296 ' HTMENOPTEEA. 



1 



41. Mutilla championi. (Tab. XIII. fig. 13, $ .) 



Nigra ; vertice folvo-hirto ; abdomine argenteo-piloso, petiolo rugoso-punctato. $ . 

 Long, fere 10 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet {Champion). 



Black ; the vertex broadly, the pronotum in front densely, covered with thick silvery 

 pubescence ; two silvery ovate maculae on the base of the second abdominal segment, 

 and a broad interrupted silvery fascia at its apex ; the other segments marked with 

 silvery hair at the sides ; the head, thorax, and abdomen covered with black hairs ; 

 the mesopleurae in front and behind, and the median segment laterally, covered with a 

 short silvery pubescence. The scape of the antennae is punctured and densely covered 

 with silvery hairs ; the basal joints of the flagellum bear shorter silvery hair and the 

 apical joints a silvery pubescence. The head is much wider than the thorax, coarsely 

 punctured ; the base of the mandibles is ferruginous. The eyes are large, oval ; the 

 head very abruptly narrowed behind them. Thorax narrow, elongated ; a very slight 

 incision near the base of the mesonotum ; from the tubercles slightly narrowed towards 

 the apex ; bearing large, irregular, deep, separated punctures, except at the base of 

 the mesopleurae, which is smooth and glabrous ; the tubercle on the mesonotum is 

 blunt, shining, and black. The basal segment of the abdomen is longer than broad, 

 bearing large, deep punctures ; not much dilated towards the apex ; the apex densely 

 cohered with silvery pubescence, the rest of it with some long, pale hairs. The second 

 abdominal segment is wider than the thorax, coarsely punctured ; the other segments 

 are finely punctured in the middle ; the apical segment is fiery-red. The second ventral 

 segment without a keel, marked with large, distinctly separated punctures, its base, 

 sides, middle, and apex with a dense silvery pubescence ; the other ventral segments 

 fringed with silvery hair. Legs black ; the coxae densely covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence ; the femora, tibiae, and tarsi sparsely clothed with long white hair ; the calcaria 

 white ; the tarsal spines ferruginous. 



^ 42. Mutilla teapsB. (Tab. xiii. fig. 17, 2 .) 



Nigra ; capite dense aureo-hirto ; thorace abdomineque aureo-maculatis, petiolo argenteo-piloso. $ . 

 Long. 8*5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 



Black ; the head from near the base of the antennae, the apex of the mesonotum, 

 two large maculae on the base of the second segment, and the apex of the second and 

 following segments, covered with golden pubescence ; the anal region, the pleuree, and 

 the sides of the median segment with silvery or dull golden pubescence ; the head, 

 thorax, and abdomen with long black hair. Head wider than the thorax, rather 

 strongly punctured, subquadrate, retreating roundly behind the eyes, which are oval 

 and of moderate length ; the base of the mandibles ferruginous. The scape of the 



