﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  477 
  

  

  22, 
  1946 
  (A. 
  Pelen). 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  whitish, 
  scarcely 
  

   fulvous, 
  the 
  subapical 
  black 
  spot 
  of 
  abdomen 
  small 
  and 
  obscure, 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  on 
  femora, 
  and 
  posteriorly 
  on 
  tibiae 
  and 
  in 
  

   part 
  on 
  basitarsi. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  front 
  tarsi 
  red. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  58884. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  Fabricius, 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  merely 
  says: 
  "A. 
  thorace 
  cinereo, 
  abdomine 
  rufo, 
  

   tibiis 
  posticis 
  hirsutissimis." 
  Lepeletier 
  described 
  the 
  female 
  (from 
  

   Cayenne) 
  as 
  having 
  black 
  legs, 
  but 
  Friese 
  says 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  red. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  is 
  certainly 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  form 
  described 
  by 
  Lepeletier, 
  

   from 
  an 
  unknown 
  locality, 
  as 
  C. 
  trigonoides, 
  yet 
  not 
  quite 
  the 
  same. 
  

   This 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  C. 
  tarsata 
  Smith, 
  which 
  Friese 
  

   regards 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  C. 
  lanipes, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  the 
  

   basitarsi 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  black 
  haired, 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  only 
  in 
  female. 
  

   Smith 
  describes 
  the 
  legs 
  as 
  red. 
  The 
  original 
  C. 
  tarsata 
  came 
  from 
  

   Santarem, 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  recognizable 
  subspecies 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  suhtarsata, 
  taking 
  the 
  male 
  for 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  CENTRIS 
  (RHODOCENTRIS) 
  TRIANGULIFERA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  12.5 
  mm.; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  black 
  

   (except 
  that 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  obscurely 
  reddish), 
  abdomen 
  clear 
  

   ferruginous, 
  without 
  markings; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  ob- 
  

   scurely 
  brown 
  beneath; 
  face 
  marks 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   very 
  large 
  widely 
  separated 
  triangular 
  marks 
  just 
  above 
  clypeal 
  

   margin, 
  their 
  outer 
  side 
  incised 
  or 
  concave, 
  a 
  large 
  patch 
  on 
  outer 
  

   side 
  of 
  mandibles, 
  well 
  separated 
  from 
  lower 
  border, 
  and 
  the 
  labrum 
  

   whitish, 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  border 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  parallel 
  lines, 
  not 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  lower 
  margin, 
  black; 
  no 
  lateral 
  face 
  marks, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  simulated 
  

   by 
  dense 
  white 
  hair; 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  faintly 
  pubescent 
  

   hair 
  above 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  above 
  each 
  antenna; 
  

   vertex 
  with 
  black 
  hair, 
  cheeks 
  with 
  white; 
  thorax 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescent 
  

   hair, 
  short 
  black 
  hairs 
  interspersed 
  on 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  thorax 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair; 
  tegulae 
  dark 
  reddish; 
  wings 
  dusky; 
  hair 
  of 
  legs 
  pale, 
  

   white 
  on 
  femora, 
  pubescence 
  on 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  short 
  and 
  black 
  on 
  

   inner 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  legs; 
  abdomen 
  clear 
  ferruginous, 
  including 
  first 
  

   tergite, 
  which 
  has 
  long 
  creamy-white 
  hair. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  30 
  (Adan 
  Rivera). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58885. 
  

  

  In 
  Friese's 
  table 
  this 
  species 
  runs 
  best 
  to 
  C. 
  tarsata, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   distinct 
  species, 
  recognizable 
  by 
  the 
  face 
  markings. 
  

  

  CENTRIS 
  (RHODOCENTRIS) 
  DENTATA 
  Smith 
  

  

  A 
  rather 
  large 
  species 
  with 
  red 
  abdomen, 
  with 
  no 
  yellow 
  marks 
  on 
  

   second 
  tergite; 
  clypeus 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  black 
  marks 
  on 
  

  

  