INVESTIGATION'S ON THE MUTILLID "WASPS 



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Dasymutilla (Bruesia) hartnoma Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 



42, p. 321, 1916, female. 

 Dasymutilla harmonia Banks, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, p. 25, 1921, 



female.— MicKEL, 19th Kept. State Ent. Minn., p. 102, 1923, female. 

 Bruesia sparsiformis Rau, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 24, no. 7, p. 3, 



1922. 



Type. — Female, Atlantic coast, in collection of American Ento- 

 mological Society of Philadelphia. The tj^pe of sparsiformis is in 

 the collection of the United States National Museum. 



Dist'nhution. — Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mis- 



FiG. 1. — Distribution of Dasymutilla harmonia (Fox) 



sissippi, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Min- 

 nesota, Manitoba, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. (Fig. 1.) 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Colokado: Female, Julesburg, August 4, 1899; female. Brush, July 10, 1915 

 (C. E. Mickel) ; 2 females, Fort Logan, August 18, 1901 (J. S. Hunter) ; 

 female. Fort Collins, August 23, 1899; female, Boulder, September 20 (Cock- 

 erell) ; female. Golden, May 3, 1902; female, Lamar, July 10, 1899; 7 

 females, Bent County, August 29; female. South Park, August 29, 1901 

 (Oslar) ; 2 females. Clear Creek (Oslar) ; 4 females. 



Florida: Female, LaBelle, May 8-10, 1916 (J. C. Bradley) ; female, Titusville, 

 November 8, 1911 ; female, Gainesville, May 15, 1914. 



Georgia: Female, Spring Creek, Decatur County, May 18-21, 1916 (J. C. Brad- 

 ley) ; female, Spring Creek, Decatur County, June 7-23, 1911 (J. C. Brad- 

 ley) ; female, Billy's Island, Okefenokee Swamp, June, 1912. 



Illinois : Female, Rockf ord, August 26, 1902. 



