100 NINETEENTH REPORT STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF MINNESOTA—IQ22 
KEY TO THE GENERA OF MINNESOTA MUTILLIDAE 
1. Eyes round, strongly convex, usually polished.................+ esses sees 2 
Eyes ovate, strongly faceted; in the males deeply emarginate within........ 3 
2. First abdominal segment greatly enlarged toward the apex, completely sessile 
with the second; second abdominal segment at the base scarcely wider than 
the apex-or the hist, yd ee ees ovate cioera. bree Pscudomethoca Ashmead 
First abdominal segment constricted at the apex, before the base of the sec- 
ond; not completely sessile with the second; base of second abdominal 
segment considerably wider than the apex of the first..Dasymutilla Ashmead 
3. First abdominal segment completely sessile with the second; tergites of the 
male without, or only the last one with a longitudinal carina. . Timulla Ashmead 
First abdominal segment petiolate, not at all sessile, short, nearly cylindrical ; 
third to seventh tergites of male with a longitudinal carina...... Ephuta Say 
Genus PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashmead 
Key to the species 
Females 
T Head spinose oridentate; bemeathiezia: iat a. - cer seit hehe rane canadensis Blake 
Head not spinose,or dentate, bemea tiny eam itera) weit ele te fedecd = fel ee aed ee o 
2. Propodeum with the posterior face more or less rounded into the dorsum, 
not at a distinct right angle with the dorsum; metapleura micropunctate, 
thinly: wlothedsawithiestlvety spies ert een eet eer sanbornt Blake 
Propodeum with the posterior face at a distinct right angle with the dorsum; 
metapleura sometimes very slightly micropunctate, not clothed with silvery 
PILE! hp ee Mek ols sends Ses Be ok Cee genoa ant Seis: epiener ne ope propinqua Cresson 
Males 
r. Postero-lateralanglesvor head) dentate: 022 422 anes eee canadensis Blake 
Postero-leterall ancles of head rounded’. hs.) chee ote oor 2 
2. Abdomen ferruginous, with black pubescence................. sanbornit Blake 
Abdomen black, with golden pubescence................-.-- propinqua Cresson 
Pseudomethoca canadensis (Blake) 
1871. Mutilla (Sphaerophthalma) canadensis Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., iii, 
25210. 
1800. Photopsis cressonu Fox, Ent. News, i, 138 ¢ (not Mutilla cressoni 
Blake). 
1899. Mutilla canadensis Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxv, 224 9 ¢. 
Specimens examined: 9 August 1, 1922, Jordan, Scott county (A. T. 
Hertig). 
Pseudomethoca sanbornii ( Blake) 
1871. Mutilla (Sphaerophthalma) sanbornii Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., iii, 
248 4. 
1899. Mutilla sanborni Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxv, 228 4. 
1916. Pscudomethoca (Nomiaephagus) montivaga Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. 
Soc, xiii, 320.9 (not of Cresson). 
1918. Nonuaephagus sanborni Washburn, 17th Rept. State Ent. of Minnesota, 
200. 
