306 Journal New York Entomological Society. ^^'°^- xxii. 



of white spot at tip of abdomen, in position of second recurrent, and 

 darker tipped wing. 



Ageniella clypeata new species. 



Male. — Black, with silvery pubescence, clypeus pale yellowish, vertex 

 slightly rounded, no long hairs, posterior ocelli nearer to eyes than to each 

 other, antenns rather short ; pronotum weakly angulate behind ; metanotum 

 low and sloping, with a median smooth line on the basal part, posterior corners 

 with dense white pile; abdomen also sericeous, lower margin of segments pale; 

 legs very long and slender, leg I (including coxse) pale, other legs dark on 

 femora and tibiae at least above, hind tarsi darker, spurs white, inner one of 

 hind tibia two thirds of the metatarsus. Wings faintly fumose, tips darker, 

 third cell higher than long, angulate in the middle behind, receiving the second 

 recurrent beyond the middle, this recurrent scarcely curved outward, in both 

 fore wings there is from the juncture of the first recurrent with the second 

 submarginal cell a short projection into the second discoidal cell. Basal veins 

 interstitial. Length, 8.5 mm. 



From Chain Bridge, Va., 14 June. 



BEES FROM ECUADOR AND PERU. 



By T. D. a. Cockerell, 

 Boulder, Colorado. 



On his recent trip to South America, Professor C. T. Brues col- 

 lected a very interesting series of bees, which are reported on here- 

 with. I have included also a series collected by Mr. v. Buchwald at 

 Guayaquil, transmitted to me by Mr. J. D. Alfken of Bremen, and a 

 few collected by Professor Townsend in Peru. 



Comparatively little has been known of the bees of Ecuador and 

 Peru, so it is not surprising that many of the species are new. Re- 

 viewing the collection as a whole, the following points are of interest : 



I. The species of the coast region of Ecuador and Peru are mostly 

 distinct from those found elsewhere, though the Brazilian fauna is 

 repre^nted by a few unmodified forms, and a few are identical with 

 species of Central America. Probably, as regards species, there are 

 two rather distinct faun:c, that of Ecuador and adjacent parts of 



