﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  COCKERELL 
  465 
  

  

  and 
  white, 
  broadly 
  white 
  on 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  basitarsi 
  anteriorly, 
  

   black 
  posteriorly; 
  on 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  the 
  large 
  pure 
  white 
  anterior 
  part 
  

   is 
  sharply 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  black, 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  meeting 
  being 
  oblique, 
  

   the 
  white 
  area 
  broadest 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  anterior 
  and 
  

   middle 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  dense 
  as 
  on 
  hind 
  legs, 
  and 
  thus 
  appears 
  

   grayish 
  white; 
  abdomen 
  rather 
  broad, 
  with 
  very 
  distinct 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

   broad 
  white 
  hair 
  bands 
  on 
  tergites 
  2 
  to 
  4; 
  margin 
  of 
  fifth 
  narrowly 
  

   white 
  ; 
  apex 
  with 
  black 
  hair. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Antigua, 
  December 
  28, 
  1946 
  (Amado 
  Pelen). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  V.S.N.M 
  No. 
  58547. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  readily 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  black 
  

   and 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs. 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  ANTIGUENSIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  10 
  mm.; 
  antennae 
  long, 
  reaching 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  

   second 
  abdominal 
  tergite, 
  flagellum 
  broadly 
  clear 
  red 
  below; 
  head 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long; 
  clypeus 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  rather 
  short; 
  labrum 
  black; 
  

   vertex 
  polished; 
  thorax 
  above 
  with 
  dull 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  sides 
  (and 
  also 
  

   cheeks) 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  dark; 
  wings 
  dusky, 
  nervures 
  and 
  

   margin 
  of 
  stigma 
  dark; 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  large 
  apical 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  red; 
  

   hair 
  of 
  legs 
  pale 
  grayish; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  narrow, 
  slightly 
  fulvescent 
  

   hair 
  bands, 
  with 
  hyaline 
  margins 
  beyond 
  the 
  bands. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Antigua, 
  October 
  19, 
  1946 
  (Amado 
  Pelen). 
  

  

  Type.—V.S.lSl.M 
  No. 
  58548. 
  

  

  At 
  first 
  I 
  took 
  this 
  for 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  M. 
  peleni, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  

   some 
  other 
  characters 
  are 
  quite 
  difi^erent. 
  

  

  MELISSODES 
  GALERENSIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  antennae 
  long, 
  about 
  reaching 
  second 
  

   tergite 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  black, 
  the 
  head 
  without 
  light 
  markings; 
  face, 
  

   cheeks, 
  and 
  occiput 
  with 
  much 
  white 
  hair, 
  labrum 
  with 
  dense 
  white 
  

   hair; 
  mandibles 
  slightly 
  brownish; 
  flagellum 
  red 
  beneath; 
  mesonotum 
  

   dull; 
  thorax 
  with 
  abundant 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  small 
  and 
  dark; 
  

   wings 
  dusky 
  hyaline; 
  stigma 
  practically 
  obsolete; 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  reaching 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  very 
  near 
  end; 
  second 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  cell 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  above; 
  legs 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  

   abdomen 
  broad, 
  the 
  fourth 
  to 
  sixth 
  tergites 
  with 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  

   hair 
  bands; 
  apical 
  plate 
  dark, 
  broadly 
  truncate; 
  the 
  second 
  tergite 
  

   has 
  a 
  weak, 
  interrupted 
  hair 
  band. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Galeras, 
  October 
  19 
  (G. 
  Vidales). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.'N.M. 
  No. 
  58549. 
  

  

  Nearest, 
  perhaps, 
  to 
  Tetralonia 
  magnicornis 
  Friese 
  from 
  Arequipa, 
  

   but 
  much 
  smaller, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  clypeus 
  not 
  elongated. 
  It 
  may, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  be 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  species 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  

   female 
  sex. 
  

  

  