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linian zone. Fox states that it is not uncommon in southern 

 New Jersey. Venturing a guess, from distribution and ehmina- 

 tion, it may be the male of canella. Melander definitely unites 

 it with canella but without stating his reasons. 



Massachusetts: Woods Hole. New York: Sea Cliff, Long Island, July, 

 3 9, (N. Banks), [N. Banks]. New Jersey: Westville, August 30, 1 9 , (the 

 author), [Cornell Univ.]; Clifton, August 11, 1912, 1 9, (G. M. Greene), 

 [G. M. Greene]. 



Dasymutilla (Dasymutilla) canella (Blake), c?. 



Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, July, 1912, 2 &, (Carl Ilg), [Cornell Univ.]. 

 New Jersey: Westville, June 13, 1901, (H. L. Viereck), [Amer. Ent. Soc.]; 

 Gloucester County, 1 cf , [Amer. Ent. Soc.]. Texas: 1 <f. Nebraska: 1 d'. 



Dasymutilla (Dasymutilla) cypris (Blake), 9 • 



1871. Mulilla (S phaerophthalma) mutata Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 3: 



247, 9. 

 1912. Dasymutilla mutata miainensis Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 41: 



462, 9. 

 1912. DasTjmvtilla allardi Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 41: 463, 9 . 



This is one of the most common eastern species in the Carolin- 

 ian and Austroriparian zones from Massachusetts to Florida. 

 It is known to extend westward to Colorado. It varies greatly in 

 both color and size. Some specimens from southern Georgia and 

 Florida are of a rufo-piceous color, with or without indistinct 

 pale spots on the second dorsal segment, and with very dark or 

 almost ])lack legs. To these Mr. S. A. Rohwer has given the 

 varietal name miamensis. 



The presence of four orange spots on the second dorsal segment 

 is a prevailing characteristic of this species, but they sometimes 

 are reduced to two, or altogether wanting. 



Dasymutilla allardi Rohwer, of which I have examined the 

 type, can hardly be looked upon as other than an individual 

 variation of this common and variable species. It differs from 

 the usual form in having the hook on the under side of the petiole 

 slightly notched at tip, although confined to the anterior part of 

 the segment and otherwise as in typical cypris. 



Dasymutilla (Dasymutilla) castor (Blake), c?. 



1912. Pycnomutilla harmonia Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 41: 455, cf. 



This is the most common species known in the male sex in the 

 eastern United States, inhabiting the Carolinian and Austrori- 



