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(F. X. Williams) : 3 males, Kooks County, Kansas, August 9, 1912 

 (F. X. Williams); 2 males. Rooks County, Kansas, August 27; 

 2 males, Comanche County, Kansas, 1916 (R. H. Beamer) ; male, 

 Norton County, Kansas, August 24, 1912 (F. X. Williams) ; 5 males, 

 Meade County, Kansas, July 10, 1911 (F. X. Williams) ; male, Meade 

 County, Kansas; male, Seward County, Kansas, August 16, 1911 

 (F. X. Williams) ; male, Seward County, Kansas, August 18, 

 1911 (F. X. Williams) ; male, Grainfield, Kansas, September 23 

 (Lantz) ; 15 males, Grant County, Kansas, July 23, 1911 (F. X. 

 Williams) ; 7 males, Grant County, Kansas, July 27, 1911 (F. X. 

 Williams) ; 5 males, Morton County, Kansas, August 5, 1911 

 (F. X. Williams) ; 8 males, Stanton County, Kansas, July 30, 1911 



Fig. 9.— Distribution of Dastmutilla myeicEj new species 



(F. X. Williams) ; 2 males, Hamilton County, Kansas, July (S. J. 

 Hunter) ; male, Benkelman, Nebraska, October 5 (Lantz) ; male, 

 Mitchell, Nebraska, August 3, 1914 (L. M. Gates) ; male, Jackson- 

 ville, Texas, August 7, 1906 (F. C. Bishopp) ; male, Palestine, Texas, 

 August 10, 1906 (F. C. Bishopp) ; male, Overton, Texas, August 22, 

 1907 (W. W. Yothers) ; in collections of University of Kansas, 

 Kansas Agricultural College, University of Nebraska, University of 

 Montana, U. S. National Museum, and the author. (Fig. 9.) 



MyHce is* very closely related to zelaya Blake. The principal dif- 

 ference between the two is the presence of yellow pubescence on the 

 vertex, pronotum, mesonotum, and scutellum. The genitalia of this 

 species are identical with those of zelaya and are therefore not fig- 

 ured. This species has been identified as ochracea (Blake) in collec- 

 tions but is not that species. The type of this species has been com- 

 pared with that of Blake's species. 



