Records of Bees. 363 



Colletes honoratuSy sp. n. 



^ . — Lciiolh about 10 mm., anterior wiii^j; about 7*3 mm. 



Black, iiicludiiiii^ '^^^j aMteiiu*, and niaiKlibbs, the bist 

 ol>.scurcly reddisli apically ; hair oi' face and fiont lon^ and 

 pale I'ulvous, of cheeks dull vvldte, o£ thoiacic dorsum bright 

 fox-red, of other parts of thorax yellowish wliite ; abdomen 

 with five uarrow but very distinct sordid white hair-bands ; 

 lobes of tongue unusually small; malar sj)ace nearly as long 

 as broad ; third antennal joint much shorter than fourth ; 

 base of metathoiax with a broad transverse channelj above 

 w hich is a narrow shining band, crossed by ratlnn* irregular 

 and weak ridges ; mesothorax shining, but with numerous 

 strong punctures ; tegulae dark lufo-fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous, second s.m. very broad. 

 Abdomen siiining, with fine distinct punctures, a little denser 

 on second segment than on first ; apex broadly rounded. 



Simla, India, Sept. lc?98 [Nurse). 



On account of the red hair on thorax, it resembles C. saactus, 

 Ckll., but it differs in the abdominal bands, malar space, &c. 

 It is actually very close to C. daviesianus, Sm., which 

 extends from Europe to Central Asia. From daviesianus it 

 differs by being larger, with more distinctly and closely 

 jtunctured abdomen (especially second segment), the broader 

 second s.m., the larger malar space, and the much longer 

 tourth antennal joint. C. tuherculatus, Mor., is another ally 

 of daviesianus, from Turkestan ; but it is considerably 

 smaller, and has tubercles ou the fifth and sixth ventral 

 segments of abdomen. 



Colletes idoneus, sp. n. 



(J. — Length about 10 mm., anterior wing G'S mm. 



Black, including legs, antennse (the fiagellum obscurely 

 redilish beneath), and mandibles (except apical part dark 

 reddish) ; hair of head and thorax dense and white, distinctly 

 yellowish on face and thoracic dorsum ; hair of thorax above 

 short ; malar s[)ace much Ijroader than long; lobes of tongue 

 large ; fourth antennal joint little longer than third ; meso- 

 thorax densely and strongly punctured ; metathorax with 

 abundant long hair; tegulai small, rufo-testaceous. Wings 

 clear, stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous. Abdomen 

 dullish, finely and closely punctured, on second segment 

 appearing minutely rugose and dull, on third and fourth 

 somewhat shining; six broad, entire, dense, wdiite hair-bands, 

 but black hairs on the dark portions of the segments j venter 

 shining, with dense, narrow, puie white hair-bands, the fifth 



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