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Tas. C. MUTILLA COCCINEA. 
M. coccinea ; antennis, pectore, ventre, pedibus (abdomi- 
neque maris basi, foemine fascia ae iit alis fusco- 
nigricantibus. ‘ 
Mutilla coccinea. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1, 966%" 
Fabr, Ent. Syst. 2, 366, 1. 
Habitat in America. 
SCARLET MUTILLA. 
Scarlet ; antennae, breast, belly, legs (and base of the ab- 
domen of the male, middle of the abdomen of the fe- 
male) black ; wings fuscous-blackish. 
Mutilla coccinea is extremely common in some parts of 
America, especially in Carolina and Georgia, from whence 
it is frequently sent to Europe in collections. 
