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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  Genus 
  DASIAPIS 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  DASIAPIS 
  OLIVACEA 
  Cresson 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Honduras: 
  Zamorano 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  I 
  take 
  this 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  D. 
  olivacea. 
  It 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Exo- 
  

   malopsis 
  rufitecta 
  by 
  the 
  dull 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  the 
  tomentose 
  first 
  

   tergite. 
  The 
  tegument 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  is 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  shining; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  groove 
  between 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   and 
  supraclypeal 
  area. 
  It 
  flies 
  in 
  October, 
  November, 
  and 
  December. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  October 
  22 
  (Vidales). 
  The 
  male 
  

   has 
  a 
  light 
  yellow 
  clypeus. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MELISSODES 
  Latreiile 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  AURESCENS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female 
  (type). 
  — 
  Similar 
  to 
  M. 
  aurigenia 
  Cresson; 
  hair 
  of 
  thorax 
  

   dorsally 
  ferruginous, 
  varying 
  in 
  the 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  color; 
  head 
  broad; 
  

   flagellum 
  dull 
  rufous 
  beneath; 
  abdominal 
  hair 
  bands 
  well 
  developed, 
  

   the 
  broad 
  one 
  on 
  fourth 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  bare 
  space 
  in 
  middle; 
  scopa 
  on 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  basitarsi 
  pale 
  reddish; 
  mesonotum 
  polished 
  anteriorly; 
  

   tegulae 
  dark 
  brownish; 
  wings 
  dusky, 
  nervxu-es 
  dark. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Clypeus 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  as 
  also 
  labrum 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  mark 
  on 
  

   mandibles; 
  antennae 
  very 
  long, 
  reaching 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  tergite, 
  clear 
  

   red 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  common. 
  On 
  January 
  14, 
  I 
  took 
  two 
  at 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  Ipomoea 
  murucoides, 
  a 
  species 
  with 
  large 
  white 
  flowers. 
  

   The 
  type 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.'N.M. 
  No. 
  58541. 
  

  

  MELLISSODES 
  AURESCENS 
  var. 
  A 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  11 
  mm.; 
  rather 
  robust; 
  black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   obscurely 
  reddish 
  beneath; 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  almost 
  square; 
  clypeus 
  

   dull, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  keel; 
  vertex 
  shining; 
  head 
  with 
  pale 
  grayish 
  hair, 
  

   that 
  on 
  labrum 
  (which 
  is 
  black) 
  reddish; 
  thorax 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  hair 
  

   reddish, 
  especially 
  anteriorly; 
  scutellum, 
  postscutellum, 
  and 
  meta- 
  

   thorax 
  shining; 
  tegulae 
  small, 
  black; 
  wings 
  faintly 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  

   black; 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  rather 
  large, 
  the 
  basal 
  side 
  obhque; 
  

   first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  joining 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  near 
  end, 
  and 
  

   second 
  recurrent 
  joining 
  third 
  submarginal 
  about 
  as 
  far 
  from 
  end; 
  

   legs 
  black, 
  the 
  copious 
  scopa 
  on 
  hind 
  tibia 
  and 
  basitarsi 
  very 
  pale 
  

   fulvescent, 
  but 
  hair 
  on 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  basitarsi 
  black; 
  abdomen 
  broad, 
  

   shining, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  hair, 
  on 
  first 
  tergite 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  sides, 
  and 
  a 
  

   httle 
  patch 
  at 
  hind 
  corners; 
  on 
  second 
  a 
  weak 
  band 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  

   and 
  an 
  interrupted 
  band 
  across 
  disc, 
  on 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  with 
  very 
  

   broad 
  bands, 
  not 
  interrupted, 
  apex 
  with 
  black 
  hair; 
  black 
  areas 
  

   before 
  bands 
  on 
  tergites 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  not 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Agua 
  AmarHla, 
  November 
  17 
  (Vidales). 
  

  

  