298 



H. Friese. 



Anhang. 

 85. Centris dentata Sm. 



1854. Centris dentata Smith, ö", Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., II, pag. 874, n. 26, T. 8, 

 Fig. 4. 



cf. Black, the scape, clypeus, labrum and mandibles yellow, at the base of the 

 clypeus 2 abbreviated black stripes; the flagellum rufo-testaceous beneath; the cheeks 

 densely clothed with pale pubescence, that on the vertex fulvous. Thoray clothed with 

 fulvous pubescence, palest on the metathorax; the wings subhyaline, the tegulae pale 

 testaceous; the legs rufo-testaceous, the posterior pair much darker than the others, 

 their femora incrassate and armed in the middle beneath with a short stout curved 

 spine; the tibiae and basal Joint of the posterior tarsi densely fringed with black pube- 

 scence. Abdomen, the base and the apical segments clothed with fulvous pubescence. 

 Long. 7V2 ^ines (= 16 mm.). 



Brasil (Rio Tapajos). 



• 86. Centris ephippia Sm. 



1854. Centris ephippium Smith, c/", Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., II, pag. 378. 



»cf. Black, the labrum and clypeus pale yellow testaceous, the margins of the 

 latter fuscous; the labrum densely clothed with a short pale woolly pubescence; the 

 mandibles have a pale testaceous spot near their apex. Thorax: the disk behind the In- 

 sertion of the wings densely clothed with short ochraceous pubescence, the scutellum 

 clothed with the same; the sides of the metathorax, the thorax beneath, the legs and ab- 

 domen, entirely black. Long. 9 lines (= 19 mm.). 



»Venezuela.« 



87. Centris flavicornis F. 



1798. Apis flavicornis Fabricius, Suppl. entom. System., pag. 276, n. in — 112. 



1802. Eucera flavicornis Latreille, Hist. nat. Crust. et Insect., III, pag. 876. 



1802. Eucera flavicornis Latreille, Hist. nat. Fourmis, pag. 429. 



1804. Centris flavicornis Fabricius, Syst. Piez., pag. 36o, n. 28. 



1809. Centris flavicornis Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Insect., IV, pag. 178. 



»Nigra, abdominis segmentis tribus apice albis, antennis flavis, tibiis posticis hir- 

 sutissimis. Long.? 



»Cayenne (America mer.).« 



88. Centris modesta Sm. 



1854. Centris modesta Smith, cf, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., II, pag. 371, n. 19. 



cf . Black, the apex of the mandibles pale yellow testaceous, the thorax densely 

 clothed above with dark brown pubescence, palest on the posterior margin of the scu- 

 tellum; the wings dark fuscous, having a slight violet iridescence; the legs black. Ab- 

 domen the 2 basal segments have a black pubescence, that on the following segments 

 being of a pale reddish-brown. Long. 9 lines (= 19 mm.). 



Brasilia (Santarem). 



