NO. 2264. BEES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 3—COCKERELL. 179 



Named after Mr. J. C. Crawford in recognition of his worli on 

 the bees of Costa Rica, and of the fact that he had separated the 

 species as new before I saw it. P. crawfordi is a very distinct and 

 unique species, easily known by its color and the long third antennal 

 joint. The spurs of the hind legs are quite ordinary, not modified 

 as in P. ollantayi Cockerell, P. Tnatutina Schrottky, and P. mexicana 

 Cresson. The insect is not a typical PtilgoloHsa^ but it falls in that 

 genus better than elsewhere. A pecular feature of the venation is 

 the thickening and strong arching of the radial nervure before the 

 apex of second submarginal cell, with the result of making the base 

 of the marginal cell acutely pointed. This is merely an exaggeration 

 of the condition found in other species of PtUoglossa. In Cawpoli- 

 cana the condition is still more extreme, so that the base of the cell 

 appears obliquely truncate. The genera PtUoglossa and Oaupolicafia 

 are so closely allied that it is doubtful whether they should be kept 

 apart. 



The female of the Chilean CaupoUcana fulvlcollis Spinola has 

 the hair of thorax and first abdominal segment a very rich deep 

 orange-ferruginous, while the male has pubescence like that of C. 

 gayl Spinola. The United States National Museum has both sexes 

 collected by M. J. Rivera at Constitucion, Chili, October 20, 1906. 

 The specimen of C. gayi in the museum comes from Maipu, Chili 

 (F. V. Ibarro). 



TRIEPEOLUS FOXII, new species. 



Female. — Length 9 mm. Similar to T. vicinus {Epeolus vicinua 

 Cresson), but Avith perfectly entire bands on abdominal segments 

 2 to 4, and the oblique patches on sides of second segment separated 

 from the band. On the first segment the Tipical interruption of the 

 fulvous is rather narrower than the basal. 



Portland, Jamaica, 2 females. 



Type.— C^t. No. 20711, U.S.N.M. 



This is doubtless the insect recorded by Fox from Port Antonio 

 as E. vicinus. The characters might be considered varietal only, but 

 the Jamaican insect presumably represents a form peculiar to that 

 island. 



TRIEPEOLUS (WILSONI variety?) BUSCKI, new species. 



Female. — Length 13 mm., agreeing with T. wilsoni {Epeolus wil- 

 soni Cresson), which is only known in the male, except that the 

 antennae and legs are clear ferruginous, the head is entirely clear 

 ferruginous, thorax dark ferruginous with the metathorax black, 

 apical margin of wings not much darker than the rest; ground color 

 of abdomen dark ferruginous, black on disk and sides of base of first 

 segment. The specimen is perfectly mature, indeed somewhat worn. 



