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SOME NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN BEES.— IV. 



BY CHARLES ROBERTSON, CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS. 



Anthemurous, gn. nov. 



Glossa lanceolate, shorter than men turn ; paraglossae reaching to 

 joint 4 of labial palpi ; maxillary palpi six-jointed, longer than lamina, 

 joints short ; labial palpi with joints subequal, first one robust; marginal 

 cell about as long as first discoidal, obliquely truncate, appendiculate ; 

 cubital cells equal, second receiving the first recurrent nervine about 

 one-third from base and the second near apex ; facial foveas present in 

 both sexes ; tibial scopa of female thin, with rather long simple hairs. 



A. passiflorce, sp. nov. — $ . Black, shining ; head coarsely punc- 

 tured ; mesonotum closely and finely punctured, also with some scattered 

 coarser punctures, trisulcate anteriorly ; metathorax with the disc rather 

 finely reticulated, the sides finely punctured ; abdomen with apical 

 margins of segments 1-4 shining, impunctate, segment 1 sparsely, 2-5 

 more closely, punctured ; labrum with shining space broader at base and 

 apex ; mandibles rufous ; apical half of wings clouded ; middle 

 metatarsus broader than hind one ; middle spur finely pectinate, about 

 one-fifth the length of the metatarsus ; pubescence thin, short, longer on 

 the legs, sides of metathorax and segments 5-6 of abdomen ; pale, except 

 on segments 5-6, where it is blackish. Length, 8 mm. 



g . — Resembles the female; mandibles, anterior tibiae in front, and 

 sometimes middle ones, and all the tarsi, reddish ; a longitudinal yellow 

 stripe on the clypeus and on each side of face. Length, 8 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois ; 7 9 > 5 6 specimens. 



This speciec is oligotropic ; the female gets her pollen exclusively 

 from flowers of Passiflora lutea. 



Perditella boltonue, sp. nov. — % . Head and thorax greenish, 

 shining, finely roughened, sparsely punctured ; pubescence thin, pale ; 

 basal joint of labial palpi longer than the next three together ; mandibles, 

 except base, rufous ; clypeus whitish ; facial foveas linear ; legs dark, tarsi 

 testaceous, claws simple ; teguke pale testaceous ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 pale, subcostal nervure and borders of stigma and marginal cell darker ; 

 marginal and first cubital cells about equal, a little shorter than stigma ; 

 cubital cell 2 narrowed about - y \ towards marginal, receiving recurrent 

 nervure 1 just within, recurrent 2 interstitial with the second trans- 

 verse cubital ; third discoidal cell present ; abdomen depressed, obovate, 

 blackish, segments 2-3 each with a linear whitish band on each side of 

 base. Length, 5 mm. 



