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segment at apex and the second at base, with whitish 

 pubescence (this is worn off in one specimen), apical 

 dorsal segment emarginate. Length, 19-21 mm. 



El Taste, west side and at 3,400 feet; San Jose del 

 Cabo, October; Cypress Mills, Texas {Col/. G. B. Cres- 

 son). This is the first species known to occur north of 

 South America, and it is very distinct from the other 

 described species by its non-metallic color of abdomen, 

 and by the eyes approaching closely on the vertex. Its 

 nearest ally is an undescribed species from Brazil in the 

 collection of George B. Cresson, which differs from it 

 by the entirely fuscous wings and in the coloration of 

 pubescence. 



Xylocopa varipuncta Patton. Three specimens. 

 West side of El Taste, 



Xylocopa orpifex Sm. Ten ? and ? specimens. 

 Comondu (Haines), March. El Taste, 3,400 feet. 



Xylocopa sp. Twelve specimens of a large species 

 that may be iTuipennis DeG. San Jose del Cabo. Octo- 

 ber. Qoxnow^w { Haines), March. 



ExoMALOPSis PULCHELLA Cr. San Jose del Cabo, 

 October. Three ? specimens. 



BoMBUS sonorensis Say. Comondu (^//(r?/;/f5), March. 

 El Taste, 3,400 feet. Six females, six neuters. 



In addition to the foregoing, the following species were 



noted in the former paper : 



ChrysiH sonorensis Cam. Notoyonia anjentata Bve. 



Par?iopes chrysoprasi/ia (?) Sm. Gorytes eximhis Prov. 



Sphcerophfhalma erudita Cress. Masarla maculifrons Fox. 



Photopsis inconspicuns BL Odynertis myi^tecus Sauss. 



Photopsis nokomis BL Odynerus Saussurei Fox. 



Photopsis nigriventris Fox. Hcdictus desertus Sm. 



Photoijsis Blakeii Fox. Agapostemon nasntus Sm. 



Brachycistis petiolatus Fox. Panurgus halictoides Fox. 



Brachycistis castaneus Cress. Calliopsis margaritensis Fox. 



