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MELIPONINE BEES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 



By T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 The University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 



When recently travelling in Central America, Dr. W. M. Wheeler 

 collected and made observations on a number of interesting species 

 of Meliponinse. The specimens obtained were kindly sent to me 

 for study, and are reported on herewith. 



Trigona amalthea (Olivier). 



Escuintla, Guatemala, Dec. 28, 1911 (No. 2); Las Sabanas, 

 Panama, Nov. 1911 (No. 17). This is T . fuscipennis Friese. The 

 " amalthea " of Friese and Silvestri is T. silvestriana Vachal 

 (T. friesei von Ihering). 



Trigona nigerrima Cresson. 



Quirigua, Guatemala, Nov. 1911. 



Trigona jaty Smith. 



Escuintla, Guatemala, Dec. 30, 1911; Patulul, Guatemala, 

 Jan. 1, 1912. 



Trigona pallida (Latreille). 



Gatun, Panama, Canal Zone, Nov. 11, 1911; Las Sabanas, 

 Panama, Nov. 1911. 



Trigona cupira Smith. 



Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 1911; Zacapa, Guatemala, 

 Dec. 15, 1911 (No. 10). A male from San Jose, Costa Rica, 

 Dec. 27, 1911 (No. 8) evidently belongs here; it has a narrower 

 face than the female, and the clypeal markings are obscure. 



Trigona perilampoides Cresson. 



Escuintla, Guatemala, Dec. 28, 1911. 



Trigona fulviventris Guerin. 



Zacapa and Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. 



Trigona townsendi Cockerell. 



Patulul, Guatemala, Jan. 2, 1912, one specimen (No. 19). This 



