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Type.— Cat. No. 21668, U.S.N.M. 

 10b. Scutellum with reddish or pale hair. 



13(2. Scutellum black. Large species, with very narrow white ab- 

 dominal bands, entire on first segment, interrupted on 2 to 4. 



MELIPONA INTERRUPTA Latreille. 



Para, Brazil, and Bolivia; determined by Friese. 

 13h. Scutellum and axillae black; abdominal bands broad and 

 bright yellow. 



MELIPONA ORBIGNYI JENNINGSI, new subspecies. 



Male. — Band on first segment widely interrupted, the others en- 

 tire, that on second notched in front ; bands on segments 2 to 4 with 

 sublateral curved dark lines ; no lateral face marks, but upper margin 

 of clypeus clear pale yellow, the edge of the dark against this yellow 

 bilobed; lower part of cheeks with shining white hairs. Length 

 8.5 mm. 



Las Cascadas, Canal Zone, Panama (A. H. Jennings). 



Type.— Cat. No. 216G9, U.S.N.M. 



13(7. Scutellum at least partly yellowish or reddish. 



14a. Small species, about 7 mm. long; scutellum and axillae yel- 

 low; face marks very conspicuous (lateral face marks, supraclypeal 

 mark, luwer corners and median stripe on clypeus) ; base of abdomen 

 ferruginous. 



MELIPONA MARGINATA Lcpeletier. 



Sao Paulo, Brazil, determined by Friese. 



Mb. Larger. 



15a. Rather small, with broad abdominal bands, that on first seg- 

 ment interrupted ; scutellum and axillfc black, with fulvous or ochre- 

 ous hair. 



MELIPONA SCHAUSI CONVOLVULI, new subspecies. 



Like M. schausU with the same face-marks, etc., but abdominal 

 bands considerably broader, and that on second segment not inter- 

 rupted ; no light spots on axilla?. Length, 8 mm. 



"On convolvulus," C. Bolivar, Venezuela (M. A. Carriker). Ec- 

 lated to M. favosa Fabricius, but scutellum different. Also ap- 

 parently related to M. mutata Lepeletier. 



Type.— Cat. No. 21670, U.S.N.M. 



15&. Pleura with a distinct patch of golden-fulvous hair; no lat- 

 eral face-marks; first abdominal segment largely or almost wdiolly 

 very pale yellowish ; abdominal segments 3 to 5 heavily fringed with 

 ochraceous hair; hair on inner side of hind basitarsi shining copper- 

 red. 



MELIPONA EBURNEA Friese. 



Tarata, Bolivia, and Peru; determined by Friese. Rio Charape, 

 Peru fr'. H. T. Townsend) ; determined by CraAvford. Piches and 

 Perene Valleys, 2.000-3,000 feet. Peru (Soc. Geogr. de Lima). 



