﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  461 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  (Adan 
  Rivera). 
  

   Type—V.S.ISIM. 
  No. 
  58538. 
  

  

  Related 
  to 
  T. 
  flavqfasciatus 
  Smith, 
  from 
  Oaxaca, 
  Mexico, 
  but 
  that 
  

   has 
  the 
  mandibles 
  and 
  scape 
  red, 
  and 
  a 
  band 
  on 
  first 
  tergite. 
  

  

  TRIEPEOLUS 
  BILUNATUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  10 
  mm.; 
  with 
  markings 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  T. 
  

   hilineatus, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  stripes 
  on 
  mesonotum 
  are 
  

   wholly 
  absent; 
  base 
  of 
  flagellum 
  red; 
  mesonotum 
  dull; 
  axillae 
  promi- 
  

   nent, 
  pointed; 
  sides 
  of 
  metathorax 
  with 
  slender 
  vertical 
  pure 
  white 
  

   stripes, 
  curved 
  outward 
  at 
  upper 
  end; 
  marks 
  on 
  pleura 
  crescentic; 
  

   first 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  very 
  large, 
  obliquely 
  placed, 
  semilunar 
  

   marks, 
  approaching 
  but 
  not 
  meeting 
  in 
  middle 
  line; 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  

   with 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  apical 
  band. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  17 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  Type—V.S.lSiM. 
  No. 
  58539. 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  almost 
  ready 
  to 
  refer 
  this 
  to 
  T. 
  mexicanus 
  Cresson, 
  which 
  it 
  

   closely 
  resembles, 
  but 
  that 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  

   covered 
  with 
  dense 
  yellowish 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MELITOMA 
  Lepeletier 
  and 
  Serville 
  

  

  MELITOMA 
  FULVIFRONS 
  MARGINELLA 
  Cresson 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  four 
  narrow, 
  pure-white 
  bands 
  on 
  abdomen; 
  hair 
  of 
  

   thorax 
  grayish, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad, 
  black 
  V; 
  hair 
  of 
  face 
  variably 
  reddish; 
  mouth 
  parts 
  very 
  long, 
  

   reaching 
  base 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  held 
  under 
  body 
  like 
  the 
  beak 
  of 
  an 
  hemip- 
  

   teron, 
  not 
  capable 
  of 
  being 
  folded 
  up 
  like 
  a 
  knife. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  excessively 
  abundant 
  nesting 
  in 
  an 
  adobe 
  

   wall 
  at 
  the 
  San 
  Francisco 
  finca. 
  

  

  I 
  follow 
  Schwarz 
  (Amer. 
  Mus. 
  Nov. 
  No. 
  722, 
  1934) 
  in 
  referring 
  the 
  

   northern 
  form 
  of 
  M. 
  fulvifrons 
  to 
  marginella 
  Cresson, 
  without 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  having 
  any 
  means 
  of 
  investigating 
  the 
  matter. 
  I 
  have 
  sent 
  

   a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  these 
  bees 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  

   eventually 
  be 
  helpful 
  in 
  determining 
  whether 
  there 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  

   Central 
  American 
  race. 
  

  

  MELITOMA 
  NUDICAUDA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  11 
  mm.; 
  similar 
  to 
  M. 
  fulvifrons, 
  with 
  the 
  

   same 
  long 
  mouth 
  parts, 
  but 
  abdomen 
  wholly 
  without 
  bands, 
  although 
  

   the 
  first 
  tergite 
  has 
  much 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  basal 
  part. 
  Size 
  larger, 
  face 
  

   broader, 
  its 
  hair 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  reddish; 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  polished 
  in 
  

   front 
  (it 
  has 
  the 
  broad 
  black 
  V 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  fulvifrons) 
  ; 
  second 
  submarginal 
  

   cell 
  broader; 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  wing 
  distinctly 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  October 
  12, 
  at 
  flowers 
  of 
  Thunbergia 
  ereda 
  

   (Geldino 
  Vidales). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58540. 
  

  

  