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Mississippi: Female, Louisville, July, 1917 (J. F. Atkinson); female. Agricul- 

 tural College, April 20, 1920 (M. R. French) ; female, Agricultural College, 

 May 3, 1922 (L. R. Pylant). 



New Jeksey: Female, Manumuskin, August 17, 1902 (E. Daecke) ; female, West- 

 ville, August 28, 1897; female. North Woodbury, August 11, 1901; female, 

 Almoresson; female, Charsworth, July 11, 1911 (W. T. Davis); female. 

 Mount Holly, August 19, 1906; female, Lakehurst, August 18; female, 

 Clementou, June 2, 1901 ; female, Lahaway, September 14. 



New Yoek : Female, Yaphank, Long Island, July 12. 



NoBTH Caeolina : Female, Southern Pines, June 24, 1909 ; female. Southern 

 Pines, August 1, 1907 (A. H. Manee) ; female. Southern Pines, August 

 5, 1918; female, Southern Pines, August 8, 1918; female, Southern 

 Pines, August, 1907; female, Raleigh, July 2, 1903 (F. Sherman) ; female, 

 Raleigh, August 15, 1904 (0. S. Brimley) ; female, Statesville, May 31, 

 1917 (R. W. Leiby) ; female, Oakdale, August 22, 1902 (F. Sherman, jr.). 



Oklahoma: 2 females, Payne county, June 2, 1925 (W. J. Brown). 



Texas: Female, Mineola, July 19, 1906 (Bishopp and Jones) ; female, Rosser, 

 September 23, 1905 (C. R. Jones). 



Vieqinia: Female, Wingina, August 1, 1916 (W. T. Davis); female, Falls 

 Church, September 1, 1915 (C. T. Greene). 



The convex posterior margin of the head and less prominent 

 postero-lateral tubercles distinguish this species from cypris (Blake). 

 It is possible that ultimately this species may be shown to be the 

 same as cypris but in the light of present knowledge it seems best 

 to recognize it as a distinct form. It is easily separated from 

 intemipta by two characteristics; the striae of the pygidium do not 

 extend to the apex, leaving the apical one-third or one-fourth smooth, 

 and the apical fringes of the second and third tergites are inter- 

 rupted medially by black hairs. A specimen in the collection of 

 Nathan Banks, taken at Southern Pines, N. C, August, 1907, is 

 accompanied by a male of agenor Fox. AUardi can not be the 

 female of agenor Fox because the latter is the male of vesta Cresson 

 and the two are certainly not the same. A second specimen from 

 Southern Pines, N. C, August 1, 1907, is accompanied by a male 

 of rubricosa. There is a possibility of the latter being the male of 

 this species but the evidence is not certain enough to unite the two. 

 The specimens vary in length from 8 to 12 mm. Material studied 

 agrees with Rohwer's type which has been examined by the author. 



55. DASTSfUTILLA ALESIA Banks 



Dasymutilla alesia Banks, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, p. 24, 1921, female. 



Type. — Female, Falls Church, Va., in collection of Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. 



Distribution. — New York, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, 

 North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. 



