Mutillidae, 441 
die nicht ausgerand. Aug. u. die nicht 3-zähn. Mand.) p. 65 (Glendale, 
Arizona, auf dem Bahngeleise laufend). 
Sphaerophthalma. 11 Sp. New Jersey. Ashmead in Smith's Insects etc. p. 536. 
Sphinetomutilla siebe Ephutomma. 
Timulla Ashm. 1899. — Uebers. üb. d. Sp.: 
males. 
females. 2. 
1. Head a. abd. black, thor. red; abd. sgms. 1 a. 2 banded at apex w. a silv. 
pubese.; dors. sgms. 2—6 on each side w. a longitud. band of silvery 
pubese. T. mediata Fabr. = lineola Fabr. 9. 
Black; abd. sgms. 1 a. 2 broadly band. at apex w. a gold. pubesc.; dors. 
sgms. 2 w. a large quadrang. spot on each side at, base; dors. sgms. 3—6 
on each side w.a broad longitud. band of gold. pubese. T.rufiventris Klug. 
2. Head a. thor. black, w. a whit. or silv. pubesc. Abd., exc. the 1. a. 7. sgms. 
which are black, rufous; 1. rec. n. joining the 2. cub. cell at the middle. 
T. mediator Fab. (sie!). 
Abd., exe. sometimes tlıe extr. base of the 1. sgm., entirely rufous; 1. rec. 
nerv. joining the 2. cub. cell distinctly beyond tlıe middle. 
rufiventris Klug. 
mediata Fabr. (Syn.) v. St. Vine., Kingstown; Grenada, Balthas. u. St. George's. 
Ashmead (3) p. 238. — rufiventris Klug. Beschr. d. 2; ganz versch. 
v. mediata u. keine Var. Stücke in coitu v. St. Vince. (Windward 
side) p. 238—9. 
hexagona Say d = dubitata Sm. 2; ornativentris Cress. Q = promethea 
Blake 5 (Ashm.) in New Jersey, Ashmead (siehe ob.) p. 535. 
Superfamilia IV. Formicoidea. 
Ashmead theilt sie in den Proc. of the Un. States Nat. Mus. 1900 p. 197 
—8 folgendermassen ein: 
Abd. w. the petiole composed of a single joint or node, never w. a con- 
strietion betw. sgms. 2 a. 3. 4. 
Abd. w. the pet. comp. of two joints, nodes or scales, or if w. one, w. a 
strong constrict. betw. sgms. 2a.3. Females a. workers w. the sting 
well developed; orifice or the cloaca slit or cleft. 
Middle a. post. tib. w. apie. spurs. 2. 
Mid. a. post. tib. without apic. spurs. 3. 
1. 8 without cerei; subgen. plate semieircularly emarginate, endings into 2 prongs; 
genit. org. wholly retraet., frontal carinae close together, nearly vertic., not 
at all covering the base of the antenn. Fam. XLIII Dorylidae. 
ö w. cerei; subgen. plate never end. into 2 prongs; gen. org., except in a 
sing!. case, not wholly retractile; front. car. most frequently remote; if close 
they are usually dilated anteriorly in an oblique or horiz. lam., a. cover in 
part the insert. of the antenn. 
Petiole 1 jointed, but there is always a constrict. betw. sgms. 2 a. 3; 
pupae covered w. a. cocoon. Fam. XLIV Poneridae,. 
Petiol. w. 2-joints or nodes; pupae naked, without a cocoon. 
Fam. XLV Myrmicidae. 
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