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have the color of the pubescence scarlet like the type, the two from. 

 Oregon, the one from Idaho, and one from Claremont, California, 

 have the pubescence brown ocher in color. The length of the speci- 

 mens at hand varies from 10 to 16 mm. Flammifera is a manuscript 

 name of Dr. J. C. Bradley. 



99. DASYMUTILLA GLORIOSA (Saussure) 



Mutilla gloriosa Saussure, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., ser. 4, vol. 7. p. 359, pi. 8,. 



fig. 9, 9r/, 1867, female. — Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., ser. 4, vol. 7, Bull. 



92, 93, 1SG7, female.— Dalle Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 8, p. 44, 1897.— Fox,. 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 237, 1899, female. — Melandee, Trans. 



Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 29. p. 296. p-. 4. fi.^-s. 5 and 45, 1903. 

 Mutilla, tecta Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 5, p. 119, 1875, female. 

 8phaerophthahna tecta Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 237, 1886,, 



female. 

 Sphaerophihahiia [iloriosa Cameron, Biol. Ceutr. Amer., Hymen., vol. 2, 



p. 359, 1894, female.— Fox. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 261, 



1895. 

 Ephuta (Ephuta) gloriosa Andre, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 60, 1903, 



female. 



Type locality. — Lower California ; type probably in Paris Museum ; 

 type of tecta in collection of American Entomological Society of 

 Philadelphia. 



Distribution, — Lower California, California, Arizona, Nevada, 

 Utah, Texas, and Mexico. 



SPECI.MENS EXAMINED 



Arizona: Female, Nogales, July 10, 1903 (Oslar) ; female, Nogales, August 14,. 

 1906; female, Catalina Mountains, June 13, 1903 (Oslar) ; female, Santa 

 Catalina Mountains, July 15, 1924 (A. A. Nichol) ; female. Fort Grant, 

 Pinaleno Mountains, July 15, 1917; female, Tucson, June 21, 1924 (A. A. 

 Nichol) ; female, Tucson, July 1, 1920 (C. T. Vorhies) ; female, Tucson, 

 August 5, 1906 (G. v. K.) ; female, Tucson, August 14-17, 1916; female, 

 Tucson (J. J. Thomber) ; female. Morales, August 27, 1913 (A. W. Mor- 

 rill) ; 2 females. Black Dike Prospect, Sierritas, July 26-29, 1916; female, 

 Santa Kita Mountains, June (F. H. Snow) ; female, Santa Rita Moun- 

 tains. July 16, 1921 (C. T. Vorhies) ; 2 females, Santa Rita Mountains, 

 July (F. H. Snow); female, Santa Rita Mountains, July 21, 1921; 2 

 females, Baboquivaria Mountains (F. H. Snow) ; female, near Kits Peak, 

 Baboquivari Mountains, August 7-9, 1916 ; female, Comobabi Mountains, 

 August 9-10, 1916 ; 4 females. Coyote Mountains, August 4-7, 1916 ; female. 

 Riverside ; female, Florence, June 2, 1903 ; female, Florence, July 13, 1903 

 (C. R. Biederman) ; 2 females, Florence, October 9, 1903 (C. R. Bieder- 

 man) ; female, Phoenix, July 16-18 (Wickham) ; female. Phoenix, August 

 3, 1917; 19 females. Phoenix, August 4, 1917; female. Phoenix. October 7; 

 female, Phoenix, October 9 (Cockerell) ; female. Phoenix, Experiment Sta 

 tion Farm, November 4 (Cockerell) ; female, Sacaton, July 25, 1924 (J. A 

 Harris, jr.) ; 4 females, Sacaton, July 27, 1924 (J. A. Harris, jr) ; female, 

 Sacaton, July, 1924 (J. A. Harris, jr.) ; 6 females, Sacaton, August 7, 1924 



