~> CIIAS. A. BLAKE. 



Mutilla Zelaya, Blake, Synopsis, p. 234. 

 One % specimen from Bosque Co. 



mutilla ciotho, n. b P . 



o. Black ; head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, not as wide as the 



thorax, densely rugose, clothed with black pubescence, cheeks below the eyes 

 closely and irregularly punctured ; eyes round, prominent; scape of antennae 

 punctured, black, flagellum piceous. Thorax robust, ovate, narrowed poste- 

 riorly, densely clothed above with black pubescence, sides closely punctured, 

 inesothorax armed posteriorly with a small tubercle on each side, metathorax 

 abruptly truncate, closely punctured. Legs black, clothed with black hairs, 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae armed with long spines. Abdomen ovate, 

 basal segment closely punctured, clothed with long erect black hairs, second 

 segment having a broad band of reddish golden pubescence, emarginate ante- 

 riorly and posteriorly, divided by a narrow central longidinal line of black, 

 base and apical margin black, third and fourth black, apical segment clothed 

 with reddish golden pubescence. Under side black, closely punctured, sparse- 

 ly clothed with black hairs, margins of all the segments fringed with long black 

 pubescence. Length 10 lines. 



One specimen from Dallas Co. This fine species is allied to comanche. 

 It differs from the latter in having the head less rounded, and the tho- 

 rax somewhat longer, the clothing is also less coarse than in comanche. 

 It also resembles occidental^ in the ornamentation of the abdomen, 

 but the head and thorax are entirely black. 



M ill ilia L.e«la, n. sp. 



9.— Black; head subquadrate, posterior angles rounded, wider than the 

 thorax, densely punctured, thinly clothed with scattered golden hairs. An- 

 tennae fuscous ; eyes small, round ; mandibles ferruginous at base, black at tips. 

 Thorax short, ovate, thinly clothed with obscure golden pubescence, sides 

 coarsely reticulate, metathorax abruptly truncate. Legs black, clothed with 

 black hairs, intermediate and posterior tibiae armed with long spines. Abdo- 

 men ovate, clotbed above with coarse golden pubescence. Underside covered 

 with coarse confluent punctures, margins of the segments fringed with black 

 hair. Length 6£ lines. 



One specimen from Dallas Co. Closely resembles aureola, Cress. 



Vlmilla Chiron, n. sp. 



% .—Black ; head not as wide as the thorax, clothed with long blaok pubes- 

 cence ; antennae blaok; eyes small, round, prominent. Thorax short, ovate, 

 clothed with long black pubescence; metathorax coarsely reticulate. Wings 

 moderate, fuliginous, three submarginal cells, the marginal cell truncate at tip, 

 first submarginal large, second small, subtriangular, its basal and apical ner- 

 vures sinuate, receiving the first recurrent nervure near the base; third sub- 

 marginal larger, slightly narrowed beneath, receiving the second recurrent 

 close to its apical nervure. Legs black, clothed with black hairs. Abdomen 

 ovate, petiolate, basal segment coarsely punctured, second closely and finely- 

 punctured, clothed with long, erect black pubescence, remaining segments 

 densely clothed with long fulvo-ferruginous pubescence. Underside shining, 

 second segment closely punctured. Length 4i lines; expanse of wings 6 

 lines. 



