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CHRYSIDID^. 



Chrysis sonorensis Cam. One specimen. San Este- 

 ban, L. Cal. {Ilaincs). April. 



Chrysis selenia Costa. Six specimens. San Jose del 

 Cabo {Eisen) and Comondu, L. Cal. {Haines). March. 



Parnopes chrysoprasina Sm. 



Although this species was described from North Caro- 

 lina and to m}'- knowledge has not been recorded from 

 any other locality. I feel compelled to refer a specimen 

 from San Borgia, L. Cal. {Haines) May, to it, as the 

 specimen fits the description perfectly. It seems to me 

 that Smith has probably given an erroneous locality for 

 this species. Should this specimen prove not to be 

 chrysoprasina, then it is a new species, as it is distinct 

 from both Edzvardsii ^nd. fiilvicornis . 



MUTILLIDyE. 



Sph^rophthalma orcus Cress. Five females. Santa 

 Maria, L. Cal. {Haines) May; Hermosillo, Sonora {£i- 

 sen) April. The pubescence on abdomen of this species 

 varies from fulvous to bright carmine. 



Sph^rophthalma Sackenii Cress. One $ . San 

 Jose del Cabo, L. Cal. {Eiseii). 



Sph.erophthalma magna Cress. Four females. San 

 Jose del Cabo {jEisen) and San Esteban, L. Cal. {Haines) 

 April. 



Sph^rophthalma erudita Cress. San Jose del 

 Cabo, L. Cal. {£isen). One female. 



Sph^rophthalma gloriosa Sauss. San Esteban, 

 x\pril, and San Borgia, May {Haines), San Jose del Cabo 

 {Jiiseti). This species seems to have been overlooked 

 by previous authors as it is neither in Blake's Monograph 

 of the Mutillidai, nor in Cresson's '^' Catalogue.'' It is 



