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NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF BEES. 



BY J. C. CRAWFORD, JR., WEST POINT, NEBR. 



The specimens on which this paper is based are in the collection of 

 the University of Nebraska, unless otherwise stated. Especial acknow- 

 ledgments are due to Prof. Cockerell for specimens and suggestions, to 

 Prof. Titus for specimens, and to Prof. Bruner for overseeing my work. 



Hal ictus montanus, n. sp. — Female : Black, head closely coarsely 

 and deeply punctured on the vertex, coarser along the inner orbits, less 

 closely on the face below the antennae ; clypeus sparsely and more 

 coarsely punctured, fringed with golden hair at the apex ; mandibles 

 black, reddish at tips ; antennae black, flagellum dark brownish beneath 

 towards tip ; pubescence of head and thorax griseous, slightly tinged with 

 ochraceous on the thorax, thin on the disc of mesothorax, dense on 

 pleura and cheeks; thorax closely and rather coarsely punctured ; base of 

 metathorax enclosed and finely rugose, truncation finely roughened and 

 with large punctures ; tegulae large, testaceous, and with punctures 

 anteriorly ; wings slightly yellowish, clouded apically ; nervures and 

 stigma bright testaceous ; legs black, tarsi and hind tibiae behind 

 ferruginous ; pubescence of legs slightly ochraceous, on inner side of 

 tarsi and hind tibiae golden ; inner hind tibial spur with many short blunt 

 teeth ; abdomen black, very finely punctured, apical margins of segments 

 with yellowish-white hair bands, bases of segments 2-4 also showing 

 slight hair bands ; pubescence at base of first segment griseous, on discs 

 of other segments black, not showing plainly except from the sides. 

 Length, 12-14 mm - 



Male. — Similar to the female, but with the usual narrow form of the 

 male. Most of mandibles and labrum and anterior half of clypeus 

 yellowish-white, that on the clypeus produced to a tooth medially at rear ; 

 femora black, front and intermediate ones with a whitish stripe anteriorly, 

 and all knees whitish ; tibire yellowish white, with black stripes in front 

 and behind ; tarsi yellowish-white, apical joints tinged with reddish ; 

 antennae long, reaching the metathorax, black, dull brownish beneath. 

 In pubescence and punctuation like the female, the punctuation much 

 closer, however. Length, about 12 mm. 



Twelve female specimens : Big Horn Mts. , Wyo.; Sioux Co., Nebr.; 

 Logan, Utah; Laramie, Wyo.; Wawawai, Wash. (R. W. Doane, coll.); 

 VVawawai, Yakima, and Almota, Wash. (C. V. Piper, coll.). 



