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30. i^Iiidilla gloriosa Sauss. 



MutUla (jlorioxa Haussurt', Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vii, 359, pi. 8, fig. 9, 9 , 1*^67. 

 MiiHlla tecta Cres.son, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, v, 119, ? , 1875. 

 SphierophthalmatectaBla.]ie,ih\(\,xui,2W, 9,1886. 

 Sphxrophthalma gloriosa Cameron. Biol. Centr. Amer. Hym., ii, 359, 1S94. 



California and Lower California. Cresson's MutUla tecta is 

 apparently based on an alcoholic specimen of gloriosa, which, in 

 fact of the immersion of the specimen, has the pubescence dis- 

 colored. The ground color of the type specimen of tecta is not 

 fuscous as described, but ferruginous. 



31. Ifliitilla pseudopappiis Cltll. 



Sphxrophthalma ciloviosa Saussure, var. pseadopajipus Cockerell, Psyclie, vii, 

 SuppL, p. 6, 1895, 9 . 



New Mexico : Las Cruces (September) ; Arizona. I am inclined 

 to regard this dark-bodied form as specifically distinct from the red- 

 bodied gloriosa; the latter seems restricted to the coast, whereas 

 jiseudopappiis is an inland species. The sculpture of the pygidium 

 also differs in the two species. 



32. IVIutilla magna CresR. 



Mntilla magna Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliila., iv, 385, 9, 1865, 

 Sphserophthalma magna Blake, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, xiii, 214, 9 . 1886. 



Lower California; California eastward to Texas and Kansas. 

 The species is subject to much variation in size. 



33. IVIntilla Sackenii Oress. 



MutUla Sackenii Cresson, Proc Ent. Soc Phila., iv, 385, 9 , 1865. 

 MutUla erudita Cresson. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, v, 120, 9, 1875. 

 Sphxrophthalma Sackenii Blake, ibid, xiii, 213, 9 % . 1886. 

 Sphserophthalma erudita Blake, ibid, xiii, 217, 9 - 1886. 



Arizona ; Nevada ; California ; Lower California. M. erudita 

 Cresson is apparently not distinct from tSackeiiii. This is not 

 gloriosa Saussure as suggested by Dalla Torre in his catalogue. 



34. Mntilla occidentalis Linne. 



31atilla occidentalis Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 582, 1758, 9 . 



MutUla bifasciata Swederus, Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, viii, 285, % , 1787. 



MutUla coccinea Fahricius, Ent. Syst., ii, 366, 1793. 



Sphxrophthalma occidentalis Blake, 1. c, 223, 9 % > 1886. 



Occurs from New Jersey to Florida. It varies considerably in 

 size, females measuring from 16-27 mm. 



35. Mutilia Comanche Blake. 



3IiitiUa {Sphserophih(dma) comanche Blake, 1. c, iii, 234, 9 % > 1871. 

 MutUla clotho Blake, ibid, iv, 72, 9, 1872. 

 Sphxrophthalma comanche Blake, ibid, xiii, 211, 9 "h > 1886. 

 Sphxrophthidma clotho Blake, ibid, xiii, 212, 9 > 1886. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXV. JANUARY. 1899. 



