﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  481 
  

  

  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  squarely 
  truncate, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   (basal) 
  one 
  much 
  produced 
  and 
  pointed, 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   joining 
  the 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle; 
  legs 
  

   black, 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  front 
  legs 
  with 
  black 
  hair, 
  but 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  basi 
  tarsi 
  with 
  the 
  copious 
  hair 
  on 
  outer 
  side 
  pale 
  fulvescent; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  broad, 
  interrupted 
  yellow 
  

   band, 
  poorly 
  defined 
  posteriorly, 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  margin; 
  abdomen 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  dusky 
  yellowish, 
  without 
  bands. 
  

  

  El 
  Salvador: 
  Dept. 
  Santa 
  Tecla, 
  February 
  1947, 
  at 
  white 
  flowers 
  

   (Mauricio 
  Salazar). 
  

  

  T^/pc— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58890. 
  

  

  The 
  collector, 
  after 
  whom 
  it 
  is 
  named, 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  

   of 
  El 
  Salvador 
  butterflies. 
  

  

  Very 
  close 
  to 
  E. 
  umhracullela 
  umbracullela 
  Fabricius, 
  but 
  only 
  the 
  

   first 
  tergite 
  black. 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  variety. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MESOPLIA 
  Lepeletier 
  

  

  MESOPLIA 
  AZUREA 
  Lepeletier 
  

  

  With 
  shining 
  blue-green 
  abdomen, 
  red 
  legs, 
  first 
  three 
  joints 
  of 
  

   antennae 
  obscure 
  red, 
  tubercles 
  and 
  tegulae 
  red; 
  face 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silver-white 
  hairs 
  right 
  across; 
  scutellum 
  obtusely 
  bituberculate 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  apical 
  spot; 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  joining 
  

   apical 
  corner 
  of 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  ; 
  strongly 
  bifid 
  spur 
  of 
  middle 
  

   tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  bristles 
  on 
  anterior 
  branch. 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Antigua, 
  December 
  19 
  (A. 
  Pelen). 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell). 
  

  

  This 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  M. 
  azurea 
  guatemalensis 
  Cockerell, 
  

   1912, 
  from 
  Gualan, 
  Guatemala, 
  though 
  the 
  description 
  does 
  not 
  

   quite 
  agree. 
  Thus 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silver-white 
  hair, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  specimens 
  it 
  extends 
  right 
  across. 
  

   Since 
  the 
  original 
  Af. 
  azurea 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Guadaloupe 
  in 
  

   the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  one 
  would 
  expect 
  the 
  Central 
  American 
  insect 
  to 
  be 
  

   somewhat 
  different. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  Guatemala 
  insect, 
  

   from 
  Antigua, 
  is 
  appreciably 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  from 
  Zamorano, 
  and 
  

   the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  interstitial 
  whereas 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  it 
  joins 
  

   the 
  second 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  near 
  the 
  apex. 
  But 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  

   from 
  Zamorano, 
  February 
  7 
  (W. 
  P. 
  Cockerell) 
  has 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   joining 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell. 
  In 
  this 
  specimen 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  blue-green 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  also 
  true 
  of 
  

   the 
  Antigua 
  bee. 
  

  

  Friese 
  records 
  AI. 
  azurea 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  At 
  Zamorano 
  this 
  bee 
  visits 
  Duranta 
  plumieri. 
  

  

  