336 NORTH AMERICAN MUTILLIDAE 



with denser, almost silky, sub-erect or almost depressed, white hairs; calcaria 

 of the hind legs white, more than three-fom-ths as long as the metatarsus. 



First segment of the abdomen, seen from above, rather long, much widened 

 apically, not much smaller at apex than the base of the second, from which it 

 is separated by only a slight lateral constriction; from a lateral view, it is dis- 

 tinctly convex above, not strongly nodose, but separated from the base of the 

 second by well marked dorsal and venti-al constrictions; dorsally it is roughly 

 punctured at base, the apical two-thirds smooth and polished, beset only with 

 minute, sparse, setigerous punctures; ventrally it is coarsely punctured, the 

 carina in the form of a ridge,without dentiform prolongations, but anteriorly 

 somewhat acutely truncate ; the second dorsal segment is polished and shining, 

 with sparse, minute, setigerous punctures, thickly set along the apical margin; 

 the second ventral segment is beset with sparse but large punctures, about 

 corresponding to those on the front, more minute and closer set along the apical 

 margins; a ridge of white pile is present along the lateral margin of the second 

 dorsal segment, and a shorter one along the second ventral; remaining dorsal 

 and ventral segments except the last with close-set minute punctures, therefore 

 somewhat opaque; last dorsal segment impunctate and polished, especially 

 medially, last ventral flattened, truncate at apex, with processes, sparsely 

 punctured, polished; two apical spines long; abdomen beset with sparse, erect, 

 white hairs, often bristly, among which are a few black ones on the apical seg- 

 ments, ventral surface also with subappressed, sparse, white hairs; erect hairs 

 of the second dorsal, except at apex, shorter than elsewhere. 



Length, 7.5 mm.; forewing, 6 mm. Abdomen about equaUing the combined 

 length of the head and thorax. 



Type material.— Holotype: Bainbridge, Decatur County, 

 Georgia, July 15 to 27, 1909, (the author), [Cornell Univ. No. 

 109.1.]; two paratypes received from Mr. Banks, Southern Pines, 

 North CaroHna, October 27, 1908, July 26, 1910 (A. H. Manee) 

 [N. Banks and Cornell Univ.]; one paratype: "Ga. ", [Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, included by Viereck among the type material of suhtenuis]. 



This species is a very close ally of suhtenuis Viereck, but in that 

 species the mesosternal processes are crenulate behind, the notch 

 on the mandibles is shallower, the subtending tooth smaller, and 

 the clypeus is narrower at apex. 



