224 WILLIAM J. FOX. 



silvery pubescence; head quadrate, broader than thorax, with strong even punc- 

 tures, the postero-lateral angles acute, but hardly dentate; cheeks carinated pos- 

 teriorly, the carina terminating below in a spine; thorax subquadrate, subtrun- 

 cate posteriorly, the punctuation stronger than that of head, especially posteriorly, 

 where it is somewhat reticulate; first abdominal segment sessile with second, 

 finely punctured; second dorsal with distinct, even and rather close punctures, 

 the second ventral with larger, sparse punctures. Length 3-4 mm. 



Texas : Brownsville, June (Wickham). Two specimens sent to 

 rae by T. D. A, Cockerell. 



4. Mutilla canadensis Blake. 



Mntilla [Rphserophthalma) canadensis Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 252, 9 7 1871. 

 Sphserophthalma canadensis Blake, ibid, xiii, 248, 9) 1886. 

 Sphserophthalma alreolata Provancher, Le Nat. Can., xxii, 110, % . 

 Photopsis Cressonii Fox, Ent. News, i, 138, %, (not Mntilla Cressonii Bhike). 

 Pseudomethoca Cressonii Ashmead, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xxiii, lb2, % , 1896. 

 3Iutilla neojerseiensis Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 65, % , 1897. 



Occurs from Canada to Texas. This species is entirely distinct 

 from the Mutilla canadensis of Provancher, and from Photopsis 

 canadensis of the same author. 



5. Mutilla scievolella Ckll. and Cas. 



Sphserophthalma scsevolella Cockerell and Casad, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xxii, 198, 9 • 



New Mexico : Las Cruces in May. Only the unique type seen. 



6. JUuliila connectens Cress. 



Mutilla connectens Cresson, Proc Ent. Soc. Phila., iv, 387, 9 • 1865. 



Mntilla (Sphserophthalma) connectens Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, iii, 252, 9 > 1871. 



Sphserophthalma connectens Blake, ibid, xiii, 245, 9 ? 1886. 



Lower California. Another specimen labelled " California." 



7. 91 lit ilia con tu max Cress. 



Mutilla contumaz Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., iv, 437, 9 > 1865. 



Mutilla (Sphserophthalma) contumax Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc , iii, 252, 9) 1871. 



Sphserophthalma contumax Blake, ibid, xiii, 251, 9. 1886. 



Colorado; New Mexico: Santa Fe, July (Cockerell). 



8. Mntilla prseclara Blake. 



Sphserophthalma prseclara Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xiii, 252. 9; 1886. 



Arizona. Another specimen in coll. U. S. Nat'l Museum from 

 Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona, May 9, collected by Hubbard. 



9. Mntilla donse-anse Ckll. and Fox. 



Sphserophthalma donse-anse Cockerell and Fox, Pr. Ac. N. S. Phila., 137, % , 1897. 



New Mexico: Las Cruces (Cockerell). 



10. Mutilla Wicklianii Ckll. and Cas. 



Sphserophthalma Wickhami Cockerell and Casad, Tr. .\m. Ent. Soc. xxii, 297, 

 9 , 1897. 



