214 BULLETIN" 143, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



the female of this species, but the evidence for this was not given and 

 the two are still regarded as separate species. By the process of 

 elimination I have arrived at the same conclusion and think that 

 Melander was probably correct. 



84. DASYMUTILLA MONTICOLA (Cresson) 



Plate 3, fig. 21 



Mutilla monticola Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol 4, p. 430, 1865, 



male. — Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 7, p. 244, 1870, male. — Dalle 



Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 64, 1897, male. — Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 25, p. 246, 1899, male. 

 Mutilla (Sphaerophthalma) monticola Blake, Trans Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 



3, p. 237, 1871, male. 

 Mutilla eximia Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 200, 1886, male. — 



Dalle Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 39, 1897, male.— Fox, Trans. Amer. 



Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 246. 1899, male. 

 Sphaerophthalma monticola Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 226, 



1886, male. 

 Ephuta (Ephuta) eximia Andre, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 59, 1903, male. 

 Ephuta (Ephuta) monticola Andre, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc 11, p. 62, 1903, 



male. 

 Ephuta bouldcrensis Rohwer, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 35, p. 133, 1909, 



male. 

 Pycnomutilla. bouldcrensis Rohwer, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, p. 455, 



1912, male. 



Type. — Male, Colorado Territory, in collection of American Ento- 

 mological Society of Philadelphia. The type of eximia is in the 

 collection of the American Entomological Society of Philadelphia; 

 that of 'boulder ensis is in the United States National Museum. 



Plesiotyfe.—M.2XQ, Ogallala, Nebr., June 24, 1913 (E. W. Dawson), 

 in collection of University of Nebraska. 



Distribution. — Minnesota, North Dakota, Alberta, British Colum- 

 bia, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, and Arizona. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Alberta, Canada: Female, Lethbridge, June 28, 1914 (F. W. L. Sladen) ; 2 



males, Lethbridge, July 28, 1916 (Sladen). 

 British Columbia, Canada: Male, Oliver, July 17, 1923 (E. R. Buckell). 

 Colorado : Male, Fort Collins, June 18, 1900 ; male. Fort Collins, June 22, 1898 ; 



3 males. Fort Collins, June 26, 1901; male, Fort Collins, June 28, 1904; 



male, Denver, October 1, 1906 (Oslar). 

 Kansas: Male, Belvidere, June (W. Knaus) ; 2 males, Meade County, July 



10, 1911 (F. X. Williams) ; 2 males. Grant County, July 23, 1911 (F. X. 



Williams) ; male, Morton County, June (F. H. Snow) ; male, Morton 



County, (F. H. Snow) ; 2 males, Stanton County, July 30, 1911 (F. X. 



Williams) ; male, Hamilton County, June, 1902 (F. H. Snow) ; male, 



Wichita County (F. X. Williams) ; male, Wallace County, July, 1885; 



male, Wallace County (F. H. Snow). 



