1920] Luiz and Cockerell, Notes on American Been 539 



B. californicus Smith, 1854, p. 400. cf (not 9 ). 



B. californicus Cresson, 1863, j). 97. S, cf (not 9 ). 

 B. flavifrons Smith, 1866, p. 343. Vancouver Island, Bkitihh Columbia. 



B. californicus HardUrsch, 1888, p. 243. Lo<;alitie8 unc-ertain. 



B. columhicus Dalla Torre, 1890, p. 139. N. n. for flavifrons Smith, not 

 Cresson. 



B. columbicus Cockerell, 1904e, p. 89. Los Angeles and Bear Valley, Cau- 

 fornia; (Davidson). 



Cockerell, 1910, p. 27. San Gabriel Mountains, near Pasadena, Cau- 

 fornia; 1750ft.; VII; (Grinnell). 



Franklin, 1913, p. 325. Oregon. Washington. Orsmby County, 

 Nevada. 



[F.] weisi Friese, 1903, p. 253. S (?), cT. San Carlos, Costa Rica. 

 Var. albocaudata, Bolivia. 



Friese, 1904a, p. 188. Banos, Ecuador; (Haensch). 

 B. (Bombias) tceisi. Franklin, 1913a, p. 148. San Antonio, Colombia. 

 Friese's workers probably belong to nigrodorsalis montezunue. 



Franklin, 1915, p. 412. Huascary, Peru; 6500 ft.; (Townsend). 

 See nigrodorsalis. 



[D.] wilmattse Cockerell, 19126, p. 21. {B. lateralis wilmattae) S , Anti- 

 gua* and Guatemala City, Guatemala; (W. P. Cockerell). 

 B. ephippiatus d Handlirsch, 1888, p. 233. Guatemala. 

 B. guatemalensis Franklin, 1913, pp. 196, 197. Nomen nudam. 

 Franklin, 1913a, p. 100. 9, S. Quich6, Guatemala. Ecuador. 

 Franklin, 1915, p. 414. Quezaltenago, Guatemala ; 7800 ft.; (Champion). 



Br emus Panzer 

 See Bombus. 



Calyptapis Cockerell, 1906e, p. 41 

 (Type: Calyptapis florissantensis Ckll.) 

 florissantensis Cockerell, 1906e, p. 42. Fossil. Florissant, Colorado; 

 (No. 4933, S. H. Scudder). ''Not far from certain species of the 

 modern Melissodes." 



Cockerell, 1908, p. 324. Fossil. Miocene Shales, Station 13 B. Florissant 

 Colorado; (W. P. Cockerell). Shown to belong to the Bombidae. 



PsiTHYRUs Lepeletier, 1832, p. 372 

 (Tyj)e: Apis rupestris Fabricius) 

 Apathus Newman, 1834, p. 404. 



Like Bombus, this genus has been divided into groups, Laboriosus^ 

 Ashtoni, and Fernaldcr, which are indicated here by their initials. It has 

 also been made a distinct family but there seems to be no excuse for 

 higher than subfamih' rank, and even this is very questionable. 



