﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

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  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Vol. 
  98 
  Washington 
  : 
  1949 
  No. 
  3233 
  

  

  BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA, 
  PRINCIPALLY 
  

  

  HONDURAS 
  

  

  By 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  COCKERELL 
  * 
  

  

  From 
  October 
  1946 
  to 
  April 
  1947 
  my 
  wife 
  and 
  I 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  Escuela 
  

   Agricola 
  Panamericana, 
  in 
  the 
  Zamorano 
  Valley 
  of 
  Honduras. 
  This 
  

   is 
  a 
  broad 
  valley 
  about 
  2,600 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  separated 
  from 
  

   Tegucigalpa, 
  the 
  capital 
  city, 
  by 
  a 
  ridge 
  having 
  about 
  5,000 
  feet 
  alti- 
  

   tude, 
  a 
  spur 
  of 
  Uyaca 
  Peak; 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  is 
  the 
  rain 
  forest, 
  about 
  

   6,000 
  to 
  6,600 
  feet, 
  where 
  the 
  wild 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  avocado 
  is 
  found 
  and 
  

   Professor 
  Williams 
  once 
  saw 
  that 
  beautiful 
  bird 
  the 
  quetzal. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  way 
  toward 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  Uyaca 
  Peak, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  thousand 
  

   feet 
  above 
  the 
  Zamorano 
  Valley, 
  we 
  came 
  to 
  Agua 
  Amarilla, 
  by 
  some 
  

   called 
  Agua 
  Maria. 
  

  

  We 
  numbered 
  ail 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  bees 
  collected, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  ran 
  up 
  

   to 
  225. 
  These 
  may 
  not 
  all 
  be 
  distinct, 
  but 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  200. 
  

   I 
  have 
  dealt 
  with 
  over 
  100 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  able 
  to 
  work 
  up 
  the 
  num- 
  

   erous 
  species 
  of 
  Halictus, 
  Augochlora, 
  and 
  other 
  genera 
  of 
  small 
  bees. 
  

   These 
  may 
  have 
  to 
  await 
  revisional 
  work, 
  taking 
  into 
  account 
  the 
  

   whole 
  Central 
  American 
  fauna. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  at 
  a 
  disadvantage 
  

   because 
  I 
  supposed 
  I 
  should 
  never 
  again 
  work 
  on 
  Neotropical 
  bees 
  

   and 
  had 
  parted 
  with 
  my 
  whole 
  Neotropical 
  collection, 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History. 
  Also, 
  since 
  a 
  recent 
  illness, 
  my 
  eyes 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   as 
  good 
  as 
  they 
  were. 
  

  

  The 
  bee 
  fauna 
  of 
  Central 
  America 
  is 
  far 
  from 
  uniform. 
  We 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  manuscript 
  was 
  assembled 
  by 
  K. 
  V. 
  Krombein, 
  Division 
  of 
  Insect 
  Identification, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  En- 
  

   tomology 
  and 
  Plant 
  Quarantine, 
  after 
  Professor 
  Cockerell's 
  death, 
  from 
  notes 
  and 
  descriptions 
  that 
  had 
  

   byen 
  received 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  allowed 
  to 
  accumulate 
  pending 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  study. 
  — 
  

  

  C. 
  F. 
  W. 
  MUESEBECK. 
  

  

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