﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  447 
  

  

  together; 
  second 
  rather 
  narrow; 
  legs 
  basally 
  black, 
  but 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  pale 
  fulvous; 
  hind 
  spur 
  simple; 
  abdomen 
  pale 
  fulvous, 
  except 
  

   the 
  first 
  tergite, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  fulvous; 
  apex 
  blackish; 
  thin 
  

   white 
  pubescence, 
  forming 
  inconspicuous 
  bands 
  at 
  bases 
  of 
  tergites 
  

   2 
  to 
  4 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  tergites 
  with 
  blackish 
  clouds. 
  

  

  Honduras 
  : 
  Zamorano, 
  the 
  type 
  taken 
  January 
  23, 
  by 
  Rua 
  Williams. 
  

   Subsequently 
  taken 
  by 
  W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell, 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  rather 
  

   common. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U. 
  S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58487. 
  

  

  H. 
  curtulus 
  Vachal 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  Oaxaca, 
  Mexico, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

   long, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  almost 
  all 
  reddish. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  probable 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  H. 
  placidus 
  Smith, 
  from 
  Chile, 
  has 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  blue, 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  ferruginous. 
  I 
  noted 
  from 
  Smith's 
  type: 
  "9 
  has 
  a 
  red 
  

   abdomen; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  blue 
  shaded 
  with 
  purple; 
  eyes 
  

   moderately 
  emarginate." 
  It 
  is 
  considered 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  mutabilis 
  

   Spinola. 
  

  

  Genus 
  DIANTHIDIUM 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  DIANTHIDIUM 
  HONDURASICUM, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  rich 
  yellow 
  markings 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  face, 
  next 
  to 
  orbit 
  (but 
  clypeus 
  

   and 
  mandibles 
  entirely 
  black), 
  entire 
  band 
  on 
  occiput; 
  very 
  broadly 
  

   interrupted 
  band 
  on 
  front 
  margin 
  of 
  mesonotum, 
  interrupted 
  band 
  

   on 
  scutellum, 
  suboval 
  spot 
  at 
  each 
  extreme 
  side 
  of 
  first 
  abdominal 
  

   tergite, 
  slender 
  curved 
  band, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle, 
  on 
  second 
  tergite, 
  

   very 
  broad 
  bands 
  on 
  tergites 
  3 
  to 
  5, 
  on 
  3 
  almost 
  interrupted, 
  these 
  

   three 
  bands 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  transverse 
  stripe; 
  antennae 
  

   entirely 
  black; 
  tegulae 
  pale 
  reddish 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  spot; 
  wings 
  fuligi- 
  

   nous, 
  with 
  a 
  clear 
  area 
  in 
  middle; 
  legs 
  black, 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  a 
  yellow 
  stripe 
  on 
  basal 
  half; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  dense 
  white 
  hair 
  

   on 
  inner 
  side; 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  white. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Agua 
  Amarilla 
  (some 
  say 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  Agua 
  Maria), 
  

   December 
  1 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  TT/pg.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58488. 
  

  

  The 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  with 
  small 
  black 
  fines 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  

   tergites 
  3 
  to 
  5, 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  widely 
  distributed 
  (Costa 
  Rica 
  

   to 
  Paraguay) 
  D. 
  hilohatum 
  Friese, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  respects 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  

   different. 
  D. 
  apicale 
  Cresson, 
  from 
  Mexico, 
  is 
  also 
  similar. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MELANTHIDIUM 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  MELANTmOIUM 
  CARRI 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  A 
  second 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Agua 
  AmariUa 
  by 
  Geldino 
  Vidales. 
  

   This 
  large 
  black 
  anthidune 
  has 
  a 
  yeUow 
  band 
  on 
  vertex, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  

   scuteUum 
  and 
  axillae, 
  but 
  the 
  face 
  is 
  entirely 
  black. 
  By 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  

  

  