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with silvery pubescence; second sternite ferruginous, with large, 

 separated punctures; sternites 3-7 black. 



Wings dark; cell R4 almost obsolete; vein M 3+4 received by cell 

 R5 at the middle. 



Legs black, clothed with sparse, black pubescence ; calcaria dark. 



Holotype. — Male, August 20, 1906, Glen, Sioux County, Nebraska 

 (H. S. Smith), in entomological collection of University of Ne- 

 braska. 



Paratype^. — Male, August 20, 190G, Glen, Sioux County, Ne- 

 braska (H. S. Smith), author's collection; male, September, Sand 

 Hills, Nebraska, collection U. S. National Museum, Cat. No. 26395. 



This species is easily recognizable by the coarse sculpture of the 

 tegulae and the silvery pubescence at the apex of the abdomen. It 

 is possibly the male of 'paludataM.rQk^l. 



30. PSEUDOMETHOCA AEETIS (Fox). 



1899. Mutilla aeetis Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 228, female. 

 1903. Ephuta aeetis Andr6, Gen. Ins., vol. l,.fasc. 11, p. 57, female. 

 1916. Pseudomethoca {Nomiaephagus) aetis Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 See, vol. 43, p. 320, female. 



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

 Society of Philadelphia. 



Specim&ns examined. — Florida: 2 females, November 8, Miami 

 (C. H. T. Townsend) ; female, December 5, 1912, Marathon (Fred- 

 erick Knab) ; female, April 20, Enterprise (Dr. D. M. Castle) ; fe- 

 male, March 30-May 10, Enterprise; 2 females, May 7, 1916, Fort 

 Meyers (J. C. Bradley) ; female, Lake City. Georgia: 9 females, 

 May 1&-21, 1916, Spring Creek (J. C. Bradley) ; female, June 7-23, 



1911, Spring Creek, Decatur county (J. C. Bradley) ; 2 females, June, 



1912, Billy's Island, Okefenokee Swamp (J. C. Bradley) ; 3 females, 

 September 1-5, 1913, Billy's Island, Okefenokee Swamp (J. C. 

 Bradley) ; female, August 2, 1913, Atlanta. North Carolina : Fe- 

 male, April 20, 1906, Southern Pines (S. W. Foster) ; female, April 

 22, 1913, Southern Pines (A. H. Manee). Texas: 4 females, July 

 19, 1906, Mineola (Bishopp and Jones) ; female, July 19, 1906, 

 Mineola (C. E. Jones) ; female, August 22, 1907, Overton (W. W. 

 Yothers) ; female, August 23, 1907, Palestine (W. W. Yothers) ; 

 female, September 21, 1905, Lee county. 



31. PSEUDOMETHOCA SIMILLIMA (Smith). 



Plate 3, fig. 11. 



1855. Mutilla simillima Smith, Cat. Hymen, Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 62, female. 

 1871. Miitilla iSphaerophthalma) simillima Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 3, p. 255, female. 

 1886. Sphaerophtlialma simillima Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 



p. 254, female. 



