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MELIPONA ANTHIDIOIDES Lepeletier. 



Eio Janeiro and Cayeiras, Brazil. I have a Brazilian specimen 

 from F. Smith's collection. 



MELIPONA ANTHIDIOIDES INTEGRIOR, new subspecies. 



Band on second abdominal segment with hardly more than its 

 middle fifth missing: that on third to fifth very narrowly or scarcely 

 interrupted. Length, 10 mm. 



Supiicay, Paraguay, " 10.5. 1902." 



Type.— Cat. No. 21663, U.S.N.M. 



5b. Tegulae rufotestaceous. 



(j((. Abdominal bands white. 



MELIPONA BAERI PALLESCENS Friese. 



Tarata, Bolivia. Labeled by Friese M. quinqucfasciata^ var. 

 paUescens. 



6&. Abdominal bands yellow. 



la. Larger, anterior wing 7.7 mm.; tarsi red. 



MELIPONA ANTHIDIOIDES Lepeletier. 



A specimen determined as such, from Rio Janeiro; perhaps im- 

 mature. 



1h. Tarsi dark; the last joint may be red. 



MELIPONA BAERI Vachal. 



Tarata, Bolivia. Labeled by Friese M. quinquefasciata, variety 

 baei^ (marks on clypeus, above and at lower corners, small and suf- 

 fused), and 31. quadrifasciata, variety hicolor Lepeletier (marks on 

 cljq^eus, including pale upper margin, distinct). The latter is not 

 M. hicolor Lepeletier. These specimens represent a single species, 

 which is distinctly smaller than M. anthidioldes, and has very dis- 

 tinct light marks at sides of first abdominal segment, absent in 

 antkidioides. 



2h. Band on second abdominal segment narrowly or not inter- 

 rupted, or very slender. 



9a. Ground color of abdomen clear rufous, except at base; ab- 

 dominal bands yellow, conspicuous. Length 9 mm. 



MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA CALLURA, new subspecies. 



Curityba, Brazil. Labeled by Friese M. quadrifasciata, variety 

 hicolor Lepeletier; but it is not M. hicolor Lepeletier, which has no 

 marks or bands on abdomen. 



Type.— Cat. No. 21664, U.S.N.M. 



db. Ground color of abdomen not clear rufous, or only the basal 

 part rufous. 



10a. Scutellum with black or partly black hair. 



