74 CHAS. A. BLAKE. 



Tliililla Admetus, n. sp. 



^ . — Head and thorax black ; the former round, not as wide as thorax, coarse- 

 ly punctured, thinly clothed with erect hairs, antennae black ; eyes round, pro- 

 minent. Thorax ovate, narrowed posteriorly, coarsely punctured, metathorax 

 roundly truncate, deeply reticulate. Wings fuliginous, marginal cell short, 

 roundly truncate at tip, second submarginal subtriangular, its basal nervure 

 sinuate, receiving the first recurrent nervure before the middle, third submar- 

 ginal indistinctly defined. Legs black, thinly clothed with black hairs. Ab- 

 domen ovate, petiolate, basal segment black, coarsely punctured, second and 

 following segments dark ferruginous, closely punctured, thinly clothed with 

 erect black hairs, margins of the segments fringed with black pubescence. 

 Length 6 lines; expanse of wings 8£ lines. 



One specimen from Comal Co. This may be the % of Waco. 



Hut ilia 4-guttata, Say.— Blake, Synopsis, p. 246. 



Three 9 specimens from Dallas Co., measuring 4| — 6} lines in 

 length, one specimen being unusually robust. 



M ii t ilia ferrugata, Fabr.— Blake, Synopsis, p. 246. 

 Sixteen 9 specimens of all sizes and varieties. 



Mutilla mutata, Blake, Synopsis, p. 247. 

 One 9 specimen from Dallas Co. 



H lit ilia searvola, Blake, Synopsis, p. 247. 

 One 9 specimen froni Bosque Co. 



^1 lit ilia balteola. Blake, Synopsis, p. 248. 

 One 9 specimen from Dallas Co. 



Mutilla albopilosa, n. sp. 



9 . — Ferruginous ; head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, closely and 

 finely jiunctured; eyes small, round; antennae fusco- ferruginous : mandibles 

 tipped with black. Thorax subquadrate, narrowed behind, densely punctured, 

 metathora,x abruptly truncate. Legs castaneous, clothed with glittering white 

 hairs. Abdomen ovate, second segment, densely and finely punctured, apical 

 segments blackish, fringed with whitish pubescence, underside paler than 

 above. Entire insect clothed with erect white hairs. Length 4 lines. 



Hob. — Texas. (Belfrage.) One specimen from Comal Co. 



This species closely resembles some individuals of ferrugata, but may 

 be readily distinguished by the rather dense white erect pubescence. 



DIVISION II, 

 Mutilla Oeeola, Blake, Synopsis, p. 248. 

 One % specimen from Bosque Co. 



JI ut ilia gramliceps, n. sp. 



% . — Bright ferruginous; head subquadrate, nearly three timesaswide as the 

 thorax, hind margin deeply concave, posterior angles produced into acute teeth, 

 finely and closely punctured, cheeks armed posteriorly beneath with a long 

 acute spine; mandibles long, bidentate at the tips which are blackish. An- 

 tennae: scape and two basal joints of flagellum pale ferruginous, remaining 



