200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. tol. 55. 



15c. Pleura with large patch of rufo-fulvous hair; apical dorsal 

 segments of abdomen with sparse black hair. 



MELIPONA BONITENSIS. new .pecieg. 



Like M. fulvipes, but a little larger and more robust, with rufo- 

 fulvous hair on pleura; scape without a yellow stripe; front with 

 fulvous hair; hairs fringing hind tibiae black; abdominal bands 

 cieam color, on segments 2 to 4 more or less narrowed sublaterally ; 

 no fringes of white hair on last few abdominal segments ; legs black. 

 Length 10 mm. Bonito, Prov. Pernambuco, Brazil, Jan., 1883. Ec- 

 lated to M. fasciata. 



Type.—Qiii. No. 21671, U.S.N.M. 



Ihd. Similar to the last but narrower, with narrower bands on ab- 

 domen ; upper part of front with black hair. 



MELIPONA FASCIATA BARTICENSIS, new subspecies. 



Close to M. solani, but differing thus : Scutellum paler and shorter, 

 less produced apically; first abdominal segment pale fulvous, suf- 

 fused with brown above; black hair on apical part of abdomen not 

 so thick; a median pale line on clypeus and (obscurely) along orbits; 

 hair of pleura bright rufofulvous, without a fuscous spot. Length, 

 9 mm. 



Bartica, British Guiana, May 17, 1901, also May 20 (R. J. Crew). 

 There is some resemblance to M. scutellaris. 



Type.— C2it No. 21672, U.S.N.M. 



Ibe. Pleura without a patch of golden-fulvous hair; anterior cor- 

 ners of thorax with a patch of fulvous hair. 



16a. Lateral face marks linear, cream color; abdominal bands 

 entire, broad, and bright yellow. 



MELIPONA SANTHILARII Lepeletier. 



Parana, Brazil, and Jundiahy, Brazil; determined by Friese. 

 Asuncion, Paraguay; determined by Schrottky. Schrottky's inter- 

 pretation of M. quinquefasciata Lepeletier, also from Asuncion, is at 

 least very closely allied; it is the species described by Strand as M. 

 paraguayaca. Possibly all the Asuncion specimens should be united 

 under the latter name. 



16&. Lateral face marks narrow, yellow ; abdominal bands narrow. 



MELIPONA FULVIPES Guerin, variety a. 



Quiriqua, Guatemala (W. P. Cockerell) ; Cacao, Trece Aguas. 

 Guatemala, May, 1907 (G. P. Goll). This form has darker legs than 

 typical fulmpes, but it is not sharply differentiated. 



Also from Prinzapolca River, E. coast of Nicaragua. 



16c. Lateral face marks broad below. 



