102 NINETEENTH REPORT STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF MINNESOTA—I9Q22 
Males 
1. Second sternite with a longitudinal keel, surmounted by a crest of bristles... 
asopus Cresson 
Second isternite without a loneatudinalkeelsa..sssee see a: ener 2 
2. “Body entirely black’. ..ihecrds ciciess cio ete a eiaiate = Gyo ie) s otsrers oer teleua ts eropoNore gibbosa Say 
Body not entirely black; at least second abdominal segment reddish........ 3 
3. Second sternite with a pit which is filled with bristles........ permista n. sp. 
Second =stennite wathout Such) aap ite rue cxeesrye eiereyeleetore = alot) -letetey televene eee eee 4 
4. Worsum of thorax with reddish pubescence.....:......:... bioculata Cresson 
Dorsum ‘of thorax with’ black ‘pubescence... e. ssec. re ce ole ents eer i: 
& Wegulae, impunctates .).:.Js see es qetelseeine «cuca ater meets che cko ey ecke te enameae 6 
Tegulae punctate: Coaart sd hve weer cr aretoeae Fe os eit ere yee ole eee here agenor Fox 
6. Abdomen black, except second segment ferruginous........... hirticula n, sp. 
Abdomen castaneous, with black pubescence..................ddmetus Blake 
Dasymutilla harmonia (lox) 
1899. Mutilla harmonia Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxv, 229 9. 
Specimens examined: 49? July 27, 1922, Ft. Snelling (C. E. Mick- 
el); 32 July 28, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (Paul 
Gilmer ; 4? July 28, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (C. E. 
Mickel) ; 2? August 8, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (A. T. 
Hertig) ; 5 2 August 8, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (C. W. 
Johnson) ; 2? Hennepin county; @ August 5, 1896, Gray Cloud Island. 
This species is comparatively uncommon at the Fridley sand dunes. 
It doubtless will be found in sandy situations over most of the state. 
Dasymutilla esopus (Cresson) 
1865. Mutilla asopus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., iv, 435 ¢@. 
18c9. Mutilla asopus Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxv, 230 ¢@. 
1918. Dasymutilla (Bruesia) asopus Weshburn, 17th Rept. State Entomologist of 
Minnesota, 209. 
Specimens examined: ¢ July 27, 1922, Ft. Snelling (C. E. Mickel) ; 
é August 8, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (A. T. Hertig) ; 
@ August 8, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, Anoka county (C. W. Johnson) ; 
4 August 20, 1898, Gray Cloud Island. 
This may possibly be the male of harmonia. 
Dasymutilla caneo (Blake) 
1879.. Mutilla caneo Blake, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vii, 2 
1899. Mutilla caneo Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xxv, 240 9. 
Specimens examined: 992 July 21, 1922, Fridley sand dunes. 
Anoka county (C. E. Mickel); 49 July 24, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, 
Anoka county (Paul Gilmer) ; 692 July 28, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, 
Anoka county (Paul Gilmer) ; 69 July 28, 1922, Fridley sand dunes, 
Anoka county (C. E. Mickel); 199 August 8, 1922, Fridley sand 
