from Embudo, New Mexico. 513 
face smoother and more shiny, but still granular, with rather 
sparse punctures; front roughened. Pubescence of thorax 
dense, orange beneath, fox-red above ; a large part of meso- 
thorax and middle of scutellum practically nude, as also the 
metathoracic enclosure, which is dull and not bounded by any 
raised line. Mesothorax regularly and strongly granular ; 
scutellum granular, with shallow punctures. ‘Tegule trans- 
parent amber-colour. Anterior wings rather pale fuliginous, 
broadly darker on outer margin, largely hyaline in median 
and anal cells; nervures and stigma piceous, stigma rather 
small; hind wings hyaline, with the basal third fuliginous. 
Legs black, with orange hairs. Abdomen black, micro- 
scopically tessellate, with very sparse inconspicuous shallow 
punctures ; sides of first segment, broad submarginal bands 
on segments 2 to 4 (on 2 interrupted medially), the fifth 
segment, and the apex all clothed with foxy-red hair; in 
addition, the second and third segments have very narrow 
apical hair-bands, contrasting with the rufous broad hair- 
bands above them. ‘Tibial spurs rufous. 
Hab. Embudo, at flowers of Ligelovia, Sept. 25 to 27. 
Nine specimens. 
This fine species seems to be allied to A. obscurtpennis, 
Smith, from Georgia, but it differs from that in the entirely 
black clypeus, the colour of the legs, and the distinct fascive 
of the abdomen. 
Mutillide. 
Ephuta californica (Rad.), var. euchroa, n. var. 
?.—Similar to the typical form, but the bright pubes- 
cence (on dorsal surfaces of head, thorax, and abdomen) all 
of a beautiful deep crimson or carmine, instead of ferruginous 
or golden ochraceous. 
Hab, Embudo, one on sand by the river, Sept. 25. Also 
one collected by Prof. H. F. Wickham at Coolidge, N. M., 
some years ago. 
I have seen exactly the same colour of pubescence in an 
example of Hphuta pacifica (Cresson), collected by Mr. Wick- 
ham in California. ‘This insect bears a great resemblance 
to our variety, but is readily distinguished by its considerably 
larger head. 
The generic name Ephuta has priority over Spherophthalma, 
as has been indicated by Mr. Fox. 
