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172. 91 titilla copaiio Blake. 



Mutilla copano Blake, 1. c, iii, p. 232, % , 1871. 



Texas ; Mexico. 



173. IVIiitilla Slo!!>sonse u. sp. 



% . — Fenuginous, with sparse, pale pubesceuce ; legs and antennse black ; head 

 with coarse, deep punctures; space between hind ocelli not equal to half that 

 between them and eyes; first abdominal segment smaller than second, nodose, 

 coarsely punctured and transversely carinated above, the ventral carina promi- 

 nently elongated anteriorly; second segment above with large, separated punc- 

 tures, those of under surface coarser ; dorsals 3-7 sharply carinated down middle ; 

 wings suhfuscous, marginal cell subtruncate; first and second segments with a 

 fascia of white pubescence at apes. Length 8 mm. 



Florida (Mrs. A. T. Slossonj. One specimen. 



174. Mutilla puteola Blake. 



Mutilla pideola Blake, 1. c, p. 252, ? , 1879. 



Texas ; Florida : Lake Harney, May ; Alabama : Selma, October ; 

 Virginia: Pennington Gap. This is probably the female of scriipea. 



Unidentified Species. 



175. iflutilla argentipilis Prov. 



Sphmrophthalma argentipilis Provancher, Add. Hym. Quebec, 251, %, 1887. 



Florida. 



176. iVIutilla erecta Fox. 



Sphxrophthalma erecta Fox, Proc. Cal. Acad. (2), iv, 93, 9- 1894. 



Lower California. This species belongs to group canadensiti. 

 The type is in the coll. Calif. Academy of Sciences, so I have been 

 unable to examine it. 



177. Hiitilla frigida Sm. 



Mutilla frigida Smitli, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., iii, 298, 9, 1855. 

 Sphserophthalma fru/ida Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. See, xiii, 239, 9 , 1886. 



Arctic America : Great Bear Lake. The position of this spe- 

 cies is doubtful from the description. It may be identical with 31. 

 dubltatu Sm., or closely allied. 



178. JTIutilla exulans Fabr. 



Mutilla exulans Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 397, 1775. 



" Habitat in America." This may not be a boreal American 

 species. 



179. Alutilla versicolor Fabr. 



Mutilla versicolor Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 397, 1775. 



" Habitat in America." Dalla Torre in his " Catalogue " gives 

 Florida as the habitat of this species. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. .SOC. XXV. '35) MAKCH. 1899. 



