﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  COCKERELL 
  441 
  

  

  Very 
  near 
  to 
  A. 
  smaragdina 
  Friese, 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  but 
  that 
  has 
  

   no 
  black 
  margins 
  of 
  tergites. 
  A. 
  viridinitens 
  Cockerell 
  from 
  Yucatdn 
  

   has 
  the 
  head 
  mainly 
  black. 
  A. 
  albiceps 
  Friese 
  has 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   with 
  black-brown 
  hair. 
  A. 
  cupraria 
  Friese 
  has 
  the 
  abdomen 
  almost 
  

   black. 
  I 
  cannot 
  identify 
  this 
  with 
  any 
  of 
  Vachal's 
  species. 
  Schwarz 
  

   (Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nov. 
  No. 
  722) 
  discusses 
  A. 
  smaragdina 
  as 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone 
  and 
  says 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  narrow 
  black 
  apices 
  

   to 
  the 
  abdominal 
  tergites, 
  but 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  our 
  

   species. 
  The 
  Neotropical 
  species 
  of 
  Augochlora 
  are 
  very 
  many, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  contrasted 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  revision, 
  though 
  Vachal's 
  

   table 
  includes 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  them, 
  

  

  AUGOCHLORA 
  ZAMORANICA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  10 
  mm.; 
  hind 
  spur 
  with 
  three 
  spines; 
  

   tergites 
  not 
  vibrissate, 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  rather 
  dark 
  bluish 
  green, 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  with 
  two 
  parallel 
  obscure 
  bluish 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle; 
  mesonotum 
  dull, 
  scutellum 
  shining 
  in 
  front, 
  posterior 
  

   truncation 
  of 
  metathorax, 
  and 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  basal 
  area 
  shining, 
  more 
  

   yellowish 
  green, 
  but 
  basal 
  area 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  triangular 
  dull 
  space; 
  

   pubescence 
  scanty 
  and 
  short, 
  white 
  on 
  cheeks 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  thorax, 
  

   but 
  black 
  on 
  vertex 
  and 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  mesonotum; 
  face 
  rather 
  

   narrow; 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  clypeus 
  black; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  red; 
  tegulae 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  greenish 
  spot; 
  wings 
  dusky, 
  stigma 
  

   dull 
  reddish; 
  legs 
  black; 
  hair 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  very 
  dark, 
  

   almost 
  black, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  tuft 
  of 
  pure 
  white 
  at 
  end; 
  abdomen 
  robust, 
  

   with 
  very 
  little 
  hair, 
  with 
  crimson 
  tints, 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  tergites 
  

   blackened; 
  hair 
  at 
  apex 
  black, 
  but 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  venter. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Face 
  shining; 
  antennae 
  very 
  long, 
  black; 
  color 
  of 
  thorax 
  

   variable, 
  sometimes 
  greener, 
  but 
  usually 
  with 
  the 
  bluish 
  bands 
  on 
  

   mesonotum 
  distinct, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  scutellum; 
  abdomen 
  variable, 
  

   sometimes 
  strongly 
  reddish; 
  tarsi 
  dusky 
  reddish. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  has 
  

   an 
  obscure 
  apical 
  yellow 
  band. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  type 
  female, 
  March 
  8 
  (Adan 
  Rivera). 
  

   Males, 
  January, 
  February, 
  March 
  (Vidales, 
  Cisneros, 
  Rivera). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58479. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  differs 
  from 
  A. 
  auriventris 
  Friese 
  by 
  the 
  total 
  absence 
  

   of 
  metallic 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  legs, 
  but 
  the 
  male 
  has 
  the 
  tibiae 
  green 
  on 
  

   outer 
  side. 
  

  

  AUGOCHLORA 
  CASSIAE, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  nearly 
  11 
  mm.; 
  similar 
  to 
  zamoranica, 
  with 
  which 
  

   I 
  had 
  confused 
  it, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  and 
  conspicuously 
  more 
  robust, 
  

   with 
  a 
  broader 
  face; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  blue, 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  supraclypeal 
  

   area, 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  suffused 
  by 
  black; 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   dull 
  dark 
  blue; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  shining, 
  somewhat 
  greenish, 
  with 
  

   a 
  triangular 
  dark 
  space; 
  tegulae 
  reddish, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  blue 
  spot 
  in 
  

  

  