456 rROCEEDINOS OF TTIE XATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.41. 



Group FERRUGATARITM. 



[ = Fox catagories 22 to 27, pp. 232 and 233.] 



Unless otherwise stated the pygidmm is strongly longitudinally 

 striated, and well defined laterally. 



DASYMUTILLA FERRUGATA, var. BALABETEI, new variety. 



Female. — Length 11.5 mm. Differs from the typical form in 

 having red legs. 



Crescent City, Florida. One female collected by Mr. Hubbard. 

 Type.—CsLt. No. 14124, U.S.N.M. 



DASYMUTILLA GEORGIANA, new species. 



Separated irom ferrugata by the very prominent eyes. 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Head seen from in front with the outer 

 margins of cheeks subparallel, cheeks not expanding beyond the 

 inner margin of the eyes; length of the second and third joints of 

 antennae beneath subequal with the length of fourth and fifth; dorsu- 

 lum more coarsely punctured than the head or sides; metapleurse 

 and sides of propodeum with large, separate punctures; carina of 

 first ventral as in ferrugata; legs rather feebly spinose; second dorsal 

 with nearly uniform, small, separate, irregular punctures. Antennae 

 and legs piceous; apex of second dorsal mth a small, medial patch 

 of white pubescence ; otherwise colored as ferrugata, except appressed 

 pubescence is not as dense. 



Georgia. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14125, U.S.N.M. 



DASYMUTILLA PLESIA, new species. 

 Mutilla ferrugata Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, 1872, p. 19S (part). 



Separated irora ferrugata by the second and third jomts of antennae 

 being distinctly shorter than the fourth and fifth. 



Female. — Length 10 mm. Eyes prominent, but not as distinctly 

 so as in georgiana; cheeks and vertex sparsely punctured, front closely 

 so; dorsulum more coarsely sculptured than the sides or head; 

 metapleuras and sides of propodeum with large separate punctures; 

 legs strongly spined for group, apical spines of penultimate jomt of 

 posterior tarsi subequal with the length of untimate joint; ventral 

 carma of first segment as ferrugata; first dorsal sparsely punctured 

 medially; second dorsal with lateral basal area and sides sparsely 

 punctured, the rest with uniform small punctures. Kufo-ferrugmous ; 

 antemiae piceous; legs, apex of second and all the following segments 

 black or very dark piceous; head, thorax and most second dorsal 

 with appressed golden pubescence; head most of thorax and the 

 greater part of second dorsal with sparse erect golden hair; posterior 

 face of propodeum and first dorsal with scattered, erect, black hairs; 



