﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  471 
  

  

  the 
  apical 
  margin; 
  labrum 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  spot, 
  

   somewhat 
  pyramidal 
  in 
  outline; 
  mandibles 
  with 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

   pale 
  yellowish 
  on 
  outer 
  side; 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  

   but 
  no 
  lateral 
  face 
  marks 
  ; 
  antennae 
  entirely 
  black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  short 
  ; 
  

   mesonotum 
  and 
  scuteUum 
  duU, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  shining 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  

   disc; 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  white 
  hair 
  between 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum; 
  base 
  of 
  

   metathorax 
  dull, 
  exposed, 
  but 
  surrounded 
  by 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  

   very 
  dark; 
  wings 
  dusky 
  hyaline; 
  legs 
  black; 
  scopa 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   yellowish, 
  not 
  very 
  large; 
  abdomen 
  broad, 
  cordiform, 
  dullish; 
  first 
  

   tergite 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  with 
  a 
  narrow, 
  

   pure 
  white 
  hair 
  band, 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle; 
  second 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  

   very 
  much 
  broader, 
  but 
  grayer, 
  entire 
  hair 
  band; 
  the 
  following 
  

   tergites 
  covered 
  with 
  thin 
  grayish 
  hair, 
  denser 
  on 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  

   third 
  tergite, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  poorly 
  defined 
  band; 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  

   line 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  tergites 
  three 
  and 
  four, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  

   feature 
  in 
  A. 
  usticauda. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  San 
  Francisco 
  finca, 
  Zamorano 
  Valley, 
  November 
  

   (Vidales). 
  

  

  Ti/pe.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58874. 
  

  

  I 
  thought 
  at 
  first 
  this 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  A. 
  usticauda 
  CockereU, 
  

   but 
  close 
  comparison 
  shows 
  that 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  ZAMORANELLA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  copious 
  

   and 
  erect 
  on 
  thorax, 
  but 
  scanty 
  on 
  mesonotum; 
  pale 
  yellow 
  markings 
  

   on 
  head 
  as 
  follows; 
  lower 
  half 
  of 
  clypeus 
  (leaving 
  a 
  triangular 
  black 
  

   area 
  above), 
  labrum 
  (except 
  two 
  basal 
  spots), 
  large 
  mark 
  on 
  mandi- 
  

   bles, 
  and 
  stripe 
  on 
  scape; 
  no 
  supraclypeal 
  mark; 
  eyes 
  green; 
  facial 
  

   quadrangle 
  higher 
  than 
  broad; 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  dull, 
  a 
  

   little 
  shining 
  in 
  certain 
  lights; 
  metathorax 
  mainly 
  dull; 
  tegulae 
  red; 
  

   wings 
  very 
  clear; 
  nervures 
  dark; 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  large, 
  con- 
  

   tracted 
  above; 
  legs 
  with 
  pale 
  hair; 
  abdomen 
  dull, 
  the 
  hind 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  tergites 
  with 
  rather 
  narrow 
  dull 
  white 
  hair 
  bands 
  ; 
  small 
  spines 
  

   at 
  sides 
  near 
  apex. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  November 
  23 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  Tl/^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58875. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  A. 
  usticauda 
  Cockerell 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  hair 
  bands 
  of 
  

   abdomen. 
  A. 
  franciscana 
  Cockerell 
  has 
  wings 
  yellowish 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   with 
  creamy-white 
  tomentum 
  beyond 
  second 
  tergite. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHORA 
  PELfiNI. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  12 
  mm.; 
  robust, 
  black, 
  including 
  face, 
  anten- 
  

   na, 
  and 
  legs; 
  hair 
  of 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  pleura, 
  and 
  thorax 
  posteriorly 
  white, 
  

   of 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  anterior 
  half 
  of 
  mesonotum 
  gray; 
  head 
  much 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long; 
  eyes 
  dark 
  brown; 
  clypeus 
  dull; 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  mesonotum, 
  

  

  