AKT. 15. REVISION OF THE MUTILLID WASPS MIOKEL. 31 



tomoiogical collection of University of Nebraska ; 3 females, August 

 13. 1920, Halsey (C. B. Philip), entomological collection of Uni- 

 Aersity of Nebraska; 3 females, August 13, 1920, Halsey (C. B. 

 Philip), author's collection; female, August 13, 1920, Halsey (C. B. 

 Philip), collection U. S. National Museum; 2 females, August 14. 

 1920, Halsey (C. B. Philip), entomological collection of University 

 of Nebraska: female August 14, 1920, Halsey (C. B. Philip), authors 

 collection; female. June 26, 1905, Haigler, author's collection; female, 

 Sand Hills, entomological collection of University of Nebraska. 

 Kansas: Female, Morton county (F. PI. Snow), entomological col- 

 lection of University of Kansas. Wyoming: Female, July, 1895, 

 30 miles north of Lusk, entomological collection of University of 

 Kansas. 



Paratope.— Csit. No. 26394 U.S.N.M. 



This species resembles simillima Smith and propinqua Cresson 

 very closely. It iway l)e distinguished from both by the characters 

 used in the key. 



29. PSEUDOMETHOCA SCRUPULOSA, new species. 

 Plate 4, fig. 15. 



J/aZe.— Black, with the second abdominal segment ferruginous: 

 length 8 mm. Head black, clothed with long, sparse, erect, black 

 pubescence; mandibles tridentate; clypeus bidentate medially at 

 the apex, punctate throughout; antennae separated at the base by 

 a distance equal to five-sevenths the length of the scape ; scape con- 

 fluently punctate; front with close, confluent punctures; vertex with 

 distinct, separated punctures; genae closely punctate; eyes slightly 

 ovate, the distance between the hind margins and postero-lateral 

 angles equal to one-half the longitudinal diameter of the eyes; head 

 not as wide as the thorax. 



Thorax black, clothed with long, sparse, erect, black pubescence; 

 pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum with close, more or less con- 

 fluent punctures; dorsum and posterior face of propodeum deeply 

 reticulate; humeri rounded; propleura punctate, without a carina 

 on the cephalic margin ; mesepisternum and mesepimeron with large, 

 close punctures; metapleura polished; sides of propodeum rugoso- 

 punctate, except the anterior third polished: tegulae transverse, 

 coarsely rugoso-punctate, with a distinct posterior face. 



Abdomen black and ferruginous, clothed with sparse, long, erect, 

 black pubescence; first segment completely sessile with the second: 

 first tergite with large, separated punctures; second tergite fer- 

 ruginous, with large punctures, separated by their own diameter; 

 tergites 3-5 black, with distinct separated punctures; tergites 6-7 



