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



female. 

 DasynmtiUa {DasyimitlUa) occidentalis Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 



vol. 42, p. 322, 1916, female, male. 

 Dasymutilla (DasymtitUla) commiche Bradley, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 



42, p. 322, 1916, female, male. 

 DasymuHUa occidentalis Banks, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, p. 25, 1921. — 



Rau, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 24, p. 7, 1922. 

 BasymutUla comanche Banks, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, p. 25, 1921. 



Plesiotype. — Male, Lucaston, New Jersey, September 2, 1901, en- 

 tomological collection of University of Minnesota. 



DistHhution. — New Yorkj New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South 

 Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ken- 

 tucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern 

 Texas. (Fig. 23.) 



Fig. 23. Distrib-ation of Dasynrgtilla occidentalis (L.) Y / / y\ 

 " " Das:riiaitilla occidentalis var. comanche 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Alabama : Female, Cowarts, August 1-3, 1916 ; female. Auburn ; 2 females. 



Arkansas: Female, Desarc, October 10, 1910; male, (P. H. Rolfs). 



Connecticut: Female. 



District of Columbia: Female, Washington. August 1, 1917 (F. C. Pratt); 

 female, Washington, August 29, 1893; female, Washington (W. R. Maxon). 



Florida: 2 females, male, Miami (H. C. Henriksen) ; female, Miami, March 4; 

 4 males. Everglade, April 15. 1912 (W. T. Davis) ; 2 males. Everglade, 

 April 15, 1912; 3 females, 6 males. Everglade, May, 1912; female, male. 

 Everglade, June, 1912 ; male, Everglade, Jul.v. 1912 ; 3 females, Chokeloskee, 

 May, 1903; female, Marco. April IS, 1912; male, Marco, April 21, 1912; 

 male, LaBelle, April 27, 1912 (W. T. Davis) ; female, LaBelle, April 28, 

 1912; 4 males, LaBelle, May S-10, 1916 (J. C. Bradley); female, Estero 

 (Van Duzee) ; female, 2 males, Osprey (C. W. Webb) ; female, Vero, Sep- 



