GENERA AND SUBGENERA OF BEES—SANDHOUSE 569 
(Mehelya Popov, not Csik1, 1908 =Barbata MrHety, 1935, not HumpnHrey, 1797, 
not Swainson, 1840) =Mehelyana, new name. 
Compt. Rend. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. U. R. S. S., new ser., vol. 25, p. 167, 
1959. 
Type.—Prosopis friesei ALFKEN, 1904. (Autobasic.) 
Mehelyana, new name (=Mehelya Popov, 1939, not Csrk1, 1903; Barbata 
MEHELY, 1935, not HumMpuHREY, 1797, not SwAInson, 1840). 
Type.—Prosopis friesei ALFKEN, 1904. (Autobasic.) 
Melanapis CAMERON. 
Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soe., vol. 14, p. 420, 1802. 
Type.—Melanapis violaceipennis CAMERON, i902. (Monobasic.) 
Melandrena PrREz. 
Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. 44, p. 170, 1880. Ten species. 
Type.—Andrena morio Bruit, 1832. (By designation of Hedicke, Mitt. 
Zool. Mus. Berlin, vol. 19, p. 216, 1933.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Andrena Fabricius. 
Melanempis SAUSSURE. 
Fn Grandidier, Hist Nat. Madagascar, vol. 20, Hymen., pt. 1, p. 84, 1890. 
Type.—Phileremus (Melanempis) ater SaussurE, 1890. (Monobasic.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Philermus Latreille. 
Melanobombus Datta Torre (—Lapidariobombus VocrT). 
Naturhistoriker, vol. 2, p. 40, 1880. Four species. 
Type.—(Apis) Bombus lapidarius (LINNAEUS), 1758. (Present designa- 
tion. ) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Bombus Latreille. 
Tsogenotypic with Lapidariobombus Vogt. 
Melanocentris FRIESE. 
Ann. naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 15, pp. 241 and 244, 1900. Many species. 
Type.—Centris atra Frirse, 1900. (Present designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Centris Fabricius. 
Melanomada COCKERELL. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 55, p. 587, 1903. 
Type.—Nomada grindeliae CocKERELL, 1903. (Monobasie and_ original 
designation. ) 
Melanosarus MITCHELL. 
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 59, pp. 303 and 807, 1934. Seven species. 
Type—Megachile zylocopoides F. Smirn, 1853. (Original designation. ) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Megachile Latreille. 
Meianosmia SCHMIEDEKNECHT. 
Apidae Europaeae, vol. 2, pp. 19 [885] and 76 [942], 1884-86 [1885]. Seven 
species. 
Type.—Osmia fuciformis LAtTRrIntLE, 1811. (By designation of Sandhouse, 
Mem. Ent. Soc. Washington, No. 1, p. 33, 1939.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Osmia Panzer. 
Melanostelis ASHMEAD. 
Psyche, vol. 8, p. 288, 1898. 
Type—(Melanostelis betheli ASHMEAD, 1898)=—(Stelis) Chelynia rubi 
(COCKERELL), 1898. (Monobasie and original designation. ) 
Melea, new name (—Anthomoessa RoserTsoN, 1905, not AGAssIz, 1846). 
Type.—Anthophora abrupta Say, 1837. (Autobasic.) 
