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THE MUTILLIDAE OF CUBA (HYM.). 1 
By Clarence E. Mickel, 
The University of Minnesota. 
Mutillidae from Cuba are apparently very rare in collections. 
The largest collection, on which notes have been published, 
comprises the material belonging to this family in the Gundlach 
collection of Hymenoptera. The total number of specimens 
of Mutillidae in that collection was nine, representing five species 
and three genera. The specimens were recorded and described 
by Cresson (1865), and at that time included all the species 
known from Cuba. Two additional species from Cuba have 
been described since by Blake (1871) and Mickel (1926). 
Dr. George Salt succeeded in collecting a number of Mu- 
tillidae in 1925 in the vicinity of the Harvard Biological Station 
at Soledad, Cuba. His collection includes the greatest number 
of specimens from the island of Cuba which has so far been 
made available for study. Dr. Salt very courteously offered me 
the opportunity of examining and studying this material for 
which I take this occasion to express my sincere appreciation. 
There are thirty-five specimens in the Mutillid material 
collected by Dr. Salt, representing six species and four genera. 
The genus Pseudomethoca which was heretofore unknown from 
Cuba is represented in the material by a new species. The 
identity of senex Guerin and palliceps Cresson as two sexes of the 
same species which had been suggested by Andre (1898) is 
verified by Dr. Salt’s collecting. Two new species of the genus 
Ephuta were also found in the material. In addition to the 
records and descriptions of the species in the Salt collection, I 
have included complete synonymical notes on all the species 
known from Cuba. I have appended also a list of the Mutillidae 
known to occur in the West Indies exclusive of Cuba, in order to 
make readily accessible in one paper a complete catalogue of the 
Mutillid fauna of the West Indian Islands. None of the species 
known from Cuba have been recorded from the other islands. 
Published with the approval of the Director as Paper No. 694, of the 
Journal Series of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. 
