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Distribution. — Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, New Mexico, 

 and Arizona. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Arizona: Female, Wilcox, June 8, 1909 (A. K. Fisher); female, Wilcox, 

 July 31, 1909 (A. K. Fisher) ; female, Winslow, July 31 (Barber and 

 Schwarz). 



Kansas: Female, Grant County, July 23, 1911 (F. X. Williams). 



Montana: Female, Billings, July 30, 1910. 



Nehsraska: Female, Lincoln. 



New Mexico: Female, Las Vegas, July 20, 1902 (Oslar) ; 2 females, Maxwell, 

 1916 (G. W. Barber) ; female, Koehler, August (H. F. Wickham) ; female, 

 Jemez Springs, June 20, 1916 (John Woodgate) ; female, Jemez Springs, 

 August 1 (John Woodgate) ; female, Jemez Springs, August 12 (John 

 Woodgate) ; female, Deming, July 18, 1907. 



Texas: Female, Del Rio, May 8, 1907 (F. C. Bishopp) ; female, Alpine, June 

 28-30 (Wickham) ; female, Balmorhea, October 5, 1924 (Sanborn and 

 Scholls) ; female, Phantom Lake, Fort Davis Quad, June 1, 1916 (F. M. 

 Gaige). 



The general color of 'poecilonota is darker than in ohscura and the 

 golden pubescence of the head and thorax is so dense as to conceal 

 the sculpturing of the body surface, while in ohscura the pubescence 

 of the head and thorax is sparse. Specimens vary in length from 8 

 mm. to 13 mm. Through the kindness of Dr. A. L. Melander I have 

 been able to examine the type of this species, and the material studied 

 is identical with it. 



114. DASYMUTILLA HELIOPHILA (Cockerell) 



Sphaerophthalma heliophila Cockerell, Entomologist, vol. 33, p. 65, 1900, 



female. 

 Ephuta {Ephuta} heliophila Andr^, Gen. Ins., vol. 1, fasc. 11, p. 60, 1903, 



female. 

 Dasyniutilla welltonensis Bradley and Bequaert, Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 



82, pp. 1-3, 1923. 



Type. — Female, Glendale, Arizona, October 31, 1899 (Cockerell), 

 in collection of United States National Museum. The type of well- 

 tonensis is in the collection of Cornell University. 



Distrihution. — Arizona. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Arizona: Female, Florence, September 4, 1903 (C. R. Biederman) ; female. Bill 

 Williams Fork, September (F. H. Snow) ; 4 females, Wellton, Yuma County. 

 August 9, 1917. 



The types of heliophila Cockerell and welltonensis Bradley and 

 Bequaert have been examined and found to be identical. Heliophila 

 is very distinct from other females of this group in sculpture and 

 pubescent markings. The absence of a carina on the postero-lateral 

 angles of the head and the presence of a carina on the antennal 

 scrobes above, identify it at once. 



