GENERA AND SUBGENERA OF BEES—SANDHOUSE 589 
Podalirius LArrEInLE (=Anthophora LATREILLE). 
Histoire naturelle de fourmis, pp. 415 and 429, 1802. Five species. 
Type.—(Apis pilipes Fasrictus, 1775)=Apis acervorum LINNAEUS, 1758. 
(Autobasie with Anthophora. ) 
A proposal is before the International Commission to place Anthophora 
Latreille on the Official List of Generic Names. Approval would result 
in the suppression of Podalirius Latreille and Lasius Panzer, 1804. 
(Podasys RAFINESQUE) =Dasypoda LATREILLE, 
Analyse de la nature... , p. 128, 1815. 
Type.—Andrena hirtipes Fapricius, 1798. (Autobasic.) 
Proposed unnecessarily for Dasypoda Latreille. 
Poecilandrena HEDICKE. 
Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, vol. 19, p. 218, 1933. Many species. 
Type.—Andrena labiata Faxsrictus, 1781. (Original designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Andrena Fabricius. 
Poecilobombus DALLA TORRE. 
Ber. naturw.-med. Ver., Innsbruck, vol. 12, p. 28, 1882. Three species. 
Type.—Bomobus sitkensis NYLANDER, 1848. (Present designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Bombus Latreille. 
Poecilocentris FRIESE. 
Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien, vol. 15, p. 244, 1900. Six species. 
Type.—Centris (Poecilocentris) fasciatella Friese, 1900. (Present designa- 
tion.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Centris Fabricius. 
Poecilomelitta FRIESE. 
Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., p. 574, 1913. Two species. 
Type.—Poecilomelitta flavida Friesr, 1913. (Present designation.) 
Policana FRIESE. 
Zool. Jahrb., Abt. Syst., Jena, vol. 29, p. 651, 1910. Three species. 
Type.—Oolletes (Policana) herbsti Frist, 1910. (Present designation.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Colletes Latreille. 
Polybiapis COCKERELL. 
Ent. News, vol. 27, p. 208, 1916. Two species. 
Type.—Polybiapis mimus CocKFRELL, 1916. (Original designation. ) 
Polyglossa FRIESE. 
In Schultze, Zool. und anthropol. Ergebn. Forschungsreise Siidafrika, vol. 2, 
p. 123, 1909. Four species. 
Type.—Polyglossa albitarsis Friese, 1909. (Present designation.) 
(Pomobombus Kriicger) —Rhodobombus Daria Torre. 
Ent. Mitt., vol. 6, p. 65, 1917. Two species. 
Type—(Bremus) Bombus pomorwm (PANZEB), 1804. (Present designation 
beeause of virtual tautonymy.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Bombus Latreille. 
TIsogenotypic with Rhodobombus Dalla Torre. 
Pratobombus Voer. 
Sitz.-Ber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin, p. 49, 1911. Hight species. 
Type.—(Apis) Bremus pratorum (LINNAEUS), 1761. (By designation of 
Frison, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 53, p. 67, 1927.) 
Proposed as a subgenus of Bombus Latreille. 
