﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  459 
  

  

  yellow 
  spot; 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  fuliginous; 
  stigma 
  red; 
  

   anterior 
  femora 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  their 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  red, 
  middle 
  legs 
  

   mainly 
  red, 
  but 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  with 
  dusky 
  suffusion 
  behind; 
  hind 
  

   legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  red 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow 
  spot 
  at 
  apex; 
  

   middle 
  coxae 
  with 
  a 
  light 
  spot. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  21 
  (Adan 
  Rivera). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58521. 
  

  

  In 
  having 
  a 
  black 
  clypeus 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  yellow 
  this 
  resembles 
  

  

  N. 
  krugii 
  Cresson, 
  from 
  Puerto 
  Rico, 
  but 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  markings 
  

  

  are 
  different. 
  

  

  Genus 
  EPEOLUS 
  Latreille 
  

  

  EPEOLUS 
  ALBOPICTUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  black, 
  the 
  pubescent 
  markings 
  white, 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  across 
  face, 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  

   pronotum, 
  margin 
  of 
  tubercles, 
  marginal 
  band 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  and 
  behind 
  

   mesonotum 
  (but 
  no 
  discal 
  lines), 
  band 
  on 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  

   one 
  on 
  postscutellum, 
  rather 
  broad 
  curved 
  band 
  across 
  middle 
  of 
  

   pleura, 
  a 
  little 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  sides 
  of 
  metathorax, 
  hind 
  

   coxae, 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  six 
  abdominal 
  bands, 
  rather 
  narrow 
  

   except 
  on 
  first 
  tergite, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  dense 
  

   white 
  tomentum, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  rounded 
  incision 
  anteriorly 
  in 
  

   middle, 
  nearly 
  dividing 
  the 
  white 
  into 
  two 
  portions; 
  antennae 
  black; 
  

   mesonotum 
  dull; 
  tegulae 
  very 
  dark 
  brownish; 
  wings 
  reddish 
  hyaline, 
  

   nervures 
  dark; 
  legs 
  black; 
  apical 
  plate 
  of 
  abdomen 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  San 
  Francisco 
  finca, 
  near 
  Zamorano, 
  November 
  3 
  

   (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58535. 
  

  

  Quite 
  distinct 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  broad 
  band 
  on 
  first 
  tergite. 
  

  

  EPEOLUS 
  RUGOSUS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  pubescent 
  markings 
  

   white, 
  the 
  bands 
  on 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  tergites 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  very 
  

   obscurely 
  reddish 
  basaUy; 
  face 
  with 
  grayish 
  white 
  hair; 
  band 
  on 
  

   upper 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  slender, 
  broken 
  in 
  middle; 
  posterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  but 
  no 
  discal 
  stripes 
  and 
  no 
  

   line 
  over 
  tegulae; 
  posteriorly 
  the 
  thorax 
  has 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  below 
  this 
  a 
  V-shaped 
  mark 
  placed 
  side- 
  

   ways 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  point 
  is 
  directed 
  outward; 
  disc 
  of 
  thorax 
  rough 
  and 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured; 
  pleura 
  with 
  a 
  transverse 
  white 
  band; 
  each 
  shoul- 
  

   der 
  of 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  pure 
  white 
  patch 
  (contrasting 
  with 
  

   the 
  dull 
  yellowish 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  on 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  4), 
  these 
  patches 
  far 
  

   apart 
  but 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  faint, 
  hardly 
  perceptible 
  lines 
  of 
  pubescence; 
  

   tegulae 
  bright 
  ferruginous; 
  wings 
  hyaline 
  with 
  pale 
  reddish 
  veins, 
  a 
  

   little 
  dusky 
  spot 
  at 
  apex; 
  legs 
  mainly 
  black, 
  but 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   partly 
  red; 
  hind 
  spurs 
  whitish. 
  

  

  