
  tinge; 
  the 
  nervures 
  are 
  fuscous; 
  

   the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  are 
  equal 
  

   in 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  base, 
  especially 
  behind 
  the 
  transverse 
  basal 
  

   nervure, 
  is 
  hyaline. 
  Abdomen 
  rufous, 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   bright 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  is 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  depressed; 
  

   the 
  hypopygium 
  is 
  broadly 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  near 
  

   the 
  base, 
  the 
  depression 
  there 
  being 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  outer 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  are 
  rounded 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  two 
  

   fovese. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  ILLA, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  capite 
  tJwraceque 
  dense 
  albopilosis 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  

   ferrugineo, 
  apice 
  nigro 
  ; 
  alts 
  violaceis, 
  basi 
  liyalinis. 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Nab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  grey 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  densely 
  with 
  white 
  down. 
  Front 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  which 
  hides 
  the 
  sculpture; 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  fuscous 
  

   hair. 
  Face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  laterally 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  rufous 
  

   behind 
  the 
  teeth. 
  Palpi 
  dark 
  testaceous. 
  Pronotum 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  punctured 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  irregularly 
  striated, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured; 
  covered 
  with 
  blackish 
  

  

  