224 mutillid^;. 



with black pubescence in front and with rusty-golden behind, the 

 latter partly covering the sides of the truncation, which is black 

 in the middle ; the legs with a whitish pubescence. Abdomen with 

 black pubescence, and with two ovate, deep, ochraceous maculae at 

 the base of the second segment, and two larger ones towards its 

 apical margin ; the maculae with rusty-golden pubescence ; the 

 fourth and fifth segments with ochraceous pubescence in the middle. 



Hah. Mexico. 



A smaller example in the collection has the markings clothed with 

 golden-yellow pubescence. 



105. Mutilla ducalis. 



Female. Length 7-9^ lines. — Black, clothed with black pubescence ; 

 the head above and a broad transverse band on the thorax, which 

 curves slightly backwards, of bright gold-coloured pubescence ; the 

 second segment of the abdomen ferruginous above, and having at 

 its base a large, subovate, black pubescent macula ; also a smaller 

 ovate macula, placed laterally about the middle of the segment, the 

 apical margin of the segment, and also the third segment, black ; 

 the black bands not usually extending to the lateral margins, 

 which have silvery-white pubescence, similar to that which clothes 

 the thorax beneath and fringes the segments of the abdomen ; the 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth segments have golden- coloured pubescence 

 above, the fifth with more or less of black laterally. 



Hah. Orizaba and South America. 



A variety from S. America has the two lateral ovate black maculae 

 united with the central black macula, and is full 2 lines larger than 

 the Mexican specimens. 



106. Mutilla luxuriosa. 



Female. Length 5^ lines, — Black ; the legs ferruginous, adorned 

 with bright golden-yellow pubescent markings. Head large, wider 

 than the thorax and subquadrate ; above, covered with golden- 

 coloured pubescence ; the antennae obscurely ferruginous. Thorax 

 slightly narrowed behind, above with golden pubescence ; the 

 truncation of the metathorax, and a subtriangular space in front, 

 black ; the coxae and tips of the femora and tibiae black. Abdomen 

 with the basal segment black ; the second with golden pubescence, 

 a semicircular spot at its basal margin in the middle, a somewhat 

 angular one on each side, and its apical margin, with a broad 

 fascia that is widest in the middle, black ; the following segments 

 with pale golden-yellow pubescence. 



Huh. Mexico. 



