Records of Bees. 237 
side, the fourth to sixth with pale bands, on fourth slightly 
interrupted, on fifth entire, on sixth widely interrupted, and 
emarginate on each side anteriorly ; apical plate broad, trun- 
cate, finely longitudinally striate ; venter without yellow 
markings, 
Carcarana, Argentina (LZ. Bruner, 66). 
Related to V. pampicola, Holmbg., but much larger, with 
red head and thorax. The type is in U.S. National Museum. 
Nomada barcelonensts, nom. nov. 
Nomada excellens, Pérez, 1913 (not Ck. 1903). 
Barcelona, Spain. 
Augochlora (Odontochlora) thetis (Schrottky). 
San Bernardino, Paraguay (K. Fiebrig). Collected 
Nov. 2. ; 
Dnadasia imitatrie (Schrottky). 
San Bernardino, Paraguay (K. Fiebrig). 
Megachile stomatura, sp. 0. 
3 .—Length about 85 mm. 
Rather narrow, with nearly parallel-sided but not much 
elongated abdomen. Black, the small joints of tarsi ferrugi- 
nous, and anterior femora with a large, polished, shining, 
ferruginous surface on inner side, occupying about the apical 
two-thirds. Head broader than thorax; face (except upper 
part of clypeus) and cheeks covered with white hair, that on 
face faintly yellowish; clypeus with rather large punctures on 
a shining ground; maxillary palpi very short; antennze long 
and slender, reaching extreme base of abdomen; flagellum 
obscurely brown beneath; metathorax and sides of thorax 
with long white hair, dorsal surface with little hair, on meso- 
thorax short, thin, and brown, but there is a band of white 
hair on postscutellum, a thin band in scutello-mesothoracic 
suture, and a conspicuous white tuft on each side of meso- 
thorax posteriorly ; mesothorax aud scutellum dullish, the 
former with small weak punctures, distinctly separate on 
disc ; tegule piceous, reddened posteriorly. Wings brownish 
hyaline, with a dark cloud from region of stigma along mar- 
ginal cell to apex, darkest at end of marginal cell. Anterior 
coxze without spines; anterior tarsi simple ; lind tibia poste- 
riorly covered with white tomentum, conspicuous in an. 
