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Mutilla myrrha Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 258, 1899, female. 

 Ephuta (Ephtita) caneo Andr^, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 58, 1903, female. 

 Ephuta (Ephuta) myrrha Andr^, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 62, 1903, 



female. 

 Dasymutilla caneo Mickel, 19th Rept. State Ent. Minn., p. 102, 1923, female. 



Type. — Female, Texas, in collection of the American Entomological 

 Society of Philadelphia. The types of inixtura and myrrha are in 

 the collection of the American Entomological Society of Phila- 

 delphia. 



Distribution. — Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, 

 Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Alberta, and 

 British Columbia. (Fig. 22.) 



Fig. 22. — Distribution of Dasymutilla caneo (Blake) 



specimens examined 



Alberta, Canada: Female, Medicine Hat, August 23, 1919 (Sladen). 



British Columbia, Canada: Female, Oliver, July 24, 1923 (E. R. Buckell), 



Colorado: Female, Denver, June 1897 (Wickman) ; female, Silverton, August 

 (Oslar). 



Kansas: Female, Kiowa County, July 6, 1911 (F. X. "Williams) ; female, Lane 

 County (F. X. Williams) ; 2 females, Morton County, August 5, 1911 (F. X. 

 Williams) ; 10 females, Grant County, July 23, 1911 (F. X. Williams) ; 

 female, Stanton County, July 30, 1911 (F. X. Williams) ; female, Stanton 

 County, August 10, 1911 (F. X. Williams). 



Minnesota: Female, Castle Rock, August 20, 1922 (F. C. Fletcher) ; 2 females, 

 Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, June 24, 1923 (C. E. Mickel) ; female, 

 Fridley sand dunes, Auoka County, June 2u, 1923 (R. W. Dawson) ; 4 

 females, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 3, 1923 (C. E. Mickel) 

 3 males, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 11, 1924 (R. W. Dawson) 



3 females, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 14, 1922 (A. A. Nichol) 

 9 females, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 21, 1922 (C. E. Mickel) 



4 females, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 24, 1922 (Paul Gilmer) 

 20 females, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka County, July 24, 1923 (C. E. Mickel) 



