238 Mr. W. H. Ashmead's 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 

 Males 2 



Females 



Head and alidomen Itlack, tlie thorax red ; abdominal segments 

 1 and 2 banded at apex with a silvery pubescence ; dorsal seg- 

 ments 2-6 on each side witli a longitudinal band of silvery 

 pubescence T. mediata, Fabr. = lineola, Fabr. 9 • 



Black ; abdominal segments 1 and 2 l)roadly banded at apex with 

 a golden pubescence ; dorsal segment 2 M'ith a largo quad- 

 rangular spot on each side at base ; dorsal segments 3-6 on each 

 side with a broad longitudinal band of golden pubescence. 



T. I'ujiventn's, Klug. 



2. Head and thorax black, with a whitish or silvery pubescence. 



Abdomen, except the first and seventh segments which are 



black, rufous ; first recurrent nervure joining the second cubital 



cell at the middle T. mediator, Fabr. 



Abdomen, except sf)metimes the extreme base of the first segment, 

 entirely rufous ; first recurrentnervurejoining the second cubital 

 cell distinctly beyond the middle. . . . T. rufiventris, Klug. 



78. TiiiivHa mediata, Fabriciiis. 



1804. Dorylus mcdiakis, Fabriciiis, Syst. Piez., p. 428, $ . 

 1804. Muklla lineola, Fabr. 1. c. p. 487, ? . 

 1897. mediata, Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 



p. 59. 



>St. Vincent — Kingstown ; Grenada — Balthazar and St. 

 George's. Six $ and seven $ specimens. 



79. Timulla rufiventris, King. 



1821. Mutilla rufiventris, King, Nov. Acta Akad. Nat. 



Curios., X, p. 306, $ ; tab. 21, f. 12. 

 1874. Ifntilla mediata, var. rvfiventris, Gerst., Arcli. 



f. Naturg., xl, p. 323, $ . 

 1897. Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 



p. 60, $. 



5 . Length 5-7'5 mm. Black, the head and thorax confluently 

 punctate. Abdomen with the apex of the first segment narrowly 

 and the apex of the second segment broadly margined with a golden 

 pubescence ; two large spots on second segment, and two on each of 

 the following segments clothed with a bright golden pubescence. 



