58 HYMENOPTERA. 



pubescence, the second segment having a large trilobate black 

 pubescent patch, which extends from the basal to the apical 

 margin of the segment ; the hfth and sixth segments are covered 

 with black pubescence, the sides being pale. 



Hab. Mexico. 



282. MUTILLA BIFASCIATA. 



Mutilla bifasciata, Sived. Nov. Act. Holm. viii. 285. 41 & 42<? . 

 Hab. New York. 



283. Mutilla canina. B.M. 



Female. Length 4^ hnes. — Rufo-testaceous, palest beneath ; 

 the vertex and front densely clothed with long pale ochraceous 

 pubescence; head round, eyes large and prominent. Thorax: 

 the anterior half of the mesothorax clothed with black pubes- 

 cence, the posterior half with pale ochraceous ; the apical mar- 

 gins of the second, third and fourth segments have a broad 

 fascia of pale ochraceous pubescence ; that on the second pro- 

 duced in the middle into an angular shape ; the basal half of the 

 second segment, and the third and sixth segments entirely clothed 

 with black pubescence; the entire insect sprinkled over with 

 long loose pale hairs. 



Hab. Mexico. 



284. Mutilla capitata. B.M. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black, head quadrate, wider than 

 the thorax, densely clothed with pale golden pubescence, the 

 cheeks furnished with a stout tooth ; the apical joints of the fla- 

 gellum ferruginous beneath; the mandibles ferruginous, their 

 apex black. Thorax short, broad and narrowed posteriorly, 

 rounded in front ; suddenly contracted, on each side a short tooth 

 before the contraction ; the metathorax truncate ; the disk 

 covered with pale golden pubescence, having in front a large 

 rounded black patch ; the legs thinly covered with pale golden 

 pubescence, the calcaria and a])ical joints of the tarsi pale ferru- 

 ginous; the intermediate and posterior tibiae armed exteriorly 

 with a row of spines. Abdomen : the second segment having a 

 large transverse yellow macula clothed with golden ])ubescence, 

 the macula deeply emarginate anteriorly and posteriorly, nar- 

 rowest towards the base of the segment, and slightly emarginate 

 at the sides, the posterior angles I'ounded ; the third and follow- 

 ing segments covered with very pale golden pubescence, the 

 fourth having a central patch of black pubescence ; beneath, the 

 margins of the segments ciliated with silvery pubescence. 



Hab. Mexico (Puebla). 



