ABT. 15. REVISION OF THE MUTILLID WASPS MICKEL. 9 



Frontal tubercles at insertion of antennae smooth and shining 18 



18. Second tergite with strong, close punctures, especially at the base and 



apex 27. albicoma, new species. 



Second tergite with sparse punctures throughout— 41. mmwa, new species. 



1. PSEUDOMETHOCA CANADENSIS (Blake). 



Plate 2, fig. 7. 



1871. MutiUa (Sphaerophthalma) canadensis Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, vol. 3, p. 252, female. 



1886. Sphaerophthalma canadensis Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 



p. 248, female. 



1887. Sphaerophthalma canadensis Ceesson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, suppl. 



vol., p. 265, female. 

 1890. Photopsis cressonii Fox, Ent. News, vol. 1, p. 138, male (not Mutilla 

 Cressoni Blake). 



1895. Sphaerophthalma alveolata Peovancher, Le Nat. Can., vol. 22, p. 110, 



female. 



1896. Pseudomethoca cressonii Ashmead. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 23, 



p. 182, male. 



1897. Mutilla canadensis Dalle Toree, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 20, female. 

 1897. Mutilla neojerseiensis Dalle Toere, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 65, male. 

 1899. Mutilla canadensis Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 224, 



female and male. 

 1903. Pseudomethoca canadensis Andk^, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 28, 



female. 

 1903. Mutilla canadensis Melander and Brues, Biol. Bull., vol. 5, p. 24. 

 1903. Mutilla canadensis Melandee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 29, p. 293. 

 1916. Pseudomethoca (Pseudomethoca) canadensis Bradley, Trans. Amer. 



Ent. Soc, vol. 42, p. 318. 

 1916. Pseudomethoca canadensis Rohwer, Hymen. Conn., p. 622. 

 1918. Sphaerophthalma alveolata Gahan and Rohwer, Can. Ent., vol. 50, 



p. 196. 



1922. Psetidometlwca canadensis Rau, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 24, 



p. 6, females and males. 



1923. Pseudomethoca canadensis Mickel, 19th Rep. State Etit. Minn., 



p. 100, female. 



Type. — Female, Canada, in collection of American Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia. 



Allotype. — Male, cressonii Fox, in collection of American Ento- 

 mological Society of Philadelphia. 



Plesiotype. — Male, Colorado (C. F. Baker). Collection of U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Specimens examined. — Connecticut: Female, July 4, 1893, Hart- 

 ford; female, June 17, Hartford; female, September 2, 1909, Lyme 

 (A. Champlain). District of Columbia: Female, July 23, Wash- 

 ington (J. C. Crawford). Georgia : Female, June 7-23, 1911, Spring 

 Creek, Decatur County (J. C. Bradley) ; female, August 2, 1913, 

 Atlanta. Illinois : Female, June 1, 1909, Tampico. Iowa : Female, 

 July 8, 1921, Sioux City (C. N. Ainslie) : female, July 15, 1922, 

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