﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  485 
  

  

  spots; 
  scutellum 
  of 
  female 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  tuft 
  of 
  black 
  hair; 
  second 
  

   submarginal 
  cell 
  very 
  broad. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  January 
  (Adan 
  Rivera). 
  Only 
  two 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  taken. 
  

  

  EUGLOSSA 
  SURINAMENSIS 
  Linnaeus 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Large 
  bees, 
  the 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  with 
  black 
  hair; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  first 
  tergite 
  black 
  haired, 
  the 
  others 
  red 
  or 
  reddish, 
  the 
  

   third 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  crimson 
  color, 
  the 
  apical 
  tergites 
  not 
  reddish, 
  

   and 
  with 
  outstanding 
  white 
  hair; 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  shining 
  dark 
  blue; 
  

   clypeus 
  bronzy, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  median 
  keel; 
  tongue 
  very 
  long, 
  curved, 
  

   labial 
  palpi 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  joints 
  very 
  minute; 
  scutellum 
  strongly 
  

   produced 
  posteriorly; 
  wings 
  dark, 
  the 
  three 
  submarginal 
  cells 
  sube- 
  

   qual 
  in 
  size, 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  joining 
  second 
  submarginal 
  far 
  

   from 
  end, 
  second 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  third 
  submarginal. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Common 
  at 
  Zamorano. 
  My 
  wife 
  found 
  a 
  nest, 
  with 
  

   many 
  bees, 
  in 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  guazuma 
  tree 
  {Guazuma 
  guazuma 
  L.). 
  

   This 
  was 
  also 
  taken 
  at 
  Agua 
  Amarilla, 
  December 
  15. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  extends 
  from 
  Mexico 
  to 
  Brazil; 
  whether 
  it 
  shows 
  any 
  

   racial 
  differentiation 
  in 
  this 
  wide 
  range 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  at 
  present 
  able 
  to 
  

   ascertain. 
  Friese 
  has 
  described 
  a 
  variety 
  from 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  Genus 
  EXAERETE 
  Hoflfmannsegg 
  

  

  EXAERETE 
  BILAMELLOSA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  or 
  nearly 
  12 
  mm,; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  the 
  

   thick 
  antennae 
  black, 
  but 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  produced 
  into 
  two 
  long, 
  

   parallel, 
  lamelliform, 
  shining 
  processes, 
  which 
  are 
  obscurely 
  reddish 
  

   apically; 
  legs 
  mainly 
  red, 
  but 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   black 
  on 
  outer 
  side; 
  abdomen 
  dark 
  greenish, 
  not 
  hairy; 
  tegulae 
  

   large, 
  dusky 
  reddish; 
  wings 
  clear, 
  with 
  black 
  markings 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   a 
  large, 
  quadrate 
  apical 
  spot 
  (its 
  inner 
  side 
  concave) 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  

   half 
  of 
  mxarginal 
  cell; 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  largest, 
  second 
  somewhat 
  

   larger 
  than 
  first, 
  very 
  broad; 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  joining 
  extreme 
  

   base 
  of 
  third 
  submarginal 
  cell, 
  second 
  recurrent 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  

   same 
  cell; 
  hind 
  spurs 
  quite 
  simple, 
  spurs 
  of 
  middle 
  legs 
  broadened, 
  

   tridentate 
  at 
  end; 
  head 
  smooth, 
  face 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  clypeus 
  

   not 
  carinate; 
  thorax 
  densely 
  shining, 
  without 
  erect 
  hairs; 
  hind 
  tro- 
  

   chanters 
  with 
  a 
  stout 
  dentiform 
  process. 
  The 
  mouth 
  parts 
  are 
  long. 
  

   In 
  some 
  specimens 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  purple 
  rather 
  than 
  green. 
  

  

  Honduras: 
  Zamorano, 
  November 
  10 
  (Vidales); 
  October 
  30, 
  on 
  

   adobe 
  wall. 
  Rather 
  common 
  at 
  Zamorano; 
  frequents 
  flowers 
  of 
  

   Duranta. 
  

  

  T7/pe.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58895. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  E. 
  frontalis 
  Guerin, 
  which 
  Schwarz 
  records 
  

   from 
  Barro 
  Colorado 
  Island, 
  Panama, 
  being 
  very 
  much 
  smaller. 
  

  

  