1865.] 



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inner one pectinated, the pectinations gradually longer towards the base; 

 tarsal claws bidentate. Abdomen narrower than the thorax, oblong- 

 ovate, convex, polished, black, sparsely punctured, clothed with a short, 

 pale ochraceous pubescence, very thin and short on the second and 

 third segments, more dense on the apical segments, and long on the 

 basal segment, the anterior face of which is deeply excavated; beneath 

 shining, sparsely pubescent. Length 7 lines; expanse of wings 10^ 

 lines. 



Collection. — "Dr. J. Glundlach. One specimen. 



This singular species is remarkable for the curiously constructed 

 head, which differs from that of any other Hymenopterous insect known 

 to me. The structure of the antennae and legs, and the neuration of the 

 wings, coincide with that of Centris ; but the shape of the head, and 

 of the clypeus, labruui and mandibles, is so very different, that the spe- 

 cies will doubtless form a new genus, for which I would propose the 

 name of Gundlachia, which may be more fully determined when more 

 specimens have been discovered, and when the parts of the mouth can 

 be examined. 



Genus MELIPONA, Latr. 

 Melipona fulvipes, Guer. 



Meliponafulvipex, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii, p. 462, pi. 75, fig. 6. Poey, Mem. 

 Hist. Xat. Cuba, i, p. 142, pi. 6, figs. 14—22. Gu<5r. LaSa- 

 gra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 781. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Numerous ? , £ and % specimens. 



Genus APIS. Linn. 

 Apis mellifica, Linn. 



Apis mellifica, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1697. Guer. LaSagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 781. 

 Smith, Bees of Great Britain, p. 241, with full synonymy. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Three specimens. 



The following species, belonging to the families treated of in this 

 paper, mentioned as having been found on the Island of Cuba, are un- 

 known to me : — 

 Paniscus rufus, Brulle. Hym. p. 155. 

 Bracon erythraeus, Brulle, Hym. p. 401. 

 Pelopoeus assimilis, Dahlb. Hymen. Europ. p. 23. 

 Methoca Poeyi, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. iii, p. 430. (See remarks on p. 113 of 



this paper.) 

 Pepsis speciosa, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 216. Guer. LaSagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 760. 

 Eumenes colona, Sauss. Guep. Sol. p. 70. Guer. LaSagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 767. 



