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The paratypes differ from the above type in one or more of the 
following features. The ferruginous on the clypeus and along the inner 
margins of the eye varies greatly in amount. The pronotal yellow 
spots differ much in size. There may be a pair of ferruginous or yel- 
lowish spots on the median portion of the scutellum. The first abdom- 
inal segment above may be more or less tinged with ferruginous or may 
be black and without spots in either case. The spots on the second 
segment may not be confluent and the band on the third may be 
practically transformed into two spots. The distribution of ferruginous 
on the legs varies, sometimes extending well upward toward the body. 
All the specimens were collected in Arizona. 
The writer thinks that perhaps these insects may ultimately 
prove to be the females of ofomita: See statement under 
otomita. 
Scolia fuscipennis. New species. ; 
Type and paratype in the United States Museum at Wash- 
ington: Ose: 
This species was described from two male specimens taken 
at Cordoba, V. C., Mexico; the type Jan. 16, and the paratype 
Feb. 8, 1908, by Fred K. Knab. 
Type number 15092, U.S. Nat. Mus. 
The ground color of this species is jet black with yellow markings 
on the thorax and abdomen. The wings are dark fuliginous, distinctly 
glossy brown, without color reflections and have a darker area along the 
costal cells. A light streak runs downward and backward from the end 
of the costal cell across the first cubital. The nervures are dark brown 
or black. 
The head is black, deeply and rather closely punctured and is well 
covered with brownish hairs. The mandibles are dark ferruginous. 
The antenne are black with scape and pedicle glistening, their remain- 
der dull. Behind the eye in the type is a faint yellow spot absent in 
the paratype. 
The thorax is black except two large marks on the pronotum run- 
ning back to the tegulee, a large mark on the upper part of the mesopleu- 
ron, two narrow longitudinal lines behind the middle of the dorsum of 
the mesothorax, the entire central portion of the scutellum, the elevated 
portion of the postscutellum slightly separated from the scutellar spot 
in front by a black narrow band, large marks on the lateral lobes and a 
small mark on the central part of the median segment above, are yel- 
low. It is deeply and closely punctured and thickly clothed with dark 
