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J jX.'^ Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XLVII. 

 By T. D. A. CocKERELL, University of Colorado. 



Ceratina lata, Spinola* 

 Trinidad* March 1912 {Hugh Scott). New to Trinidad. 



Ceratina minima, Friesci 



Trinidad, March 22, 1912 {Hugh Scott). Three males, 

 triarked " Diego Martin ; herbage by stream." 



Nomada {Micronomada) jamaicensis, sp. D; 



5 . Length a little over 6 mm. 



Fferruginons, including the legs, but the abdomen mainly 

 black above ; head broad ; basal p^rt of mandibles broadly 

 pale yellow ', sides of iface broadly light yellow, this colour 

 ending obtusely a little above leVel of middle of front, and 

 below ending about level of middle of clypeiis; labrum 

 blackish in middle ; clypeus, supraclypeal area, front a,nd 

 cheeks bright ferruginous, the cheeks with a broad yellow 

 stripe along upper part of orbits ; interocellar region 

 blackened ; antennae entirely ferruginous, third joint longer 

 than fourth ; thorax above densely and coarsely punctured, 

 the ridges between the punctures shining ; upper border of 

 prothorax, tubercles, scutellum, band on postscutellum, two 

 large patches on metathorax, and very large transverse 

 patches on pleura, bright yellow ; mesothorax suffused with 

 black in middle posteriorly, and area of metathorax also 

 blackish ; the extremely scanty pubescence of thorax light 

 fulvous above, white at sides ; tegulse creamy white, punc- 

 tured. Wings long, with a conspicuous dusky apical cloud ; 

 stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous ; b. n. meeting t.^m.; 

 second s.m. receiving first r. n. before middle. Legs bright 

 red, hind coxae with a large yellow mark, hind tibiae slightly- 

 yellowish at base ; spines of anterior coxae short, but very 

 distinct. Abdomen very finely punctured : first segment 

 with a broad yellow baud, narrowest in middle, the part 

 before the baud dark red ; second segment with a yellow 

 band which is extremely broad at sides, but greatly narrowed, 

 or even broken, in middle ; third and fourth segments with 

 a large yellow mark on each side, fifth with a band (these 

 markings often largely concealed by the retraction of the 

 segments) ; apical segment with a semicircular pale pubes- 

 cent area; venter dark ferruginous, with a broad yellow 

 band on third segment, * 



