158 BULLETIN 143, TJIiriTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Sphaerophthalma quadriguttata Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 



p. 239, 1886, female (part).— Hart, Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, p. 253, 



1907, female. 

 Ephuta (Ephuta) quadriguttata Andb6, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 63, 



1903, female. 

 Dasymutilla quadriguttata Mickel, 19th Rept. State Ent. Minn., p. 105, 



1923, female. 



Type. — Destroyed. 



Type locality. — Near Rocky Mountains. 



Neotype. — Female, Halsey, Nebr., August 14, 1925 (R. W. Daw- 

 son) , in collection of University of Minnesota. 



Distnbution. — Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. (Fig. 14.) 



Fig. 14. — Distribdtion of Dasymutilla quadriguttata (Say) 

 specimens examined 



Iowa: 2 females, Ames; female, Sioux City, July 29, 1921 (C. N. Ainslie). 



Kansas: Female, Cherokee County, 1915 (R. H. Beamer) ; female, Neosho 

 County; June 13, 1919 (Grace O. Wiley); female, Allen County, 1915 

 (R. H. Beamer) ; 3 females, Ottawa, July 18, 1923 (W. J. Brown) ; female, 

 Wellsville, July 23. 1901; female, Wellsville, August 15, 1901; female, 

 Douglas County, July 25, 1919 (W. E. Hoffmann) ; female, Lawrence, Sep- 

 tember 11, 1922 (W. E. Hoffmann) ; female, Geary County, May 25; female, 

 Riley County, July 11 (Popenoe) ; 2 females, Riley County, July 12 

 (Popenoe) ; 2 females, Riley County, July 17 (Popenoe) ; 4 females, Riley 

 County, July 19 (G. A. Dean) ; 2 females, Riley County, July 19 (Popenoe) ; 

 5 females, Riley County, July 21 (Popenoe) ; 3 females, Riley County, 

 July 22 (Popenoe) ; 3 females, Riley County, July 24 (G. A. Dean) ; female, 

 Riley County, July 25 (G. A. Dean) ; female, Riley County, July 26 (G. A. 

 Dean) ; female, Riley County, July (Marlatt) ; female, Riley County, 

 August 2 (G. A. Dean) ; female, Riley County, August 3 (G. A. Dean) ; 



