BKAZILIAX MUTILLA. i 



11. Head black, with black pubescence 12. 



Head black, with golden pubescence; thorax ferruginous, with two fuscous 



spots on anterior margin of mesothorax ; legs rufo-testaceous ; the 

 spots on second abdominal segment round, reddish and co%'ered with 

 silvery pubescence; a large silvery pubescent spot on middle of re- 

 maining segments; basal segment ferruginous. . .11. pauliila Cress. 

 Head above honey-yellow or testaceous ]4. 



12. Second segment of abdomen above with two large broad lunate testaceous 



spots 13. 



Second segment with two slender lunate testaceous spots or lines, dilated pos- 

 teriorly ; thorax honey-yellow, with anterior margin of mesothorax 

 black ; legs honey-yellow varied with fuscous; head black, with indis- 

 tinct pale spot between eyes; antennae fiisco-testaceous. 



12. parata Cress. 



13. Antennse, collar and middle of anterior margin of mesothorax black ; the 



two spines on each side of thorax before constriction unequal, the an- 

 terior one much larger and directed backward ; form stout. 



13. bilunata Burm. 



Antennae at base, collar and thorax entirely, pale honey-yellow; the two 



spines on each side of thorax before constriction small and equal in 



length 14. pergrata Cress. 



14. Second segment of abdomen above black, with two broad sublunate testaceous 



spots 15. paeata Cress. 



Second segment above black, with two oblong ovate pale golden spots. 



16. taiitula Cress. 



15. Second segment of abdomen above black, with pubescent markings 16. 



Second segment above black, with two reddish or yellowish punctured 



spots 19. 



16. Head black, with black pubescence; thorax, legs, first segment of abdomen 



and venter fulvo-testaceous; two patches of thin pale pubescence near 

 base of second segment, its lateral and apical margins and remaining 



segments with golden pubescence 17. Jaiiuarii Dalla Torra. 



Head rather densely clothed with golden pubescence 17. 



17. Abdomen above black, with two silvery stripes on second and fcdlowing seg- 



ments; thorax entirely dull red ; legs fuscous- • .18. iuvitata Cre.ss. 

 Abdomen above clothed more or less with dense appressed golden-ochraceous 

 pubescence; second segment black, varied with golden-ochraceous, the 

 basal middle and disk always black ; thorax with two more or less dis- 

 tinct blackish stripes 18. 



18. Third and following segments of abdomen broadly blackish on each side. 



19. benevola Cress. 

 Third and following segments covered entirely with golden-ochraceous pubes- 

 cence, except a reddish brown spot on apical middle of segments 2 5: 

 small species 20. beatiila Cress. 



19. Abdomen with the two spots on second segment oblong and subapical ; head 



with golden pubescence 21. iutegella Cress. 



Abdomen with the two spots broad, elongate and reaching the basal margin 

 of the segment, where it is narrowed ; head with silvery pubescence. 



22. verec Hilda Cress. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVIII. JANUARY, 1902. 



