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PSYCHE 
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One female on Cornus canadensis late in June, male on Solidago bicolor. 
Readily separated from other Maine bees by the parallel longitudinal rugae of the 
metathora.x. 
Sphecodes mandibul-\ris Cr. 
1872 Sphecodes mandibularis Cr. 9 , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 4: 250. 
1897 Sphecodes mandibularis Robt. 9 c?, Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Loui.s, 7 : 317. 
1903 Sphecodium cressonii Robt. 9 c?, Ent. News, 14: 106. 
Two females collected on Solidago, July 27 and Aug. 7; the male on Solidago 
juncea, Aug. 7; Carduus arvensis, Aug. G; and on Solidago, July 30 to Aug. 25. 
Of twelve specimens of the male all have the abdomen largely red. One male has 
the first transverse cubital nervure wanting in one wing and obsolescent in the other. 
(The type of S. mandihularis Cr. is no longer in existence, but there is a cotype 
which Mr. Cresson regards as in all respects typical. The cotype, Mr. Viereck 
informs me, has the mandibles bidentate. — J. H. L.) 
Sphecode.s nephelotus n. sp. 
cJ'. — Length 5 mm. Head and thorax black; abdomen largely red, but the 
apical margins of segments 1-3 are broadly reddish-yellow; on segment 2 the black 
is often reduced to a narrow, median strip, the base of segment 2 may also be yellow; 
segment 1 has the base always broadly black. Face clothed with dense, white hair; 
scajie black, flagellum testaceous beneath, blackish above, joint 4 nearly equals 3; 
mandibles red, dark only at extreme base. Mesothorax shining, with fine, sparse 
punctures; wings milky-white, nervures and stigma pale brownish; tegulae testaceous; 
enclosure of metathorax well-defined, obscurely reticulated, the rugae tending to 
become parallel. 
Fourteen males collected on Carduus arvensis, Aug. 6; Solidago juncea, Aug. 
3-7; and Solidago, Aug. 17. Easily distinguished by the milky-white wings. 
Sphecodes galerus n. sp. 
9 . — Length 64 mm. Head and thorax black; abdomen broad, first two 
segments and base of third dark red, apical segments black. Mandibles dark rufous 
apically; flagellum dull brown beneath; mesothorax coarsely and closely punctate, 
opacpie; area of metathorax shining, strongly reticulated, with a prominent rim. 
Wings dusky hyaline, with a brownish tint, nervures and stigma very dark, second 
submarginal cell narrow, much contracted above. 
