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but with a dreadful odor. The Httle moso who carried my press 

 could hardly be induced to carry a piece. He made me understand 

 that it would give me diseases unnumbered, but I insisted, and so 

 far not a single disease has resulted. 



The plants collected were all kindly identified by Capt. Donnell 

 Smith. The following list of Gualan bees has been prepared by 

 my husband. The new species are in course of publication in the 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



BEES OF G UAL AX. 



(1.) Prosopis quadmlifem n. sp. At flowers of Iresine pankulata 



(L.). 

 (2.) Prosopis gualanica n. sp. One male. 



(3.) HalicHishesperus Smith. 27 females. One at flowers of CorJm 



alba; five at flowers of Phyllocarpus n. sp.; the rest at 



Vernonia aschenhorniana Schauer, collectimg the white 



pollen. 



(4.) Halidus townsendi Ckll. One female, Feb. 23, at flowers of 



Tithonia diver sifolia A. Gray. 

 (5.) Augochlora binghami Ckll. One female. 

 (6.) Augochlora sp. 1 female. 

 (7.) Augochlora cordiœfloris Ckll. One female, Feb. 23, at flowers 



of Calopogonium cœndeum Desv. 

 (8.) Agapostemon nasutus Smith. Seven males, seven females. 

 Six of the males and six females at Vernonia aschen- 

 borniana ; one male at Calopogonium cceriilenm; one 

 female at Tithonia diversifolia. 

 (9.) Agapostemon nasutus gualanensis n. var. Four males. 

 (10.) Perdita tropicalis n. sp. At Cordia alba. 

 (11.) Centris totonaca Cresson. One female, "at flowers of yellow 



vine." 

 (12). Centris tarsata Smith. Eleven males. One from flowers 



of Iresine panictdata. 

 (13.) Centris inermis gualanensis n. subsp. At flowers of Calopo- 

 gonium cœruleum. Also at Quirigua. 

 (14.) Leptergatis tohica (Cresson)\ One male at flowers of Cordia 



alba. 

 (15.) Mesoplia azurea guatemalensis n. subsp. At flowers of 



Calopogonium cœndeum. 

 (16.) Mesocheira bicolor (Fabr.). Two females. 

 (17.) Exomalopsis callura n. sp. At flowers of Vernonia aschen- 



borniana. 

 (18.) Exomalopsis similis Cresson. One female at flowers of 

 Cordia alba. 



