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the apical margins of the segments, that on the first ahnost 

 obsolete. 



($ . — Similar in most respects ; face entirely dark ; antennae 

 entirely dark ; abdomen a little more punctured, more gene- 

 rally pruinose, with the hair-bands less distinct; pubescence 

 generally longer, but of the same colour on head and thorax. 



Hah. Beulah, N. M., July 26, 1899 {Wilmatfe Porter). 



Andrena vicina. Smith, 1853. 



Hah. Beulah, N. M., May 30, 1899, at flowers of wild 

 plum, 3 ? {Wilmatte Porter). 

 New to New Mexico. 



Andrena platyparia, race occidentalism Ckll., 1896. 



Hah. Beulah, N. M., July 26, 1899, 1 ^ {Wilmatte 

 Porter^. 



Andrena argemoniSy Ckll., 1896. 



Hah. Las Vegas, July 21, at flowers of Pelalostetnon can- 

 didus, 1 (^ , 1 ? {Ckll.); July 30, at flowers of Cleome 

 serrulata, 1 ? ( Wilmatte Porter)] Aug. 11, at flowers of Petalo- 

 stemoti candiduSj 2 ? {W. Porte?-). Gallinas River, at La 

 Cueva, Aug. 6, 1 ? {Porter ^ Ckll.). San Geronimo, at 

 flowers of Petalostemon Candidas^ July 23, 1 (^, 3 ? (^1. 

 Garlick) . 



Andr'ena americana, Dalla Torre, 1896. 



Hah. San Ignacio, Sept. 1, 2 ? ( Wilmatte Porter) ; Beulah, 

 end of August, 1 ^ {Ckll). 



New to New Mexico, and quite unexpected here. The 

 specimens agree with those from Connecticut. 



Andrena heliantki, Rob., 1891. 



Hah. Las Vegas, Aug. 11, 1 ? {A. Garlick) ; Aug. 2. at 

 flowers of Verbesina enceh'oides, 1 S ( Wilmatte Porter) ; 

 Aug. 12, at flowers of Helianthus annuus, 1 ^ {A. Ooj-lick). 

 Rociada, Aug. 20, 1 ? {Ckll). 



Andrena mellea, Cresson, 1868. 



Hah. Las Vegas, Aug. 11, 1 ? {A. Garlick). 

 A beautiful species, previously known only by the unique 

 type. 



