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males and females^ and most of them are figured. The known 
species referred to are the following : — 
M. europcea (Linn.); 1. c. p. 435, pi. 7. figs. 2 & 7 (details) and fig. 10 ; M. 
quinqiiefasciata (Oliv.), 1. c. p. 439, pi. 7. fig. 13 ; M. erythrocephala (Fab.), 
1. e. p. 440, pi. 7. fig. 6 ; 31. ciliata (Fab.), 1. c. p. 440 ; 31. incompleta (Wesm.), 
1. c. p. 442 j 3£. ricjipes (Lat.), 1. c. p. 443 j 31. suhcomata (Wesm.), 1. e. p. 444 j 
3£. sellata (Panz.), 1. c. p. 445 j 3f. montana (Panz.), 1. c. p. 440 j 31. inter- 
rupta (King), ibid., pi. 7. fig. 14 j 3£. corouata (Fab.), 1. c. 447; 3£. maura 
(Linn.), 1. c. p. 449, pi. 8. fig. 1 (var.) ; 3£. Imngarica (Fab.), 1. c. p. 450, pi. 7. 
fig. 3 (1st abd. segni.) ; 3£. iunemis (Fab.), 1. c. p. 452, pi. 8. fig. 3 ; M. are- 
naria (Fab.), 1. c. p. 453 ; 31. maculosa (Oliv.), 1. c. p. 454, pi. 8. fig. 6 ; 3£. au- 
striaca (Panz.), 1. c. p. 456, pi. 7. fig. 1 (abnormal wing) and 5 (1st abd. 
segm.) ] 3£. scutellaris (Oliv.), ibid. ; 3£. pedemontana (Fab.), 1. o. pi 457, pi. 7. 
fig. 4 (1st abd. segm.) ; 3£. italica (Fab.), 1. c. p. 468, pi. 7. fig. 9 ((j') ; 3£. 
salenlina (Costa), 1. c. p. 459 ; and 31. alheola (Pall. ), 1. c. p. 462, pi. 9. fig. 6. 
Morawitz has published (Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. viii. pp. 82- 
141) some notes on the genus 3£utilla, with a description of a 
peculiar form of the male and a list of the known European spe- 
cies of the genus. Morawitz cites the statements of various 
authors, from Linmeus to Burmeister, as to the sexual characters 
of the MutillcBj and indicates that the universally prevalent no- 
tion has been that the males are always winged ; so that when 
wingless males have been observed they have been taken for fe- 
males. He now points out some instances of the occurrence of 
wingless males, including a specimen figured by Lucas as a fe- 
male of his M. capitata, and describes a wingless male which he 
refers to M. vulnericeps (Costa) . Morawitz describes the two 
sexes of M. vulnericeps (/. c. pp. 96-97), and also gives the 
characters of M. capitata from Lucas, and of an insect which he 
takes to be the female of that species and identical with M. 
parvicollis (Costa), 1. c. p. 98. The author then discusses the 
question whether this absence of wings in the males of some 
Mutillce justifies the division of the genus, and refers to the at- 
^ tempts which have already been made by Latreille, Wesmael, and 
Costa (/. c. pp. 100-106). He comes to the conclusion that 
there is no ground for any generic separation of the species. 
After a discussion of the characters employed for the specific 
distinction and grouping of the MutillcBy Morawitz proceeds to 
give his synonymic catalogue of the European species of the 
genus, of which he enumerates 56. Of these several are briefiy 
characterized, and many of the references are accompanied by 
important notes on synonymy, &c. The following are the divi- 
sions and sections adopted by the author 
§ Division I. First segment of abdomen nearly or quite as broad at 
hinder margin as the second, separated therefrom only by a shallow con- 
striction. 
Group 1. Sp. : 3/£. qidnquemaculata (Oyrill.) ; 3£. erythrocephala (Lcit.) ; 
