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all pale, and the scopa red and black, approaches the Rocky 

 ^Mountain .1/. inclanophcca ■i^'ootoni (Ckll.). There are three 

 sLibspecitic forms, melanophcca of the northeastern part of 

 America, calogaster of the northwest, and woofoni of the 

 Rocky Mountains. In the middle regions of the north they 

 appear to intergrade, and it will be very interesting to learn 

 more about the variations occurring in Michigan and the ad- 

 jacent states. The type locality of M. niclanopJicca is Nova 

 Scotia. The type of calogaster is from Olympia, Washington ; 

 the type female has the lower part of the pleura black-haired, 

 and a large patch of black hair on middle of mesothorax. The 

 type of icoofoui is from Xew ^Mexico. 



d-\ Fcuialc ictih crcaiii-colorcd ventral scopa; male z^'itli an- 

 terior legs not modified. 



Megachile decipiens I<ovell & Cockerell. 



Whitefish Point, Chippewa Co., July 29, one male (An- 

 drews 21). Described from ]\Iaine. This is the most western 

 record. 



a-. Anterior zcings 7cifh three snbmarginal cells. 

 h\ U\es hairy; marginal cell very long and narrow; abdomen 

 fnivons and black. 



Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola. 



Floodwood, Schoolcraft Co., July 26, (Andrews). The 

 Italian honey-bee. 



b'-. Byes not hairy. 



c^. Clvpeus, J '-shaped lateral face-marks, and snpraclypeal 

 band \cUow in males ; black bees, with hairy thorax ; first 

 discoidal cell longer than marginal. The female has red 

 hair at ape.v of abdomen. 



