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  PROCEEDESTGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  cell; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  very 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex; 
  legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   rufous 
  apically; 
  pubescence 
  of 
  legs 
  dark 
  gray, 
  whiter 
  on 
  front 
  and 
  

   middle 
  legs; 
  scopa 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  little 
  developed; 
  abdomen 
  appearing 
  

   gray, 
  with 
  no 
  white 
  bands; 
  tergites 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  with 
  broad 
  gray 
  bands 
  with 
  

   a 
  submetallic 
  tint, 
  apex 
  whitish. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  December 
  22 
  (Vidales). 
  

  

  Genus 
  ANTHOPHORA 
  Latreille 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  POPENOEI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  12.5 
  mm.; 
  black, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  with- 
  

   out 
  light 
  markings, 
  but 
  with 
  pale 
  and 
  black 
  hair, 
  producing 
  a 
  gray 
  

   effect; 
  legs 
  without 
  light 
  markings; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  clear 
  white 
  hair 
  

   on 
  outer 
  side, 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  also 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  outer 
  side, 
  but 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  basitarsi 
  with 
  dark 
  hair 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  broad, 
  the 
  

   first 
  four 
  tergites 
  with 
  pale 
  ocherous 
  tegumentary 
  bands, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   first 
  narrow, 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  broad; 
  tegulae 
  black; 
  wings 
  dusky 
  

   hyaline 
  ; 
  head 
  very 
  broad 
  ; 
  eyes 
  and 
  antennae 
  black. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Nesting 
  in 
  adobe 
  walls 
  at 
  San 
  Francisco 
  finca. 
  

  

  ri/2>g.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58872. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  possibly 
  related 
  to 
  A. 
  histrio 
  Dours, 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  

   Mexico, 
  the 
  face 
  black 
  immaculate. 
  It 
  is 
  similar, 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  

   to 
  A. 
  walshii 
  Cresson. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  bee 
  is 
  dedicated 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Wilson 
  Popenoe, 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   Escuela 
  Agricola 
  Panamericana. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  USTICAUDA 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species 
  with 
  red 
  hair 
  on 
  abdomen; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  narrowly 
  

   interrupted 
  yellow 
  band; 
  body 
  robust; 
  marginal 
  cell 
  very 
  short. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  common. 
  Nesting 
  in 
  adobe 
  walls 
  at 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  finca. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Antigua 
  (Pelen). 
  Antigua 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  USTICAUDA 
  CINERIOR, 
  new 
  variety 
  or 
  subspecies 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  The 
  fine 
  tomentum 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  red, 
  pale 
  

   reddish 
  gray. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Antigua, 
  December 
  (Pelen) 
  (type 
  of 
  variety), 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  San 
  Francisco 
  finca, 
  Zamorano 
  Valley, 
  on 
  adobe 
  wall. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58873. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  certainly 
  only 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  usticauda 
  Cockerell, 
  but 
  without 
  

   the 
  characteristic 
  red 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  FRANCISCANA. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  10 
  mm.; 
  black, 
  with 
  dull 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  

   black 
  on 
  vertex; 
  head 
  broad 
  and 
  short; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  shining 
  keel, 
  

   and 
  a 
  broad, 
  narrowly 
  interrupted, 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  band 
  just 
  above 
  

  

  