MUTILLIDAE 339 



*bifurca Schuster. Tex. (Val Verde Co., Winterhaven). 



Acanthophotopsis bifurca Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 13 (in 

 key), 98, pi. 3, fig. 3. $. 



*dorophora Schuster. Ariz. (Tucson, Yuma). 



Acanthophotopsis dorophora Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 13 

 (in key), 104, pi. 2, fig. 1, pi. 3, fig. 2. 5. 



*evansii Schuster. Tex. (Alpine and Chisos Mts.) ; Mexico (Durango). 



Acanthophotopsis evansii Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. (n.s.) 37: 12 (in 

 key), 93, pi. 3, fig. 1. S. 



*falciformis falciformis Schuster. Calif. (Palm Springs); Mexico 

 (Zacatecas). 

 Acanthophotopsis falciformis falciformis Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 

 (n.s.) 37: 13 (in key), 108, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3. $. 



*falciformis furcislerna Schuster. Ariz. (Tucson, Phoenix, Ajo). 



Acanthophotopsis falciformis furcisterna Schuster, 1958. Ent. Amer. 

 (n.s.) 37: 14 (in key). 111. $. 



Genus PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashmead, pp. 758-761 



contiunax (Cresson). Mexico. 



*Mutilla microphthalma Gerstaecker, 1874. Arch. Naturges. 40: 64. $. 

 Taxonomy: Mickel, 1935. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 61: 393. 



frigida frigida (Smith). Probable hosts: Lasioglossmn (Dialictus) incon- 

 spicmim (Sm.), L. {D.) zephyrum (Sm.),L. {D.) rohweri (Ellis), 

 L. {D.) versatum (Robt.) and Augochlorella striata (Prov.). 

 Biology: Lin, N., 1964. Ins. Sociaux 11: 187-192. 



Genus DASYMUTILLA Ashmead, pp. 761-770 



asteria Mickel. Host: Microbembex nigrifrons (Prov.) (teste J. D. Haddock, 

 in. litt.). 



biguttata (Cockerell). Ark. 



creon (Blake). Ark. 



dngesii (Cockerell and Casad). Host: Anthophora occidentalis Cr. 



gloriosa (Saussure). Host: Microbembex nigrifrons (Prov.) (teste J. D. 

 Haddock, in litt.). 



leda (Blake). N. Mex. 



macilenta (Blake). Delete Ala. from distribution. 



nigripes (Fabricius). B. C. Host: Cerceris fiavofasciata H. S. Smith. 

 Biology: Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 61: 198. 



pyrrhus (Fox). Host: Bembicine sp. 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 2-4, fig. 1. 



vesta vesta (Cresson). B. C. 



Genus LOMACHAETA Mickel, p. 770 



variegata Mickel. Hosts: Solierella plenoculoides similis (Brid.), S. blaisdelli 

 (Brid.), nesting in stems of Eriogonum elatum. 

 Biology: Parker, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 116. 



*Genus SMICROMUTILLA Mickel 



Smicromutilla Mickel, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 108. 



Type: Smicromutilla potvelli Mickel. Orig. desig. and by 

 monotypy. 



Insert on p. 770 after Lomachaeta Mickel. 



♦powelli Mickel. Calif. (San Luis Obispo Co.). Host: ? Xylocelia occidentalis 

 Fox. 

 Smicromutilla potvelli Mickel 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40; 108, 1 fig. 5, ?. 



