NO. 2264. BEES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 3—COCKERELL. 205 



short stiff black hair, hind margins of second and following segments 

 with thin inconspicuous fringes of pale hair; middle of venter with 

 shining silvery-white hair. 



Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July, 1915 (P. G. Russell). 



Type.— Cat. No. 21G79, U.S.N.M. 



2'2c. Hair of thorax above white, with a bright fulvous patch at 

 each anterior corner of mesothorax, but none on pleura. Fragments 

 of abdominal bands present. Hair fringing hind tibiae white. 



MELIPONA INTERRUPTA OBLITESCENS, new subspecies. 



Surinam; from Mr. Sladen, who determined it as mw^fa^a Lepeletier, 

 which is an entirely different species, with red hair on thorax. This 

 is a race of interrupta^ with large pale supraclypeal mark, but clypeal 

 stripe reduced to a triangle on lower margin; pale band on first 

 abdominal segment broken into fragments and those on the other 

 segments reduced to lateral marks. 



Type. — In the author's collection. 



22r/. Hair of thorax above wholly or mainly black. 



25«. Small, anterior wing about 5.3 mm. long; face-marks ivory 

 color, clear-cut, and distinct. 



MELIPONA MARGINATA ATRATULA Friese. 



Jundiahy and Blumenau, Brazil ; determined by Friese. 



25&. Larger. 



26ff. Basin of first abdominal segment and hind margins of seg- 

 ments whitish or reddish; abdomen smooth, polished, and sliining; 

 very little hair on disk. 



MELIPONA FUSCATA Lepeletier. 



Para, Brazil; determined by Friese. Mapiri, Bolivia; received 

 from Schrottky. 



266. Abdomen not thus marked. 



27«. Large and robust, abdomen about 6 mm. wide; face shining 

 black. 



MELIPONA FLAVIPENNIS Smith (TITANIA Gribodo). 



Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Mapiri, Bolivia; determined by Friese. 

 Also from Costa Rica; Pozo Azul (Carriker) and Juan Vinas (Wil- 

 liam Schaus). 



276. Much smaller; clypeus dull; abdomen wholly without pale 

 hair bands. 



MELIPONA PERUVIANA Friese. 



Huancabamba, Peru, 3,000 m. ; determined by Friese. 



27c. Resembling M. fuscata and M. peruviana, but very distinct. 

 Abdomen with distinct pale hair bands. Pleura with a fulvous 

 patch, varying to fuscous. 



