iiecorda of Bees, 4:17 



Second abdominal segment with an apical 



hair-band 3. 



1. Disc of scutellum witli black liair r/lobosu (Fabr.). 



Disc of scutellum with fulvous hair '2. 



2. Basitarsus with much black hair pulchellit, Cresson. 



Jiasitrtrsus with pale hair sivdlis, Cresson. 



3. Second segment of abdomen with a narrow 



apical band of snow-white hair verbesince, Ckll. 



Second segment with a broad band 4. 



4. Abdominal hair-bands clear white; e^'es 



ftreeu chlorina, sp. n. 



Abdominal bands greyish or yellowish ; eyes 

 not ^reen 5. 



5. Hind legs with much black hair G. 



Hind legs with hair mainly or nearly all pale ; 



species of Anthophorula j 7. 



6. Flarrelluni ferruginous, beneath, abdomen 



broader niteyis, Ckll. 



Flagellum dark coflfee-brown beneath albovittata, sp. n. 



7. Tegulse rufo-testaceous ; stigma larger, pale 



amber texana, Friese. 



TegulfB dark; stigma smaller 8, 



8. Disc of mesothorax polished and smooth .... coquilletti, Ashmead. 

 Disc of mesothorax punctured moryani, Ckll. 



Exomalopsis albovittata, sp. n. 



5 . — Length nearly 7 mm. 



Closely allied to the Califoruian E. nitens, but less robust ; 

 flagellum dark; hair of face pure white ; disc of mesothorax 

 with fine but distinct punctures; hair of scutellum shorter 

 and greyish instead of yellowish; hair on base of first 

 abdominal segment pure white, apex of first segment with 

 only a rather small patch of white hair on each side. The 

 loose scopa of hind tibiae and tarsi is black behind (above) 

 and white in front; the wings are dusky, and the tegulse 

 are piceous. 



Oaxaca, Mexico {Crawford). U.S. Nat. Museum. 



There is some resemblance to Leptergatis globulifera, but* 

 the front is smooth and shining in the Exomalopsis, densely 

 punctured in the Leptcryatis. 



Exomalopsis chlorina, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 6 ram. 



Eyes bliiisli green ; hair at sides of face dense and pure 

 Avhite ; flagellum red beneath, dark above ; hair of thorax 

 white; tegulse rufo-piceous; wings clear, stigma and nervures 

 pale amber ; stigma mucii smaller than in E. texana ; bands 

 on abdominal segments 2-5 broad and pure white; scopa 

 of hind legs on outer side white, blackish at base of tibia, 



