Descr'ntt'wns and Records nf Bees. 2(')5 



XXXTir. — Ihactiptlons and llecords of Been. — XCV. 

 By 'J\ D. A. CuCKEKELL, UnivLT.sify of Coloriido. 



Exomalopsis hivkiuanni, sp. ii. 



$ . — Length ahout 9 mm. 



Similar in iieaily all respectji to E. solani, ('kll., Imt larger 

 aiul more robust ; seopa of liiiul legs pale rtifo-f'ulvoiis, 

 deepening in colour on the farsi, and becoming very biiglit 

 ferruginous on inner side o£ basitarsi. Wing3 dilute luligi- 

 iious. Middle tibia? on outer side covered uitli dark fuscous 

 hair. There is a })atcli of very dense creamy-white tomen- 

 tum on each side of face; eyes pale reddisli ; flagtlhnn very 

 ob-curely reddisli beneath ; hair of thorax tinge I with fulvous, 

 somrwliat redder beneath and on bases of legs ; tegulfB and 

 stigma black ; mesothorax highly polished, punctured ante- 

 riorly ; abdomen smooth and shining, white hair-bands on 

 maigins of second to fourth segments and patches at sides of 

 first, but no oblique hair-bands on second; hair at apex 

 of abdomen light greyish brown. 



Fedor, Texas, Nov. I'JlO, at flowers of Autiyouon It'ptopns. 



Taken by the Rev. G. Biikmann, who states that in 

 twenty-five years of industrious collecting in the locality he 

 has never seen another specimen. I am glad to name it after 

 the collector, who has made many additions to our knowledge 

 of Texas bees, but is now regretfully obliged t<» abandon the 

 study, owing to advancing age and poor eyesight. 



Andrena micvoc/tlora, sp. n. 



c? ('yps)- — Length nearly 6 mm. 



Dark green, clypeus pale yellow, with two black dots ; 

 head and thorax with very long white hair ; antennaj black, 

 third joint about as long as 4 4-5, but fifth con.spicuously 

 longer than fourth ; Hagellum thick ; process of labrum 

 emarginate ; front and vertex dull, the front minutely 

 striate ; mesothorax dullish, slightly glistening, microscopi- 

 cally tessellate, with very minute scattered punctures ; area 

 of metalhorax granular, hardly defined, blue-black, con- 

 trasting with the olive-green scutellum and postseutelluni ; 

 tegul?e piceoiis. Wings faintly dusky; stigma large, dull 

 ferruginous, nervures luscous ; secoml s.m. broad, reeeiving 

 first r. n. a little beyond middle. I^egs entirely dark, with 



Ann. (f- Mn;/. X. Hist. Ser. '.». I'.-/, x. 18 



