Records of Bees. 545 



finscription, and is obviously distinct from fervida. A. 

 hiiineralis is thus established as valid, and will be recognized 

 especially by the dark antennje ; anterior angles ot" pro- 

 thorax extremely prominent and sharp ; area of metathorax 

 very large, longer than postscntellum, finely rugulose all 

 over, but not otherwise sculptured ; posterior truncation 

 shining, with very strong sharp margins. Abdomen dullish, 

 uith tine punctures of different sizes ; hind spur with 

 only three spines, these very long. Vachal has proposed to 

 change the name to pattoni, on account of Sichel's earlier 

 humerulis, but I do not think SicheFs bee is congeneric. 



Alcidamea grinnelli. Cockerel]. 



Described from the ? in 1910. I have now before me 

 two males from the mountains near Claremont, California 

 {Baker, 7222, 7235). They are about 6 mm. long, resembling 

 A. siDiplex (Cress.), but easily separated by the strongly 

 dusky wings, more closely punctured mesothorax^ and 

 castaneous teguke. The process on second ventral segment 

 is of the same kind, though rather smaller. The liind 

 margins of the abdominal segments are ferruginous; the 

 apical process is distinctly broader, and reddish. The 

 Hagelluiu is bright ferruginous beneath. 



The Californian A. colei, Ci'awf., is considerably smaller, 

 with clearer wings. 



Ashmeadiella jioridana (Robertson). 



I have not seen Ileriades fioridanus, Rob., 1897, but 

 Professor Titus informed me many years ago that llobertsou 

 referred it to Ashmeadiella. 



Ashmeadiella meliloti (Cockerell). 

 (J . — Albu(iuer([ue, New Mexico, June 2, 191 1 {IVatson). 



Ashvieadiella wislizeni, sp. n. 



cJ . — Length about 5*5 mm. 



Black, similar to A. meliloti, but differing thus : the four 

 teeth at apex of abdomen nearly e(jual in size, the middle 

 pair hardly longer than broad ; niesothorax shining, with 

 large sparse puneturcs ; first r. n. joining second s.m. at a 

 distance from its base conspicuously less than length of 



