GENERA AND SUBGENERA OF BEES—SANDHOUSE 563 
Lasius PANZER. 
Faunae insectorum Germaniae initia, Heft 86, No. 16, 1804. 
Type.—Lasius salviae Panzer, 1804. (Monobasic.) 
Synonym of Podalirius Latreille, according to Dalla Torre, Catalogus Hymen- 
opterorum, vol. 10, p. 288, 1856. 
A proposal to place Anthophora Latreille, 1803, and Lasius Fabricius, 1804 
(type Formica nigra Linnaeus), on the Official List of generic names is 
before the International Commission. Approval of this proposal would 
result in the replacement of Lasius Panzer, 1804, and Podalirius Latreille, 
1802, by Anthophora Latreille. 
Leiopodus F. SmirH (=Melectoides TASCHENBERG; Liopodus ScHULz). 
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects .. . British Museum, pt. 2, p. 252, 1854. 
Type.—Leiopodus lacertinus F. SMiruH, 1854. (Monobasic.) 
Isogenotypic with Melectoides Taschenberg through Synonymy. 
Leioproctus F. SmirnH (=Lioproctus F. Smir#H). 
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects . . . British Museum, pt. 1, p. 8, 1853. 
Three species, 
Type.—Leioproctus imitatus F. SmrirH, 1853. (By designation of Cockerell, 
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soce., vol. 31, p. 348, 1905.) 
Lepidandrena HEDICKE. 
Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, vol. 19, p. 215, 1933. Many species. 
Type.—Andrena curvungula THomMpPson, 1870. (Original designation.) Pro- 
posed as a subgenus of Andrena Fabricius. 
Lepidotrigona SCHWARZ. 
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 76, p. 182, 1939. Three species. 
Type.—Trigona nitidiventris F. Smirx, 1857. (Original designation.) Pro- 
posed as a subgenus of Trigona Jurine. 
Leptergatis HOLMBERG. 
Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, vol. 2, p. 422, 1903. Three species. 
Type.—Leptergatis halictoides Ho-MBeERG, 1903. (By designation of Lutz and 
Cockerell, Bull. Amer. Mus, Nat. Hist., vol. 42, p. 592, 1920.) 
(Leptogiossa Friese, not Kiue, 1889) =Orphana VACHAL. 
Stettin. Ent. Zeit., vol. 86, p. 9, 1925. 
Type.—(Leptoglossa paradoxa Friese, 1925)=Orphana inquirenda VACcHAL, 
1909. (Monobasic.) 
Isogenotypic with Orphana Vachal through Synonymy. 
Leptoglossa Friese is preoccupied, but since it is a synonym of Orphane 
Vachal no replacement name is needed. 
Leptometria HOLMBERG. 
Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, vol. 2, p. 409, 1903. Three species. 
Type.—Leptometria pereyrae Hotmpera, 1903. (By designation of Bréthes, 
Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 218, 1910.) 
Leptorachis MITCHELL. 
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 59, pp. 801, 308, and 311, 1934. Eleven species. 
Type.—Megachile petulans CrESSON, 1878. (Original designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Megachile Latreille. 
Lestis LEPELETIFR AND SERVILLE. 
Encycl. Méthod., Hist. Nat., Ins., vol. 10, pp. 795 and 799, 1828. 
Type.—(Apis) Centris muscaria (Fasrictus), 1775. (Original designation.) 
(Apis) Centris bombylans (Fasrictus), 1775, designated by Taschenberg, 
Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr., vol. 27, p. 82, 1883. 
