238 CHAS. A. BLAKE. 



42. Mutilla fenestrata, St. Farg. Hyiu. Ill, p. 627. 48. 



Male. — Blrtck; head and thorax with black pubescence, wiiij^s Llackish, mar- 

 ginal cell truncate at tip, abdomen petiolate, second segment pale feiTuginous, 

 nearly naked, apical segments clothed with black pubescence, eyes round. 

 Length 5 — fi lines, expanse of wings 9 lines. 



Hah. — Atlantic States. 



43. Mutilla Bexar, n. sp. 



Jlfa/e.^-Black ; head rounded, not as wide as the thorax, closely punctured 

 thinly clothed with erect black hairs ; antennte black, as long as the head and 

 thorax; eyes round, prominent. Thora.f subquadrate, slightly narrowed pos- 

 teriorly, prothorax closely covered with contluent punctures, those on the meso- 

 thorax finer; metathorax roundly truncate, coarsely reticulated, dorsal groove 

 not extending to the middle. Wings ample, fuliginous, slightly paler about 

 the middle, marginal cell elongate subquadrate, abruptly truncate at tip; first 

 submargiual nearly as large as the marginal, second receiving the first recur- 

 rent nervure a little before the middle, third pentagonal, its extreme nervure 

 extending beyond the marginal; tegulse ovate, punctured. Legs black, clothed 

 with black hairs. Abdomen subpetiolate, first segment black, closely punc- 

 tured, second bright ferruginous, finely punctured, thinly clothed with reddish 

 pubescence ; remaining segments blackish, punctured, clothed with black pubes- 

 cence. Underside of second segment bearing ashortlongituginal carina towards 

 the apical margin, ventral segments same as above. Length 4.V — 5V lines, ex- 

 panse of wings 7 — 10 lines. 



Hah. — Texas. 



44. Mutilla Waco, n. sp. 



Female. — Dark fuscous, head quadrate, posterior angles rounded, not quite as 

 wide as the thorax, closely reticulated, clothed with erect black hairs; scape of 

 antennae black, flagellum piceous; mandibles black; eyes round, polished. 

 Thorax short, subquadrate, closely reticulated, metathorax abruptly truncate. 

 Legs black, clothed with fuscous hairs, intermediate and posterior tibiae armed 

 with spines. Abdomen: basal segment subsessile with the second, closely 

 punctured, clothed with black hairs; second segment bright ferruginous, finely 

 reticulated, clothed with scattered ferruginous pubescence, and a few black 

 hairs at base; apical segments dark fuscous, fringed with dark ferruginous, 

 pubescence; underside chestnut brown, coarsely punctured, clothed with scat- 

 tered pale glittering hairs. Length 5 lines. 



Hah — Texas. Taken on sandy roads. 



45. Mutilla macra, Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., Vol. IV, p. 429. 



il/a/e.— Slender, black, densely pilose, abdomen petiolate, second sen-niont 

 above orange-yellow, wings blackish, eyes round. Length 5 lines; expanse of 

 wings 7 lines. 

 //(('.. — Texas. 



46. Mutilla apicalata, n. sp. 



Male. — Head round, black, clothed with pale golden pubescence; antenna 

 black; eyes round, prominent. Thorax coarsely punctured, j)ro- and meta- 

 thorax clothed with scattered pale golden pubescence, the latter roundly trun- 

 cate, scutellum black. Wings fuscous, paler about the middle, -marginal cell sub- 

 lanceolate, rounded at tip, first sub-marginal as large as marginal, second sub- 



