NO. 2264. BEES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. S—COCKERELL. 175 



stigma and iiervures dark, second submarginal cell large; abdomen 

 ver}' broad; apical plate very broadly rounded. 



Pelaboean, Katoe, Java (Bryant and Palmer). 



Type.— Cut. No. 20704, U.S.N.M. 



CERATINA ACUTICAUDA, new species. 



Male. — Length about 7 mm. Black, with yellow markings; abdo- 

 men very broad. Very close to C. ohtusicauda, but diifering thus: 

 Front with two yellow spots; hind tibiae with only basal half yellow 

 behind ; bands on third and fourth abdominal segments interrupted ; 

 apical plate with a conspicuous median point, and subangulate later- 

 ally. There are slight differences in the punctures of head and 

 thorax hard to describe ; thus the mesothorax posteriorly, instead of 

 having an abruptly defined perfectly opaque band, has a broader one, 

 visibly consisting of punctures, which gradually thin out anteriorly. 



The difference in structure between the two species, as regards the 

 end of the abdomen, is like that between the American C. dvpla and 

 C. 77iexicana, except that acuticauda has not salient lateral angles 

 like those of mexicana. There are four short yellow stripes on meso- 

 thorax. 



Buitenzorg, Java. April, 1909 (Bryant and Palmer). 



Type.— Cixt. No. 20705, U.S.N.M. 



CERATINA BRYANTI, new species. 



Male. — Length 7 mm. Black, with lemon yellow markings. Close 

 to C. acuticauda., but less robust, and also differing thus: Upper 

 arm of clypeal mark abbreviated, so that there is a considerable dis- 

 tance between it and the supraclypeal band; mesothorax with only 

 the outer 3'ellow stripes, and these reduced ; wings nearlj^ clear (not 

 brown as in C. acuticauda) ; anterior femora with a yellow spot not 

 connecting with the apex ; middle tibiae black except for a basal spot ; 

 hind tibiae with basal three-fifths yellow on outer side; first and 

 sixth abdominal segments entirely black; second and third segments 

 with lateral marks only, fourth and fifth with entire bands; lateral 

 angles of apical plate more prominent. 



Pelaboean, Eatoe, Java (Bryant and Palmer). 



Type.— 1^0. 2070G, U.S.N.m'. 



CERATINA VOLITANS Schrottky. 



San Bernardino, Paraguay, October 25 (K. Fiebrig). 



CERATINA CHKYSOCEPHALA Cockerell. 



Manaos, Brazil (Miss H. B. Merrill). This is the type-locality. 



CERATINA PUNCTULATA Spinola, 



Near Para, Brazil (Miss H. B. Merrill). Compared with a Pan- 

 ama specimen from F. Smith's collection, this differs (female) in 



