﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  463 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  M. 
  aurescens, 
  but 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  broad, 
  

   and 
  the 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  is 
  more 
  nearly 
  square. 
  I 
  thought 
  this 
  might 
  

   be 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  this 
  appears 
  

   doubtful. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  thorax 
  above 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  

   from 
  M. 
  raphaelis 
  Cockerell. 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  PERSIMILIS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Like 
  M. 
  aurescens, 
  but 
  head 
  narrower; 
  tergites 
  4 
  and 
  5, 
  

   before 
  the 
  bands, 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  whitish 
  tomentum, 
  lacking 
  in 
  M. 
  

   aurescens; 
  hair 
  bands 
  on 
  tergites 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  very 
  broad, 
  that 
  on 
  4 
  without 
  

   a 
  bare 
  spot 
  in 
  middle. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Agua 
  Amarilla, 
  November 
  17 
  (Vidales). 
  

  

  Type— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58542. 
  

  

  MEUSSODES 
  PERPLEXANS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  11 
  mm,; 
  robust, 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  short 
  

   antennae 
  of 
  this 
  sex, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  very 
  obscurely 
  brownish 
  beneath. 
  

   I 
  at 
  first 
  considered 
  this 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  several 
  

   characters 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  another 
  species, 
  head 
  very 
  broad, 
  

   the 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  long; 
  clypeus 
  dull; 
  second 
  

   submarginal 
  cell 
  broader, 
  receiving 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  at 
  a 
  greater 
  

   distance 
  from 
  the 
  end; 
  pale 
  hair 
  band 
  on 
  second 
  tergite 
  narrow 
  and 
  

   broadly 
  interrupted; 
  bands 
  on 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  broad 
  and 
  dense, 
  fifth 
  

   without 
  a 
  band. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Uyaca 
  Peak, 
  February 
  9 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58543. 
  

  

  MEUSSODES 
  GRISEIHIRTA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  or 
  almost 
  9 
  mm.; 
  black, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  gray 
  hair, 
  but 
  pure 
  white 
  on 
  cheeks 
  and 
  

   occiput; 
  clypeus 
  pale 
  lemon-yellow, 
  labrum 
  and 
  mandibles 
  black; 
  

   antennae 
  long, 
  reaching 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  first 
  tergite, 
  flagellum 
  

   clear 
  red 
  beneath; 
  facial 
  quadrangle 
  about 
  square; 
  mesonotum 
  dull 
  

   in 
  front, 
  posteriorly 
  shining; 
  metathorax 
  dull; 
  tegulae 
  dark; 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  faintly 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  very 
  dark; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  

   obliquely 
  truncate, 
  the 
  apex 
  far 
  from 
  vertex; 
  first 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  third, 
  second 
  about 
  square, 
  receiving 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  no 
  great 
  distance 
  from 
  end; 
  legs 
  slender, 
  black, 
  the 
  claw 
  joint 
  

   reddened; 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  rather 
  broad, 
  margins 
  of 
  tergites 
  dark 
  

   brown; 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  with 
  rather 
  weak 
  hair 
  bands, 
  and 
  margins 
  of 
  

   first 
  at 
  sides 
  with 
  pale 
  hair; 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  tergites 
  shining; 
  apical 
  

   plate 
  broad, 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Uyaca 
  Peak, 
  March 
  9 
  (Morales). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58544. 
  

  

  