faimiAA. 
5*5 
Genus X.— - Mutilia . 
A few only of this tribe are winged ; in thole that are 
provided with thefe inftruments, they are refplendent like 
pearl, and laid horizontally upon their backs. The an- 
tenn® are broken, and have the firft articulation longer 
than the reft ; the body is covered with down ; the tho- 
rax is obtufe at the bafe ; and the fling is concealed 
within the abdomen *. * 
The common refiaence of the nautili® is upon the 
ground, below mofs, efpecially where there is a hollow 
fpace between the mofs and the earth. They are gre- 
garious, and when difturbed in their retreats, they make 
their efcape by running very fwiftly. Ihe mutillae, for 
the greateft part, are inhabitants of foreign climes : that 
tnoft frequently feen in Britain is. 
The mutilia Europea. The thorax of this infeS is a 
deep yellow, mingled with black velvety down ; the pre- 
vailing colour of the abdomen is black, but is adorned, 
with two, and fometimes a greater number of yellowifli 
white bands ; the antennce are black, and bending , th*. 
legs* of the fame colour, and hairy ; the eyes are of a 
beautiful pearl white, fliining from a head of a coal 
)flaek. 
* Syft. Nat. p. 966, 
