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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Megachile latimanus, Say. 

 Pecos ; female at flowers of Thelesyerma gracile, Aug. 7th 

 (IF. P. Cockerell). Eyes in life black, with a rather obscure 

 greyish median band. 



Megachile sayi, Cresson. 

 Pecos, Aug. 31st ; male. Eyes in life black, the lower half 

 strongly shaded with green. 



Megachile cleomis, Ckll. 

 Pecos, Aug. 31st ; three males. Eyes in life green in middle, 

 black at sides. The length of the last antennal joint and of the 

 second submarginal cell are variable, and sometimes the disc of 

 thorax shows much black hair ; it is possible that two or three 

 species are included in my present conception of cleomis, but at 

 present I cannot satisfactorily separate them. 



Melissodes sphceralcece, Ckll. 

 Pecos, August ; common. Visits flowers of Sphceralcea fend- 

 leri. My wife has found it nesting in the ground ; the entrance 

 of the nest is without any structure such as is built by Anthophora 

 and Diadasia. In life the eyes of the female are a beautiful 

 grey-blue. 



Melissodes ohliqua, Say. 



Pecos, Aug. 31st ; female. Eyes in life very dark purplish, 

 nearly black. 



Melissodes pallidicincta, Ckll. 

 Pecos, June 12th. Dr. M. Grabham took a female of this 

 and one of Diauthidiiini jjarvum asleep in Pentstemon flowef s, in 

 rainy weather. 



Anthophora cleomis, Ckll. 



Pecos, Aug. 31st ; female. Eyes in life sea-green, blackish 

 in front and on hind border. 



Anthophora montana, Cresson. 

 Pecos, Aug. 31st ; female at flowers of Salvia lanceolata. 

 Eyes in life grey-blue, faintly purplish in front and on hind 

 margin. 



Bomhus iridis, Ckll. and Porter. 

 Pecos; at flowers of Fallugia, June 24th {W. P. Cockerell). 



Bomhus sonorus, Say. 

 Pecos, Aug. 31st. The specimen has the bright yellow pube- 

 scence of sonorus, but differs in having the hair on the pleura 

 partly yellow and partly black. 



It seems advisable here to make some statement regarding 

 the species of Oxcea, Nomia, &c., which Mr. Cameron has de- 



