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1913. Phoetalia laevigata Caudell (not Blatta laevigata of Beauvois, 

 1805), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xliv, p. 603. 



Saussure's description and figure of this species, in 1864, as 

 Blatta laevigata Palis. Beauv., are very satisfactory though 

 the colors of the figure are too brilliant. 



Brunner, in 1865, misidentified specimens of circumvagans 

 as the present species, hence his redescription and use of the 

 name pallida for the present insect', which at that time was 

 generally considered to be Blatta laevigata. 



Wattenwyliella circumvagans (Burmeister). 



1838. N(auphoeta) circumvagans Burmeister, Handb. Ent,. II, p. 508. 

 (Santa Catherina, Brazil; Teneriffe, Canary Islands; around the 

 world in ships.) 



1858. Blatta marginicollis Stal, Eugenie's Resa, Ins., p. 307. (Ma- 

 deira.) 



1865. N(auphoeta) laevigata Brunner (not Blatta laevigata of Beau- 

 vois, 1805), Syst. Blatt., p. 285, pi. vii, figs. 33a-e. (Madeira.) 



1910. P(haetalia) circumvagans Shelford, Gen. Ins., Ease. 101, Epi- 

 lamprinae, p. 8. 



Brunner's description and figures of the present species, as 

 N. laevigata Pal., are by far the most explicit and satisfactory. 



An Adventure While Collecting Bees in Guatemala.* 



By WILMATTE PORTER COCKERELL, Boulder, Colorado. 



To the wise old saw : Blessed is the man who has a hobby, 

 I would add, and many times blessed the woman. When I 

 think of the good things I might have missed if I had not been 

 collecting bees, I marvel that all travelers do not turn natur- 



[* Mrs. Cockerell was just a month in Guatemala. So far the fol- 

 lowing new things have been described from her collections. Many 

 of the things have not yet been worked up. I give only the things 

 actually published: i tree (Phyllocarpns septentrionalis Bonn. Smith), 

 I snail (Thysanophora cockcrellae Pilsbry), 5 gregarines (descr. by 

 Ellis), 4 Ichneumonidae (3 descr. by Viereck, i by Ckll.), i Chalcidid 

 (descr. by Ckll.), i n. g. and sp. Orthoptera (descr. by Ckll.), 36 spp. 

 and ii subspp. of bees. (One additional bee has been sent for publica- 

 tion, and a paper by Rohwer with numerous new wasps awaits publi- 

 cation.) T. D. A. C.] 



