THE NESTING HABITS OF ANTHIDIUM. 3! 



Californian consiuiilc uses granite pebbles as the basis for its nest 

 whereas tcxamun employs limestone, there being no granite at 

 Austin. 



The adult bees are quite rare, apparently only two males hav- 

 ing been taken previously, by Mr. G. W. Belfrage, in Bosque 

 Co., Texas. These are the types in the collection of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society in Philadelphia, and have been com- 

 pared with the present specimens to insure the accuracy of the 

 specific determination. The females differ from Cresson's descrip- 

 tion of the male in having the clypeus largely black ; the only 

 yellow occurs in the extreme lateral corners. The sixth abdom- 

 inal tergite is wholly black. The mandibles also are black and 

 their apical margin is evenly truncate, whereas in the male they 

 are apically emarginate on each side of a median tooth. 



Below is appended a list of the species of Anthidium, the habits 

 of which are known, and also the papers referring to these. The 

 habits of a number of species are reviewed by Dr. H. Friese in 

 his Apidae Europae, Vol. IV. Many interesting notes on the 

 flowers visited by Anthidium are given in Knuth's Bliatenbiologie, 

 especially in Vol. II., pt. 2, p. 60 1. 



" COTONNIERS." 



dngiilatum : Fabre, Souveniers Entomologiques, Vol. IV. 



diadema : Fabre, Souveniers Entomologiques, Vol. IV.; 

 Rudow, Soc. Entom., 1887-1888. 



emarginatum : Davidson, Ent. News, 1895. 



JJorentinum : Rudow, Soc. Entom., 1887-1888; Fabre, Souv. 

 Entomol., Vol. IV. ; Rudow, published by the author, Perleberg. 



lituratum : Rudow, Soc. Entom., 1887-1888. 



manicatum : Rudow, Soc. Entom., 18871888 ; Rudow, pub- 

 lished by the author, Perleberg ; Verhoeff, Zool. Jahrb., Syst. 

 VI. ; Fabre, Souv. Entom., IV. 



montamim : Dalla Torre, Entomolog. Nachricht, 1880. 



oblongatum : Rudow, Soc. Entom., III. ; Xambeu, Bull. Soc. 

 Ent. France, 1896. 



paroseliE : Minnie Newberry, Psyche, 1900. 



scapularc : Fabre, Souv. Entom., IV. 



