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  Descriptions 
  and 
  Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  

  

  Band 
  on 
  second 
  segment 
  not 
  thus 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  

   when 
  {chnjsohotrya) 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  

   rather 
  broadly 
  bhack 
  right 
  across 
  basally, 
  

   bauds 
  creamy 
  white, 
  and 
  clypeus 
  less 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured 
  12. 
  

  

  12. 
  Hair 
  on 
  thorax 
  above 
  white 
  ; 
  bauds 
  not 
  

  

  yellowish-tinted 
  ; 
  baud 
  on 
  fourth 
  segment 
  

   not 
  augulate 
  iu 
  basal 
  middle 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   with 
  longitudinal 
  ridges, 
  between 
  which 
  

  

  are 
  punctures 
  amice, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Hair 
  on 
  thorax 
  above 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  cream- 
  

   colour, 
  or 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  without 
  such 
  

   distinct 
  ridges 
  13. 
  

  

  13. 
  Baud 
  on 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  about 
  

  

  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  sides 
  as 
  iu 
  middle 
  ; 
  baud 
  

   on 
  fourth 
  segment 
  angulate 
  in 
  apical 
  

  

  middle 
  14. 
  

  

  Band 
  on 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  about 
  

   as 
  broad 
  at 
  sides 
  as 
  iu 
  middle, 
  except 
  at 
  

   extreme 
  lateral 
  margins; 
  bands 
  on 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  narrower 
  and 
  much 
  

   whiter 
  than 
  in 
  cJirysophila 
  chryi^obotri/(P, 
  Clill. 
  

  

  14. 
  Second 
  s.m. 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  before 
  

  

  beginning 
  of 
  its 
  last 
  third 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  

   bands 
  very 
  pale 
  ochreous, 
  that 
  on 
  second 
  

   segment 
  invaded 
  by 
  a 
  lobe 
  of 
  black 
  at 
  

  

  sides 
  basally 
  aragalli 
  (Ckll.). 
  

  

  Second 
  s.m. 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  beyond 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  its 
  last 
  tliird 
  ; 
  abdomiual 
  

   bands 
  greyish 
  white, 
  that 
  ou 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  not 
  invaded 
  by 
  a 
  lobe 
  of 
  black 
  at 
  

   sides 
  basally 
  chrysophila, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Melissodes 
  svffusa, 
  Cresson. 
  

  

  Falfurrias, 
  Texas, 
  May 
  18, 
  1907, 
  on 
  Helianlhus, 
  2 
  (^ 
  

   {A. 
  C. 
  More/ 
  an). 
  

  

  Melissodes 
  humilior, 
  Cockercll. 
  

  

  Rito 
  de 
  los 
  Frijoles, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Aug., 
  1 
  ? 
  [T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  

   Cockerell). 
  

  

  Xenoglossa 
  2>rumosa 
  (Say). 
  

   Santa 
  Fe, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  Aug. 
  2 
  {T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockcrcil). 
  

  

  