286 Descriptions and Records of Bees. 



Band on second segment not thus narrowed ; 

 when {chnjsoboirycp) second segment is 

 rather broadly black right across basally, 

 bauds creamy white, and clypeus less 



coarsely punctured 12. 



1:.'. Hair on" thorax above white; bands not 

 yellowish-tinted ; band on fourth segment 

 not angulate in basal middle ; clypeus 

 with longitudinal ridges, between which 



are punctures anna;, Ckll. 



Hair on thorax above pale ochreous, cream- 

 colour, or fulvous ; clypeus without such 

 distinct ridges 13. 



13. Band on second abdominal segment about 



twice as broad at sides as in middle ; band 

 on fourth segment angulate in apical 



middle 14. 



Band on second abdominal segment about 

 as broad at sides as in middle, except at 

 extreme lateral margins ; bands on third 

 and fourth segments narrower and much 

 whiter than in chrysophila chrij^obotryce, Ckll. 



14. Hecond s.m. receiving first r. n. before 



beginning of its last third ; abdominal 

 bauds very pale ochreous, that on second 

 segment invaded by a lobe of black at 



sides basally araijalU (Ckll.). 



Second s.m. receiving first r. n. beyond 

 beginning of its last third ; abdominal 

 bands greyish white, that on second seg- 

 ment not invaded by a lobe of black at 

 sides basally chry)^ophila, Ckll. 



Melissodes svjfusa, Cresson. 



Falfurrias, Texas, May 18, 1907, on Ile/ianl/tas, 2 iS 

 {A. C. Mar (/an). 



Melissodes humilior, Cockerel 1. 



KiLo de los Frijolcs, New Mexico, Aug., 1 ? [T. D. A. 

 Cocker ell). 



Xenoglossa pruinosa (Say). 

 Santa Fc, Now Mexico, Aug. 2 (7'. J). A. Coc/arcll). 



