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thorax, and the basal segment of the abdomen not being petioUite. 



70. Mutilla tolteca, n. sp. 



Female — Head rounded, wider than the thorax, closely and finely punctured, 

 densely clothed with fine, pale golden pubescence, cheeks, and a patch behind 

 each eye black; eyes ovate, large : antennae and mandibles dark ferruginous, 

 tips of the latter black, Thorax ovate, narrowed behind, closely reticulate, 

 dark ferruginous, anterior margin black, with a small ovate tubercle on each 

 side, mesothorax with two small irregularly defined patches of pale golden 

 pubescence, behind each of which is a small obtuse tooth ; metathorax rounded 

 posteriorly, with two lateral stripes of pale golden pubescence. Legs 

 ferruginous, thinly clothed with glittering hairs ; calcaria whitish. Ab- 

 domen ovate, suddenly narrowed to apex, basal segment subcylindri- 

 cal, densely clothed with pale golden pubescence, mixed with scat- 

 tered erect pale hairs; second segment densely punctured, dark ferru- 

 ginous on the sides and anterior margin, near which are two ovate, 

 exteriorly emarginate maculse of pale golden pubescence, behind which 

 the dorsal surface of the segment Js nearly black; on the apical mar- 

 gin is a band of pale golden pubescence, deeply emarginate Internally at the 

 middle, and which extends along the underside of the segment to the base ; 

 the third segment has a band of the same, with a small triangular, dark ferru- 

 ginous space at middle ; the remaing segments banded in the same manner, all 

 having lateral blackish patches; apical segments closely punctured. Under- 

 side of second segment paler than above, closely punctured, and having a 

 central longitudinal carina. Length 4 lines. 

 Ihih. — Mexico. Prof. F. Sumichrast. 



71. Mutilla 4-guttata, Say, Western Qarterly Reporter, II, p. 74. 



Female. — Head and thorax ferruginous, the former subquadrate ; abdomen 

 black, second segment densely and finely punctured, bearing four yellow spots, 

 two at the base, round, two on disc, before the apical margin, subovate ; eyes 

 round. Length 5 — 6 lines. 



Hah. — Texas; Western States. 



72. Mutilla Cypris, n. sp. 



Female. — Dark ferruginous; head round, as wide as the thorax, closely punc- 

 tured, mandibles and antennse black; eyes round, convex. Thorax elongate- 

 ovate closely covered with confluent punctures, slightly constricted behind 

 the middle, with a small tubercle in the constriction; metathorax roundly 

 truncate. Legs testaceous, knees black, thinly clothed with pale hairs, inter- 

 . mediate and posterior tibiae armed with long spines. Abdomen elongate ovate, 

 basal segment fringed with pale golden pubescence ; second segment covered 

 closely with elongate punctures, and having four small honey-yellow maculse, 

 two at the base, the others placed a little before the apical margin, which is 

 fringed with pale golden pubescence ; apical segments blackish, clothed with 

 appressed pale golden hairs ; ventral segments same as above. Length 5 — 6i 

 lines. 



Ilah. — Georgia. 



73. Mutilla ferrugata, Fab. Syst. Tiez. p. 438, 47. $ . 

 Oliv. Ency. Meth. VIII, 61, 34. 



St. Farg. Hym. Ill, 608. 21. 



Hah. — United States. 



