Monographie der Bienengattung Gentris (s. lat.). 2b I 



labrum and base of the mandibles yellowish-white; the posterior femora and basal Joint 

 of the tarsi outside and the knees yellow, abdomen as in the Q. 



Very like Ep. bicolor, but has the basal Joint of the posterior tarsi broad, margined 

 within and produced into a stout spine at the apex. 



Mexico (Salle). 



Smith 1874: 9. Head, thorax and legs black, posterior tibiae and basal Joint of 

 the tarsi with a dense brush of fulvous pubescence; thorax is clothed with black pube- 

 scence. Long. 9 lines (= 19 mm.). 



cT has the thorax covered with griseous pubescence tinged with yellow above and 

 the clypeus, scape of the antennae in front, base of the mandibles, base of the tibiae 

 and apex of the posterior femora yellow; wings subhyaline. Long. 9 lines (= 19 mm.). 



Mexico. 



Im Mus. Paris zahlreiche Exemplare von Mexico (Oajacca). 



16. Epicharis hinulata Mocs. 



1898. Epicharis lumdata Mocsary, cT $, Termesz. Füz., XXI, pag. 499 (sec. spec. typ.). 



»Submagna, robusta, nigra, capite thoraceque dense nigro-velutinis; abdomine 

 segmentis dorsalibus rufo- brunneis, primo toto nigro-brunneo, secundo basi fascia 

 postice semicirculari flava, basi angusta, lateribus dilatata lunulaque brunneo-nigra in 

 medio ornato, ventralibus magis brunneis; pedibus duobus primis tertiique femoribus 

 ^nigro-castaneisnigroquehirtis, tibiis metatarsisque posticis scopa fulvida, unguiculis rufis; 

 alis fumato-hyalinis violascentibus. 



»Antennis nigro-fuscis, articulis tribus primis nigris, fronte inter antennas acute 

 carinata; mesonoto et scutello nitidis, densissime punctulatis, punctis tamen etiam paulo 

 majoribus sparsis inmixtis. Long. 18 — 20 mm. 



9. Clypeo labroque nigris, sat sparsim subrugoso-punctatis, illo planato, basi 

 subimpresso et utrinque acute carinato, carinula superne convergente apicem truncatum 

 non attingente, hoc longiusculo, apice rotundato, carinula mediana minus distincta, 

 orbitis oculorum internis nigris. 



»d". Clypeo nigro, nitido, sat sparsim subrugoso-punctato, planato, basi late im- 

 presso et utrinque acute carinato, carinula superne convergente apicem truncatum non 

 attingente, labro longiusculo, pallide-flavo, anguste brunneo-nigro cincto, sparsim lon- 

 gius nigro-piloso, orbitis oculorum internis subtus macula semicirculari flava ornatis. 



»Species: de abdominis segmentis facile cognoscitur. 



»Chiriqui et Mexico (Praesidio); 2 g, i cf (Mus. Budapest).« 



Epicharis lumdata ist an dem rothen Abdomen zu erkennen, dessen erstes Seg- 

 ment schwarzbraun ist und dessen zweites eine halbrund ausgeschnittene gelbe Basal- 

 binde aufweist. Mir liegen ausser dem typischen Pärchen vom Mus. Budapest zahl- 

 reiche 9 von Orizaba (Mexico, Bilimek, Mus. Wien) vor, wo sie am 5. Mai bis 11. Juli 

 gesammelt wurden. Auch in der Coli. Saussure befindet sich ein Pärchen ebendaher. 

 Im Mus. München i cT von Panama; im Mus. Paris zahlreiche Exemplare von Mexico 

 (Sum). 



17. Epicharis conica Sm. 



1874. Epicharis conica Smith, 9, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), XIII, pag. 32i, n. 12. 



»9. Head and thorax black, abdomen ferruginous, flagellum of the antennae ob- 



scurely ferruginous beneath. Thorax shining and impunctate, the sides and the meta- 



