SOME BEES FROM A^ICTORIA, MEXICO. 



By T. D. A. COOKERELL, 



Of the University of Colorado, Boulder. 



The bees enumerated below were all collected by T. C, Barber and 

 T. E. Holloway at Victoria, Mexico, March 16, 1922, and sent through 

 the Bureau of Entomology to the United States National Museum. 

 Victoria is in the State of Tamaulipas, about 175 miles south of the 

 Rio Grande. The bees represent an essentially tropical fauna, having 

 little in common with that of the United States. 



This small collection, made on one day in a single locality, gives 

 these results : 



(1) Three new species. 



(2) Two species new to Mexico. 



(3) Five species previously known from Mexico, but now first 

 recorded from a definite locality. 



(4) Three species known from definite localities in Mexico, but 

 new to the State of Tamaulipas. 



MEGACHILE TOTONACA Cresson. 



One female. The abdomen is slightly metallic dorsally; the last 

 ventral segment has some black hairs. Described from " Mexico." 



MEGACHILE NIGROMIXTA Cockerell. 



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Two males. Described from Mexico and Guatemala, but no exact 

 locality previously known. 



MEGACHILE CHRYSOPHILA Cockerell. 



One female. Described from the State of Vera Cruz. 



MEGACHILE POCULIFERA Cockerell. 



One male; differs a little from the type in having hair of face 

 creamy white. Originally described (1919) from a specimen labeled 

 " Mexico." 



No. 2476. -Proceedings u. S. National Museum. Vol. 63. Art. 8. 



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