NO. 1869. NEW SPECIES OF WASPS— ROUWER. 461 



DASYMUTILLA MESILL.S:, new species. 



Closest to texensis Roliwer, but distinct as the following descrip- 

 tion will show. 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Fourth joint of antennae scarcely nar- 

 rowed below, third joint distmctly shorter than the two following; 

 cheeks punctured almost as coarsely as front; dorsulum closely 

 punctured, punctures small and sometimes confluent; sides of pro- 

 podeum reticulate; metapleurse with appressed white pubescence, 

 without large punctures; fu-st dorsal segment with large medial 

 punctures; second dorsal with elongate close punctures, somewhat 

 separated laterally; carina of first ventral segment with a small 

 tooth posteriorly; legs feebly spined. Color differs from texensis as 

 follows: Flagellum black; legs color of body; erect hair of head and 

 thorax black; apex of first dorsal except laterally, large spot on base of 

 second and wide apical middle of second dorsal with black pubescence. 



Mesilla, New Mexico. One female collected June 17 by Prof. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Type.—Csit. No. 14138, U.S.N.M. 



The first segment is short. 



DASYMUTILLA BLAWANA, new species. 



Very hke Dasymutilla hlawa Rohwer, but may be separated from 

 that species by the following characters: Erect hairs of head and 

 thorax white; carina of first ventral segment tridentate; teeth low, 

 rounded apically, the distance between the middle and posterior one 

 greater than the distance between the middle and anterior one; 

 second dorsal more sparsely puncti^ired laterally; pygidium granular. 



Female. — Length 9 mm. 



Texas, two females from Befrage collection; and one female from 

 C. H. T. Townsend, collected September 4, 1896. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14139, U.S.N.M. 



Superficially like Pycnomutilla liarmonia (Fox) . 



DASYMUTILLA CHAMPLAINI, new species. 



Female.— 'Length. 9 mm. Fourth antennal joint not, or scarcely, 

 narrowed below; tliird joint subequal in length with the fourth and 

 fifth; front with confluent punctures, cheeks with, separate punctures; 

 dorsulum punctured similar to the front; sides of propodeum with 

 somewhat finer, separated punctures; metapleurge without appressed 

 pubescence or large punctures; first dorsal with the middle area with- 

 out appressed pubescence, dull; second dorsal with uniform (except 

 an impunctate basal area) somewhat separate punctures which are 

 basally circular, apically elongate; carina of first ventral segment tri- 

 dentate, the middle tooth largest; tarsi rather strongly spined. Rufo- 



