﻿BEES 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AMERICA 
  — 
  COCKERELL 
  487 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  similar 
  to 
  B. 
  formosus 
  that 
  we 
  are 
  led 
  to 
  wonder 
  

   whether 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  variety, 
  but 
  its 
  black 
  abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  

   yellow 
  V 
  is 
  distinctive 
  and 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  considerable 
  series 
  of 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  Males 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  are 
  probably 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  They 
  

   have 
  the 
  first 
  two, 
  or 
  first 
  three, 
  tergites 
  with 
  very 
  light 
  yellow 
  or 
  

   white 
  hair, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  median 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  tergite 
  beyond, 
  and 
  

   hence 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  V. 
  The 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  is 
  black, 
  or 
  mainly 
  

   white 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  The 
  genitalia, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  exposed, 
  resemble 
  those 
  

   of 
  B. 
  montezumae 
  Cockerell, 
  the 
  volsellae 
  with 
  blunt 
  and 
  quadrate 
  

   apices. 
  But 
  the 
  apical 
  abdominal 
  tergites 
  lack 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  pile 
  of 
  

   B. 
  montezumae. 
  In 
  Franldin's 
  key 
  the 
  male 
  runs 
  to 
  B. 
  ephippiatus 
  Say. 
  

  

  BOMBUS 
  MATEONIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  14 
  mm.; 
  head 
  with 
  mostly 
  long 
  black 
  hair, 
  

   white 
  on 
  cheeks, 
  partly 
  white 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  above 
  antennae; 
  

   malar 
  space 
  in 
  middle 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  apex; 
  thorax 
  above 
  

   with 
  long 
  black 
  hair, 
  a 
  little 
  pale 
  anteriorly; 
  pleura 
  with 
  light 
  yellow 
  

   hair; 
  tegulae 
  black; 
  wings 
  dusky 
  reddish, 
  translucent; 
  legs 
  with 
  black 
  

   hair, 
  a 
  little 
  pale 
  at 
  base; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  yellow 
  hair 
  on 
  first 
  three 
  

   tergites, 
  on 
  third 
  black 
  at 
  sides; 
  apical 
  tergites 
  black, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  pale 
  

   hair 
  at 
  extreme 
  apex. 
  I 
  was 
  prepared 
  to 
  regard 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  race 
  of 
  B. 
  

   ephippiatus 
  Say, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  runs 
  in 
  Franklin's 
  tables, 
  but 
  the 
  genitalia 
  

   are 
  different. 
  The 
  claspers 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  are 
  broadly 
  truncate, 
  slightly 
  

   notched, 
  and 
  their 
  inner 
  lobe 
  is 
  briefly 
  bidentate 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  the 
  sagittae 
  

   are 
  strongly 
  curved, 
  and 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  the 
  

   genitalia 
  are 
  nearest 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  B. 
  montezumae 
  Cockerell, 
  yet 
  not 
  

   identical. 
  

  

  Guatemala; 
  San 
  Mateo, 
  from 
  Antigua, 
  several 
  collected 
  by 
  A. 
  

   Pelen. 
  

  

  T^/^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  58898. 
  

  

  BOMBUS 
  WILMATTAE 
  Cockerell 
  

  

  Guatemala: 
  Rio 
  Pensativa, 
  December 
  18 
  (A. 
  Pelen). 
  One 
  worker. 
  

   The 
  type 
  locality 
  is 
  Antigua, 
  Guatemala. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  light 
  hair 
  on 
  pleura 
  and 
  on 
  thorax 
  above, 
  except 
  

   for 
  a 
  black 
  interalar 
  band. 
  The 
  first 
  abdominal 
  tergite 
  has 
  pale 
  hair, 
  

   the 
  second 
  pale, 
  but 
  black 
  at 
  sides, 
  the 
  third 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  patch 
  

   in 
  middle, 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  abdomen 
  black. 
  

  

  BOMBUS 
  MEXICANUS 
  Cresson 
  (UNIFASCIATUS 
  Smith) 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  yellow 
  band 
  on 
  abdomen. 
  

   Honduras 
  : 
  Zamorano 
  ; 
  very 
  abundant, 
  especially 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  

   of 
  Duranta 
  plumieri. 
  I 
  also 
  have 
  it 
  from 
  Antigua, 
  Guatemala 
  (Pelen). 
  

  

  