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Ckll., .1. <i<'i-<niii, Bob., A. clai/tonine, Rob.,^1. *"//, Rob., and 

 also an Hnlictux which might be /or/"'*/, Koh., but for its dark 

 wings. 



This list shows that the Baldwin bee-fauna is essentially the 

 same as that of Southern Illinois. There are two western 

 types only : And rend utt/icinfUtt, hitherto only known from 

 New Mexico, and the rrafinidremt, a Kansas species of a west 

 ern genus. It is to be remarked that Mr. Baldwin sends both 

 sexes of Protandrena cockeretti, the species being hitherto know n 

 only by a single 9 from Topeka. The $ is practically iden- 

 tical with that of P. asclepiadis, Ckll., of which the is 9 un- 

 known ; but it does not necessarily follow that cockerell'i is a 

 synonym of asclepiadis, since mejcicanorum, the 9 of which is 

 quite distinct from cockereUi, has also a nearly identical $. 



It is worth while to remark that Andrena claytonite is so like 



A. hippotea that they would certainly be confused by one not 

 specially looking for the differential marks, the best of which 

 is in the shape of the process of the labrum. 



From Northwestern Kansas we have a list of bees collected 

 by Dr. Williston, and recorded by Mr. Patton in Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. Surv., Vol. V. The species are Colletes <(nn<it, Patt., 

 Auyochlont InrmcraliK, Patt., Nomia nortoni, Cress., 

 l><n-ll<'litK, Say (occidental IN, Cress.), Calliopsix colo 

 Cress., Epeolus occidentalis, Cress., Nomada texana, Cress., 

 l>ux iH'HiiKi/lrimicits, Deg., B. scutettaris, Cress. This is a mix- 

 ture of Eastern and Colorado types. 



From Barber county, in Southern Central Kansas, border- 

 ing on Oklahoma, we have a list of species collected by Prof. 

 Cragin, published in Bull. Washburn College Lab. of Nat. 

 Hist. (1885). The species are Bombiix pennsylvanicus, Deg., 



B. M-nfcl!riN, Cress., Anthophora occidrnlalix, ( 1 ress., A. xmithii, 

 Cress., Synhaloma albata; Cress., Me/i.^ndc.^ IIICIIIHIC/HI, Cress., 

 .17. tripes. Cress., Centrix hniom, Cress., Mclccta intcn'ti/tfti. 

 Cress., Nomia nortoni, Cress., Agapoxlcuion i'(tili<itnH, Say (///' 

 color L<'j>. i, .liif/ochlora viritlii/n. Sin. (hit-idnlti. Sin.), I^cinlo- 

 l><tii<irr/itx <rlliit>))x } Cress. 



Tliis list is very different from the ollirrs, and nearly agrrcs 

 \vith the fauna of Central Texas. The Ccntris is ((iiile a Mcxi 

 can type. There are other Kansas bee-records, but without 

 precise localities, so it is not worth while to enumerate them. 



