124 Vrscn'ptions and Records of Bees. 



Bnltenzovg, Java, Marcli 1909 {Bryant d; Palmer). U.S. 

 Nat. ]\ru.'<eutn. 



In Friese'.s table of Java TLdidus (1914) this runs nearest 

 to //. thoracicu.t, Friess, which Messrs. Bryant & Palmer also 

 took at Buitenzorg, but the sculpture of the thorax is entirely 

 diflferetit. 



Halictus palmeri, sp. n. 



(^ . — Length about .5'5 mm. ; anterior wing 5 mm. 



Black, rather robust for a male ; head and thorax with 

 very scanty dull white hair; head ordinary; clypeus pro- 

 duced, wholly black, shining, with sparse punctures ; front 

 slightly shining, with fine punctures; flagellum very faintly 

 brownish ; mesothorax and scutellum very highly polished, 

 with only microscopical sparse punctures ; area of meta- 

 thorax rather long, with very fine anastomosing plicfe, 

 appearing dull and granular under a lens ; tegul?9 dark 

 reddish. Wings dusky ; stigma and nervures dark reddish. 

 Legs black, tarsi reddish apically. Abdomen shining, im- 

 punctate, with thin pale hair on apical part, small patches of 

 white hair at lateral bases of second and third segments. 



Tjibodas, Mt. Gede, Java, alt. 4500 ft., Oct. 9, 1909 

 (Bri/ant cfc Palmer). U.S. Nat. Museum. 



Distinct from the species previously described from Java by 

 the highly polished mesothorax^ without evident punctures. 



Halictus gedensis J sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 6'5 ram. ; anterior wing 6 mm. 



Black, the head and thorax with scanty dull white hair ; 

 liead ordinary, rather broad ; mandibles black ; clypeus 

 shining, sparsely punctured, it and the supraclypeal area 

 distinctly longitudinally ridged in middle; front dull; fla- 

 gellum very obscurely reddish beneath ; mesothorax shining, 

 but not highly polished, with small shallow punctures, and 

 the surface microscopically tessellate between ; scutellum 

 with a median sulcus; postscutellum with long hair; area of 

 metathorax poorly defined, with irregular plicre on basal 

 part ; posterior truncation small ; tegulse reddish black. 

 Wings dusky, long and ample; stigma and nervures dark 

 brown. Legs black, with pale hair ; hind spur white, with 

 seven short spines. Abdomen shining, impunctate, without 

 liair-bnnds; apical part and geneial surface more or less 

 with pale hair, abundant on fifth segment. 



Tjiboda?, Mf. Gede, Java, alt. 5000 ft. {Bryant d: Palmer). 

 U.S. Nat. Museum. 



Runs in Friese's table to the much larger 11. jacohsoni, 

 Friese. 



