TiPHIIDAE MUTILLIDAE 993 



SUBFAMILY METHOCINAE 



Methoca Latreille 



M. stygia (Say). Rochester Jet., Je 30, Leon (Bdy-CU) ; Taughannock, Aug 1, a 

 male, Guerlac (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca, Aug 12, 1925, Babiy (Bdy-CU). The larvae 

 live on the larvae of tiger beetles. 



SUBFAMILY MYRMOSINAE 



Myrmosa Latreille 



(Subgenus MYRMOSA Latreille) 



M. unicolor Say. Chilson L., Jl 15 (Ds) ; Rochester Jet., Je 19-30, Leon (Bdy-CU) ; 

 Ithaca, Je 24-Aug 6 (Bdv-CU) ; Taughannock, Aug 15, a female, Guerlac 

 (Bdy) ; McLean, Aug, 1916 (Bdy-CU); L. George, Zab (Bdy-AM) ; Ft. 

 Montgomery, Jl 7, Schott (Roh) ; Rhinebeck, Jl 27, Cy (Bdy-CU) ; West 

 Farms (AM); LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Flatbush, Parkville (Bdy-AM). The 

 females are found in gravel pits among burrows of Halictus, in which they 

 doubtless lay their eggs. 



M. blakei Bdy. "NY", a female (type-AES). 



Family MUTILLIDAE 107 

 PSEUDOMETHOCA Ashmead 



P. canadensis (Blake). Rocky Glen, Aug 23 (Mickel) ; Cinnamon L., Je 5, 



Babiy (Bdy) ; Ithaca, Jl 19-Aug 10 (Mickel-CU) ; McLean, Aug 2 (Mickel- 



CU) ; Nyack, West Farms (Mickel); LI: Yaphank (Mickel). Occurs 



throughout eastern US. 

 P. geryon (Fox). LI: Sea Cliff, Aug, Bks (Bdy-MCZ). An austral species. 

 P. simillima (Sm.). SI, Aug 8, Ds (Bdy) ; LI: Flatbush, May 16-Sep 6 (Mickel) ; 



Selden, Aug 30, Ds (Mickel) ; Wyandanch, May (Mickel) ; Kissena L., Aug 



20 (Mickel). An austral species. 

 P. sanbornii (Blake). New Russia, Sep 12, Bdy (Mickel-CU); LI: Cold Sp. 



Harb., Jl 27 (Mickel). Occasional in the Carolinian zone, extending slightly 



into the Transitional. 



DaSYMUTILLA Ashmead i<58 



(Subgenus Bruesia Ashmead) 



D. bexar (Blake) (harmonia Fox,$). Karner, Je 28-Jl 24, J? (Bdy-NYS) ; Albany, 

 Jl 9, 5 (Bdy-NYS) ; LI: Selden, Sep 1, ?, Ds (Mickel-CU) ; Cold Sp. Harb., 

 Je 17-Sep 14, And, SH Emerson (Mickel-CU). 



(Subgenus DASYMUTILLA Ashmead) 



D. occidentalis (L.). Mt. Vernon, Sep 1 (Bdy-NYS) ; LI: Selden, Amagansett, 

 Aug 10, thirty-one ??, Ds (Mickel-CU); Montauk, Aug, Ang (Bdy-NYS). 

 A very common austral species. 



^'^'^ Contributions toward a monograph of the Mutillidae and their allies of America north of 

 Mexico, II. The Mutillidae of the eastern United States. By J. C. Bradley. Trans. Amer. Ent. 

 Soc, 1916, 42: 309-336. 



^"^ Dr. C. E. Mickel, who is revising the genus Dasymutilla, has kindly furnished the records 

 known to him for this genus. 



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