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202. MUTILLA ARMATA. B.M. 



Mutilla armata, King, Nova Act a Cas. Curios, x. 323. 27 ? . 

 t. 23. f. 12. 



The variety received from the banks of the Tapajos has the 

 head and thorax entirely black, and the spots and fasciae 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, King, Nova Acta Cces. Nat. Curios, x. 305. 1 3 . 

 t. 21. f. 10. 



Hab. Brazil (Para). 



204. MUTILLA ATRICEPS. B.M. 



Female. Length 2-2J 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 2^ 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. 



