■•- '• uncords of Bees. 1 1 



G. Larger; clypeiis strongly punctured and with a 



midian rai.-iod lino ellisia, Ckll. 



Suiallor ; middle of elypeus sluninjif aud broadly [C'resson. 



iiiipunclato ( May '23, Hs. apple) bipunctata, 



Tlic following arc new record!^ of Rocky Mountain 

 Andrena : — 



Andrena apacheurum, Cockerel 1. — Females at flowers of 

 Krifjcrun mucruntkus, Estcs Park, Colorado {Frances 

 Lung) ; llio Kuidoso, New Mexico, at Verhascum tfiap- 

 sus, July 23, prox. 6900 ft. alt. (C\ H. T. Townsend). 



A. prunorum, Cockercll. — This species is generally repre- 

 sented in Northeru Colorado by forms referable to 

 variety or subspecies gillettei, Cockerell. A series 

 examined showed much variation, and were tabulated 

 as follows : — 



Females 1 . 



Males 2. 



1. Scape red. (Boulder, July 14: Find M. 



Dean.) prunorum. 



Scape black. (Boulder, July 14; Fuul 



M. Dean.) priaiorum gilleHei. 



2. Second abdomiual segment red, except a 



black mark on each tide. (Colorado 

 Spriugs, Colorado, at Cymoptenis 



acuulii, April 19 ; W. P. Cockerell.) prunorum gillettei, form a. 

 Second abdomiual segment black, Avitli 

 hind uuirgiu red 3. 



3. Hair of tbora.t above light fulvous ; no 



lateral face-marks. (Florissant, Colo- 

 rado, at Antennaria microphylla, 



June I'O ; <S'. A. liohwer.) prunorum gillettei, form h. 



Hair of thorax above white ; minute 

 lateral face-marks. (Boulder, at 

 Aryemone,i\x\s\o; W. P. Cockerell.) prunorum gillettei, ioxva. c, 



A. livisii, Cockercll. — Female. Half Way (Pike's Peak), 

 Colorado, at Rubus strlgosus {Frances Long) . 



Colletes punctipennis, Crcssou. 



Described from the female, from Orizaba, Mexico. From 

 the British ^luseum 1 have what 1 suppose to be the male of 

 the same species, from Guatemala (F. Smith's collection, 

 79. 22). Malar space short, more than twice as wide as 

 long ; apiciil half of mandibles reddish ; labrura with a 

 broad aud rather shallow central pit; clypeus depressed iu 



