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Meliloiits alba Desv. Hym.: Philanthus frontalis Cress., 9- Dipt.: 

 Nanolelus unicolor Loew, det. Coq. Both at Las Vegas, August 

 9th (Wilmatte Porter). 



Trifo/iitui. rt'pens L. Hym.: Mclissodes pallidicincta Ckll., 9> Las. 

 Vegas, July 3rd (N. Stern). 



Liipiinis sifgreavesii Wats. Hym.: Jiouibus nevadensis aztecus Ckll. 



As(raga/iis /ininisfralHS Gray. Hym.: Afcgachile fortis Cress., Rio Rui- 

 doso (Tovvnsend). 



I'icia sp. prob. ne\v, near />///<-//<//<? H. B. K. (Wooton's No. 288). Hym.: 



for/is Cress.; .'Ifclissodes ruidoscnsis Ckll.; l>cinl' 

 Lep., 9 ; CoIIetex ^ilcusix Ckll., ^ ; Cn'lio.Yys gilcnsis 

 Ckll., 9; Bombus fervid us Fab. ; B. sonar us Say ; B. jn.v/iis 

 Cress.; />'. ttTiinriiis Say; B. pninellie Ckll. All collected by C. 

 H. T. Townsend on the Rio Ruidoso. Prof. Woototi considers 

 this Vicia distinct from ]'. piilchclla, and knows of no name that 

 can be applied to it. 



A New Ceratina from New Mexico. 



By T. D. A. COCKKRELL. 



Ceratina neomexicana n. sp. 



Female. Length 7/2=9 mm. ; dark green ; occiput dark blue ; meso- 

 thorax with a slight coppery tint at the sides of the middle ; first three 

 segments of abdomen dorsally rather olive green ; clypeus with a broad- 

 pyriform cream-colored patch ; ends of tubercles also cream-colored or 

 ivory-white ; wings strongly suffused with reddish brown ; nervines and 

 stigma dark. Allied to C. dupla Say, but usually larger and easily dis- 

 tinguished by the more sparsely-punctured face, with a shining impunc- 

 tate supraclypeal space, and similar spaces above the lateral pieces of the 

 clypeus ; the sides of the vertex very sparsely punctured ; the mesothorax 

 smooth and shining, with sparse punctures on the anterior third , and rather 

 close punctures round the edges, but otherwise impunctate ; cheeks with 

 small and very sparse punctures, a broad band behind the eyes impunc- 

 tate ; punctures of middle of abdominal segments smaller and sparser 

 than in dupla ; flagellum black above, last six joints reddish brown 

 beneath. 



Hab. Chicarico Canon, near Raton, N. M., Aug. 25, 1900 

 (Ckll. ) ; Santa Fe, N. M.. July 10 (Boyle), July 7, at flowers 

 of Aquilc^ia (Ckll. ). 



MRS. E. M. SWAINSON, 2131 Guildford Ave., Baltimore, Md., will col- 

 lect in Jamaica, commencing about April ist. She will be pleased to hear 

 from anyone interested in Jamaica insects. 



