Records of Bees. 565 



"wliite, of sides of nietatliorax black above and white below, 

 of «ireater part of pleura black, but on ventral surface of 

 thorax lonj;, dense and white ; tubercles friugcd with white 

 hair ; tcguhe shining: dark piceous. AVings moderately dusky 

 (greyish) throughout; stiguia and nervures piceous ; second 

 s.m. very broad, niceiving first r. n, about middle. Legs 

 normal, with largely black hair ; hind femora with a large 

 pale scopa, full of cream-coloured pollen in the type 

 specimen. Abdomen smooth and shining, without distinct 

 })unetures, the apical segments finely roughened ; hind 

 margins of sej^ments with narrow white hair-bands, that on 

 first failing in middle; apical ])art of fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments especially, before the band, with coarse black hairs ; 

 sixth segment with fine greyish hair, and with black bristles 

 at sides. 



Hub. Quirigua, Guatemala (TV. P. Cockeretl). 



Related to C. uantlanus, Ckll., but that lias entirely black 

 antennse, well-punctured abdomeu, &c. Also related to 

 C. scnilia, Sm., but that has clear wings, hair of face palti 

 fulvous, &c. 



CoUeies u.digucnsis, sp. n. 



? . — Similar to C. motaguensis, but conspicuously more 

 robust, and the shining, extremely minutely punctured 

 abdomeu is wholly without hair-bands ; other differences 

 are as follows : central pit of labrum broader ; autennse 

 longer, flagellum black ; long hair of face with a good deal 

 of black intermixed, and a little black on lower part of 

 cheeks ; hair of thorax above more abundant, no pale band 

 along hind margin of mesothorax ; hair of seutellum and 

 postscutellum both black ; metathorax with more black 

 hair ; hair of pleura all black, except a little on lower jiart 

 posteriorly ; hair on thorax beneath not conspicuously pale; 

 tegulje punctiired ; hair of legs practically all black or 

 sooty, except that on inner side of front tarsi, which is pale 

 orange ; first abdominal segment with long black hair. 



Hab. Antigua, Guatemala {IV. P. Cockerell). 



Differs from C. niger, Swenk, by the partly grey hair, 

 striate malar space, })iceous spurs, &c. The anterior coxae 

 are without spines. The prothoracic spines are small, wholly 

 hidden by the long hair. The second joint of hind tarsi is 

 large and triangular. 



Prosopis gualanica, sp. n. 



(J . — Length about 7 mm. 



Black, with lemon-yellow markings; marginal cell and 



