﻿Mancliester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  75 
  

  

  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  shining 
  keel. 
  Propleurae 
  stoutly, 
  but 
  not 
  

   closely, 
  obliquely 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  

   reticulated, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  smooth. 
  Mesosternum 
  smooth, 
  

   the 
  sides 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  keel. 
  Wings 
  

   fusco-violaceous, 
  the 
  base 
  almost 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  

   the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle; 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule 
  is 
  wide 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  

   radius 
  is 
  oblique, 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  has 
  

   a 
  slight, 
  the 
  lower 
  an 
  acute 
  slope. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   petiole, 
  the 
  second, 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   segments 
  are 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  fringed 
  thickly 
  

   with 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  also 
  with 
  long, 
  stiff, 
  

   black 
  hairs; 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  smooth; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  reddish 
  and 
  curved 
  upwards. 
  The 
  ventral 
  keel 
  is 
  stout 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  

   segments 
  are 
  bordered 
  by 
  stout 
  keels. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  from 
  Japan. 
  

  

  MUTILLA 
  MIKADO, 
  Sp. 
  flOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  tlwrace 
  supra 
  rufo 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  longe 
  aureo- 
  

   piloso. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  — 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  Head 
  large, 
  slightly, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  wider 
  

   than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  largely 
  developed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  stiff, 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  Eyes 
  small. 
  Thorax 
  quadrangular, 
  not 
  very 
  

   much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  straight 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  apex 
  transverse 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  rounded 
  ; 
  above 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  dark 
  ferruginous, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

  

  