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202. MuTILLA ARMATA. B.M. 
Mutilla armata, Klug, Nova Acta Ces. Curios. x. 323.279. 
togdet. 12. 
The variety received from the banks of the Tapajos has the 
head and thorax entirely black, and the spots and fascia which 
adorn the abdomen are of a rich gold colour; usually they are 
bright and silvery. 
Hab. Brazil (Para and Rio Tapajos); Venezuela. 
203. MuTILLA ARGYREA. 
Mutilla argyrea, Klug, Nova Acta Ces. Nat. Curios. x. 305.12. 
peroerk. Ls 
Hab. Brazil (Para). 
204. MuTILLA ATRICEPS. B.M. 
Female. Length 2-25 lines.—Head black, thorax and abdo- 
men rufo-testaceous, the latter usually of a deeper red ; roughly 
punctured, the punctures more or less confluent on the head and 
thorax, the lateral margins of the thorax crenulated; the scape 
and two or three of the basal joints of the flagellum rufo-testa- 
ceous, the mandibles ferruginous; the legs slightly fuscous. 
Abdomen: the second segment has on each side a stripe of sil- 
very pubescence not extending to the apical margin, on which is 
a spot united to a line which on each side extends to the apex of 
the abdomen ; the spots on the second segment sometimes united, 
forming a transverse line ; the entire insect thinly sprinkled over 
with long fuscous hairs. 
Hab. Brazil (Para; Santarem), (H. W. Bates.) 
205. MuTILLA CONSANGUINEA. 
Female. Length 23 lines.—Rufo-testaceous, thinly clothed 
with short golden pubescence, head rounded behind, eyes large 
and prominent. Thorax oval, having on the mesothorax two 
fuscous spots anteriorly and two posteriorly. Abdomen: the 
second segment has a transverse fuscous band a little beyond 
the middle, emitting a central stripe which extends to the base 
of the segment ; the four apical segments have on each side a 
small fuscous spot or stain; the entire insect thinly sprinkled 
with long glittering yellow hairs. 
Hab. Brazil (Para). (Coll. F. Smith.) 
This species very closely resembles M. fidicula, but differs in 
the form of the head and thorax. 
