﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  431 
  

  

  Polybia 
  occidentalis 
  spilonota 
  Cameron 
  (also 
  at 
  Galeras). 
  (This 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  

   with 
  a 
  2-pronged 
  pale 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  scutellum; 
  

   also 
  all 
  transitions 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  race 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  with 
  entirely 
  

   black 
  mesonotum.) 
  

  

  Brachygastra 
  (or 
  Neciarina) 
  lecheguana 
  Latreille 
  (also 
  at 
  Galeras). 
  

  

  Synoeca 
  surinama 
  Linnaeus. 
  

  

  Synoeca 
  surinama 
  var. 
  cyanea 
  Fabricius. 
  

  

  Parachartergus 
  apicalis 
  Fabricius. 
  

  

  Stelopolybia 
  areata 
  Say. 
  A 
  large 
  nest 
  in 
  a 
  tree. 
  

  

  Stelopolybia 
  pallipes 
  myrmecophila 
  Ducke. 
  

  

  Pachodynerus 
  nasidens 
  Latreille. 
  

  

  Stenodynerus 
  otomttus 
  de 
  Saussure 
  (also 
  at 
  Galeras). 
  

  

  Stenodynerus 
  sp., 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  Bequaert. 
  

  

  Rygchium 
  cordovae 
  de 
  Saussure, 
  at 
  Agua 
  Amarilla. 
  

  

  Eumenes 
  {Omicron) 
  totonacus 
  de 
  Saussure. 
  Also 
  at 
  Agua 
  Amarilla. 
  

  

  Mischocyttarus 
  immarginatus 
  Richards. 
  At 
  Agua 
  Amarilla. 
  

  

  Genus 
  COLLETES 
  Latreille 
  

  

  COLLETES 
  PERPLEXUS 
  Smith 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  December 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell); 
  Uyaca 
  Peak, 
  

   March, 
  Described 
  from 
  Orizaba, 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  The 
  thorax 
  above 
  has 
  short, 
  dense, 
  bright 
  ferruginous 
  hair, 
  and 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  has 
  white 
  hair 
  bands. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PTILOGLOSSA 
  Smith 
  

  

  PTILOGLOSSA 
  HONDURASICA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  17 
  mm., 
  anterior 
  wing 
  about 
  11, 
  width 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  about 
  6; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  abdomen 
  shining 
  oHve- 
  

   green; 
  eyes 
  not 
  converging 
  above; 
  oceUi 
  not 
  enlarged; 
  clypeus 
  convex, 
  

   shining, 
  with 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  and 
  an 
  indistinct 
  median 
  sulcus; 
  scape 
  

   shining 
  black; 
  flagellum 
  obscurely 
  brownish 
  beneath; 
  hairs 
  of 
  head 
  

   grayish 
  white; 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  dullish, 
  without 
  evident 
  

   sculpture, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  groove; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   shining; 
  hair 
  of 
  thorax 
  slightly 
  pubescent 
  (largely 
  denuded) 
  above, 
  

   white 
  on 
  sides; 
  tegulae 
  testaceous; 
  wings 
  short, 
  reddish 
  hyaline; 
  

   second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  narrow, 
  pointed 
  above; 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   reddish 
  apically; 
  hair 
  of 
  legs 
  grayish, 
  white 
  on 
  femora 
  and 
  venter, 
  

   black 
  anteriorly 
  on 
  the 
  very 
  broad 
  hind 
  basi 
  tarsi; 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  

   dense 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  sides; 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  with 
  fine 
  white 
  pubescence 
  

   apically, 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  tergites 
  with 
  dark 
  gray 
  hair; 
  sides 
  of 
  venter 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Agua 
  Amarilla, 
  December 
  15. 
  

  

  T?/pe.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58431. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  mayarum 
  Cockerell, 
  but 
  that 
  has 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  

   abundant 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  except 
  at 
  sides, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  dense 
  and 
  

   creamy 
  white, 
  but 
  on 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  sides 
  stained 
  with 
  sooty. 
  The 
  

   apical 
  depressions 
  of 
  the 
  tergites 
  are 
  grayish, 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  white 
  

  

  