AMERICAN nVMENOPTERA. 2o0 



triangular, receivins; the first recurrent ncrvure about tlie middle, third extend- 

 ing as far as the marginal ; tes^ulre large. Legs black, clothed with pale glitter- 

 ing hairs, calearia white. Abdomen petiolate, petiole black, closely punctured, 

 clotlied with erect silvery hairs ; second segment ferruginous, finely puncftired, 

 ojiical margin black, disk clothed with scattered erect hairs, third, fourth and 

 fifth segments clothed with silvery jiubescence, apex black; underside same as 

 above. Length 5 lines, expanse of wings 9 lines. 



Var. a. — Second abdominal segment entirely ferruginous; third, fourth and 

 fifth segments sparsely clothed. 



Hub. — Mexico. Prof. F. Sumichra.st. 



47. Mutilla canella, n. sp. 



Male. — Black; head narrower than the thorax, sub-quadrate, posterior an- 

 gles rounded, closely punctured, clothed with long black erect hairs, eyes 

 large, round, convex; antennse black, having the scape clothed with scattered 

 black hairs. Thorax subquadrate, narrowed posteriorly, mesothorax elevated, 

 closely punctured, metathora.x roundly truncate, having the punctures much 

 coarser and denser. Wings moderate, blackish, paler about the middle, mar- 

 ginal cell abrujitly truncate at tip; three sub-marginal cells, the second sub- 

 triangular, receiving the first recurrent nervurea little before the middle, third, 

 obsoletely defined, extending a little beyond the marginal cell. Legs black, 

 clothed with long hairs of the same color, tibial spurs long. Abdomen ovate, 

 gradually narrowed behind, basal segment nodose, coarsely punctured ; second 

 segment shining ferruginous, darker towards the base, finely punctured, thinly 

 clothed with blackish hairs, lateral carinse distinct; apical segments clothed 

 with long dense, black pubescence, underside of entire abdomen closely punc- 

 tured. Length .'J lines, expanse of wings 6 lines. 



Ifab. — Texas. 



4!'. Mutilla macilenta, n. sp 



Ma/e. — Black; head rounded, not as wide as the thorax, closely punctured, 

 thinly clothed with erect black hairs; eyes round, prominent ; antcnnre black. 

 Thorax robust, gradually narrowed behind, closely punctured, thinly clothed 

 with erect black hairs; metathorax abruptly rounded. Wings iiniderate, fuli- 

 ginous, marginal cell broad, short, and obtusely rounded at tip, second submar- 

 ginal subipiadrat(», not as large as the first, receiving the first recurrent ner- 

 vure a little before the middle, third submarginal obsolete. Legs black, thinly 

 clothed with pale hairs, calearia long, rufo-piceous. Abdomen elongate ovate, 

 basal segment elongate, much enlarged at apex, shining, closely punctured; 

 second segment ferruginous, shining, finely punctured, thinly clothed with 

 erect blackish hairs ; lateral carinse distinct,, ventral surface having a central 

 black line; apical segments closely fringed witli long black hairs. Length i 

 lines. oxj)anse of wings 6 lines. 



J/xb. — Texas. 



49. Kutilla obscura, n. sp. 



Ma/c.—ll>^^i\il lihick, rounded, closely punrt\u'od, olntbod with obscure black 

 and golden hairs, eyes round, polished, antennae black, scape finely punctured- 

 Tliorax subovate, narrowed jiosteriorly, closely punctured, prothorax clotheil 

 with obscure yellow hairs, metathorax coarsely reticulated. Tegulse convex, 

 punctured. Wings fuliginotis, paler about the middle, marginal cjll elongate- 

 ovate, rounde(lattij>, first submarginal moderately large, second subquadrate, re- 



