﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  425 
  

  

  small 
  notcli 
  for 
  the 
  foveal 
  spot 
  od 
  eacli 
  side 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  with 
  

   the 
  lower 
  three-fourths 
  entirely 
  yellow 
  ; 
  pleura 
  yellow, 
  

   except 
  its 
  broad 
  upper 
  margiu 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  much 
  darker, 
  

   with 
  successively 
  narrower 
  yellow 
  bauds 
  on 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  

   ground 
  ; 
  anterior 
  and 
  middle 
  tibise 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  stripe, 
  

   and 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  small 
  brown 
  mark 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  middle 
  

   femora. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Idyllwild, 
  San 
  Jacinto 
  Mts., 
  California, 
  abundant 
  at 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  Adenostoma 
  fasciculatum, 
  July 
  14, 
  1912 
  [P. 
  H. 
  

   Timberlake, 
  1). 
  

  

  The 
  plant 
  is 
  Rosaceous, 
  but 
  the 
  bee 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  

   species. 
  occurring 
  on 
  flowers 
  of 
  Compositee. 
  

  

  Halictus 
  ovaliceps, 
  Cockerell. 
  

  

  ^ 
  Whittier, 
  California, 
  April 
  16, 
  1913, 
  2 
  ? 
  ; 
  one 
  at 
  flowers 
  

   of 
  Rubus 
  vitifulius, 
  collecting 
  cream-coloured 
  pollen 
  ; 
  one 
  at 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  Phacelia 
  hispida, 
  collecting 
  light 
  blue 
  pollen 
  

   {F. 
  H. 
  Tiiabtrlake, 
  5). 
  

  

  Nomada 
  harimensis 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  (^ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  densely 
  rugoso-punctate, 
  with 
  

   thin 
  white 
  hair, 
  which 
  is 
  greyish 
  white 
  dorsally, 
  but 
  pure 
  

   white 
  on 
  cheeks, 
  middle 
  of 
  face, 
  and 
  underside 
  of 
  thorax 
  ; 
  

   head 
  broad; 
  mandibles 
  simple, 
  red 
  except 
  basally; 
  clypeus 
  

   all 
  black, 
  but 
  lower 
  corners 
  of 
  face 
  shining 
  yellow 
  ; 
  antennee 
  

   long 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  scape 
  swollen, 
  black 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  black, 
  

   bright 
  ferruginous 
  beneath 
  except 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  joints 
  ; 
  

   third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  fourth 
  ; 
  tubercles 
  

   and 
  tegulse 
  ferruginous, 
  thorax 
  otherwise 
  black 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   not 
  very 
  prominent. 
  Wings 
  clear, 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  stigma 
  ferruginous, 
  uervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  b. 
  n. 
  going 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  basad 
  of 
  t.-m. 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  joining 
  middle 
  of 
  

   second 
  s.m. 
  Legs 
  ferruginous, 
  black 
  basally 
  ; 
  femora 
  black 
  

   except 
  apex 
  and 
  about 
  apical 
  two-thirds 
  above 
  ; 
  tibise 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  patch 
  behind 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxse 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  apical 
  spot, 
  

   but 
  not 
  spined. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  without 
  evident 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  ; 
  first 
  segment 
  piceous, 
  with 
  a 
  curved, 
  bilobed, 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  red 
  band 
  on 
  disc 
  ; 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments 
  broadly 
  

   piceous 
  apical 
  ly, 
  otherwise 
  yellow 
  except 
  in 
  middle, 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  fourth 
  segment 
  similar, 
  except 
  that 
  

   the 
  yellow 
  is 
  reduced 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  is 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   apex 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  apical 
  plate 
  broad 
  and 
  entire; 
  venter 
  

   only 
  slightly 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  