﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  435 
  

  

  higher 
  than 
  long, 
  receiving 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  at 
  its 
  apical 
  corner; 
  

   first 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  long, 
  a 
  httle 
  longer 
  than 
  third; 
  second 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  ending 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  before 
  end 
  of 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell; 
  

   legs 
  black, 
  shghtly 
  brownish 
  apically, 
  very 
  slender, 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  

   especially 
  long 
  and 
  slender; 
  abdomen 
  convex, 
  shining, 
  hind 
  margins 
  

   of 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  with 
  pohshed 
  bands, 
  not 
  hairy, 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  band 
  ; 
  depressed 
  part 
  of 
  second 
  tergite 
  hardly 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  length 
  

   of 
  tergite; 
  the 
  bare 
  abdominal 
  bands 
  have 
  a 
  yello^vish, 
  almost 
  golden 
  

   appearance, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  extreme 
  sides. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Uyaca 
  Peak, 
  February 
  9. 
  

  

  Type— 
  V.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58438. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  key 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  in 
  separating 
  the 
  Honduras 
  species: 
  

  

  Males.. 
  _ 
  1 
  

  

  Females 
  2 
  

  

  1. 
  Face 
  light 
  yellow 
  vidalesi, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Face 
  black 
  hondurasica, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  2. 
  Wings 
  red 
  and 
  nervures 
  pale 
  red 
  amarilla, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Wings 
  not 
  red 
  uyacensis, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Genus 
  PSEUDOPANURGUS 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  PSEUDOPANURGUS 
  RUFOSIGNATUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  8 
  mm., 
  anterior 
  wing 
  6.2; 
  black, 
  robust, 
  

   with 
  dark 
  fuliginous 
  wings; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  almost 
  devoid 
  of 
  pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  abdomen 
  with 
  broad 
  grayish-pubescent 
  bands 
  at 
  bases 
  of 
  

   tergites 
  3 
  to 
  5, 
  the 
  apex 
  densely 
  pubescent 
  and 
  somewhat 
  reddish, 
  

   venter 
  with 
  thin 
  dull 
  white 
  hair, 
  not 
  carrying 
  pollen; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   basitarsi 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  pale 
  scopa, 
  full 
  of 
  pollen; 
  tip 
  of 
  antenna 
  red; 
  

   tongue 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  labial 
  palpi 
  not 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tongue; 
  

   face 
  and 
  front 
  dull, 
  densely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctured; 
  thorax 
  densely 
  

   rugosopunctate, 
  but 
  a 
  highly 
  polished 
  band 
  just 
  behind 
  scutellum; 
  

   axillae 
  not 
  produced, 
  but 
  metathorax 
  angular 
  at 
  sides; 
  tegulae 
  black; 
  

   basal 
  nervure 
  falling 
  short 
  of 
  nervulus; 
  stigma 
  well 
  developed; 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  cell 
  broadly 
  obtuse 
  at 
  end, 
  with 
  an 
  appendiculation; 
  second 
  

   submarginal 
  cell 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  long, 
  receiving 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  very 
  far 
  from 
  its 
  base, 
  the 
  distance 
  being 
  about 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  

   the 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  recurrent 
  is 
  received 
  a 
  

   moderate 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  depressions 
  

   of 
  the 
  tergites 
  broad 
  and 
  polished, 
  first 
  tergite 
  closely 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  8 
  km. 
  west 
  of 
  Dos 
  Aguas, 
  October 
  27 
  (Vidales). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58439. 
  

  

  A 
  peculiar 
  species, 
  perhaps 
  referable 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  genus. 
  

  

  Genus 
  HETEROSARUS 
  Robertson 
  

  

  HETEROSARUS 
  AUREIFRONS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  6 
  mm.; 
  slender, 
  black, 
  the 
  face 
  up 
  to 
  level 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  shining 
  orange-yellow; 
  the 
  labrum, 
  base 
  of 
  mandibles, 
  and 
  

  

  