Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1283 



ocellaria rufidorsa Mickel. Miss., Ark., Mo., Kans., Okla., Tex. 



TiniuUa (TimuUa) ocellaria ntfidorna Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 93. 6. 

 ornatipennis (Bradley). N. J. south to Fla. west to Tenn. and Miss. 



Mutilla (Timnlla) ornatipennis Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 205. 9, 6. 

 rufosignata (Bradley). N. C, Ga., Fla. Host: Ground-nesting eumenid wasp. 



Mutilla {Timulla) rufosignata Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 212. i. 



Taxonomy: Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 55: 128. 9. 



Biology: Fattig, 1943. Emory Univ. Mus. Bui. 1: 6 (ground-nesting host misdet. as Odynerus 

 erin7iys (!) Lep.). 



sayi (Blake). Tex. (Piano). 



Mutilla Sayi Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 229. S. 

 subhyalina Mickel. 111., Iowa, Minn., N. Dak., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Mont., Oreg., B. C. 



Timulla {Timulla) subhyalina Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 97. S. 

 suspensa jonesi Mickel. Tex., Ariz. 



Timulla (Timulla) suspensa jonesi Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 90. 6. 

 suspensa sonora Mickel. Kans. and Colo, south to Tex. and Ariz. 



Timulla (Timulla) suspensa sonora Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 84. 9, 6. 

 suspensa suspensa (Gerstaecker). Ariz. 



Mutilla suspensa Gerstaecker, 1874. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 40: 299. 9. 

 tolerata Mickel. Mo., Ga. 



Timulla (Timulla) tolerata Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 109. 6. 

 tyro Mickel. Ariz., Cahf. 



Timulla (Timulla) tyro Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 25. 9, 6. 

 vagans rufinota Mickel. D. C, S. C, Ga., Fla. 



Timulla (Timulla) vagans rufinota Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 78. 9, S. 

 vagans vagans (Fabricius). Vt. and Ont. south to Ala., west to B. C. and N. Mex. 



Mutilla vagans Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 282. 9. 



Mutilla (Mutilla) hexagona Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 295. S. 



Mutilla oniativentris Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 438. 9. 



Mutilla Briaxus Blake, 1871. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 227. 6. 



Mutilla Canadensis Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 250. S. 

 Preocc. 



Mutilla secunda Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 84. N. name for Mutilla Canadensis 

 Provancher, not Mutilla ca7iade7isis Blake. 



Biology: Fattig, 1936. Ent. News 47: 51-52 (mating behavior). — Shappirio, 1948. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, Bui. 42: 163 (mating behavior). 

 wileyae Mickel. Ark., La., Okla., Tex. 



Timulla (Timulla) wileyae Mickel, 1937. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 17: 41. 9. 



Tribe EPHUTINI 



Genus EPHUTA Say 



Revision: Bradley, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 187-198. —Schuster, 1951. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 59: 1-43, 5 pis. (Part I containing only gen. diag. and key to spp.). —Schuster, 

 1957. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 64: 7-84 (Part II of revis. treating Species Group Grisea). 



All of the species are diurnal. 



Genus EPHUTA Subgenus EPHUTA Say 



Ephuta Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 297. 



Type-species: Mutilla (Ephuta) scrupea Say. Desig. by Ashmead, 1899. 

 Rhoptromutilla Andre, 1903. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 11, p. 43. 



Type-species: Mutilla chrysodora Perty. Orig. desig. 

 Ephutopsis Ashmead, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 6. 



Type-species: Mutilla odontophora Cameron. Desig. by Mickel, 1928. 



