58 HYMENOPTERA. 1 
pubescence, the second segment having a large trilobate black 
pubescent patch, which extends from the basal to the apical 
margin of the segment; the fifth and sixth segments are covered 
with black pubescence, the sides being pale. 
Hab. Mexico. 
282. MuTILLA BIFASCIATA. 
Mutilla bifasciata, Swed. Nov. Act. Holm. vii. 285. 41 & 422. 
Hab. New York. 
283. MurTiLtLa CANINA. B.M. 
Female. Length 43 lines.—Rufo-testaceous, palest beneath ; 
the vertex and front densely clothed with long pale ochraceous 
pubescence; head round, eyes large and prominent. ‘Thorax: 
the anterior half of the mesothorax clothed with black pubes- 
cence, the posterior half with pale ochraceous; the apical mar- 
gins of the second, third and fourth segments have a broad 
fascia of pale ochraceous pubescence; that on the second pro- 
duced in the middle ito an angular shape ; the basal half of the 
second segment, and the third and sixth segments entirely clothed 
with black pubescence; the entire msect sprinkled over with 
long loose pale hairs. 
Hab. Mexico. 
284. MuTILLA CAPITATA. B.M. 
Female. Length 8 lines.—Black, head quadrate, wider than 
the thorax, densely clothed with pale golden pubescence, the 
cheeks furnished with a stout tooth; the apical joints of the fla- 
gellum ferruginous beneath; the mandibles ferruginous, their 
apex black. Thorax short, broad and narrowed posteriorly, 
rounded in front ; suddenly contracted, on each side a short tooth 
before the contraction; the metathorax truncate; the disk 
covered with pale golden pubescence, having in front a large 
rounded black patch; the legs thinly covered with pale golden 
pubescence, the calcaria and apical joints of the tarsi pale ferru- 
ginous; the intermediate and posterior tibia armed exteriorly 
with a row of spmes. Abdomen: the second segment having a 
large transverse yellow macula clothed with golden pubescence, 
the macula deeply emarginate anteriorly and posteriorly, nar- 
rowest towards the base of the segment, and slightly emarginate 
at the sides, the posterior angles rounded; the third and follow- 
ing segments covered with very pale golden pubescence, the 
fourth having a central patch of black pubescence ; beneath, the 
margins of the segments ciliated with silvery pubescence. 
Hab. Mexico (Puebla). 
