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mitteeman, always ready and willing to devote his spare time 

 to any work that was to be done, and what he did, was well 

 done. Mr. K. T. Cresson speaks of the early days of the 

 Society as follows : 



*' I remember the many nights Mr. Blake toiled with me in 

 the publication of the Proceedings and Transactions, and he 

 was ever ready and willing to help me when no others volun- 

 teered ; we worked together side by side at the case, and while 

 I rolled on the ink, he pulled the press — being the stronger. 

 He was a cheerful companion, and his good humor rendered the 

 work easier and the time passed more pleasantly. The Society 

 is greatly indebted to him for his endeavors in its behalf. ' ' 



He leaves two sons and several daughters, none of whom 

 'take an interest in the subject of entomology. His fine collec- 

 tion will be presented to the American Entomological Society. 



A New Bee of the Genus Andrena. 

 By T. D. a. Cockerell. 



Andrena placitae, n. sp. — % . Length about 7 mm. ; black, the abdomen 

 with a slight greenish lustre ; pubescence of head and thorax, above and 

 below, abundant, long and white ; face densely covered with white hair ; 

 abdominal segments with apical white hair-bands, broadly interrupted 

 on the first and second ; apex of abdomen densely tufted with white 

 hair. Process of labrum truncate-subemarginate ; mesothorax dull, 

 minutely rugose, sparsely but distinctly punctate ; the anterior part of 

 mesothorax is inclined to be greenish, the posterior part and scutellum 

 are slightly purplish ; enclosure of metathorax minutely rugose ; tegulae 

 pale testaceous ; wings a little yellowish, iridescent, stigma and nervures 

 dark reddish-brown ; stigma large ; legs black with white hair, the tarsi 

 rather dark ferruginous ; abdomen microscopically tessellate. Extremely 

 similar to A. geranii, Rob., but distinguished by the white tuft at end of 

 abdomen, the somewhat narrower abdomen, the much denser hair on 

 face, and the color of the antennae. The first recurrent nervure enters 

 the second submarginal cell at little beyond its middle. A. illinoensis,, 

 which has the tufted abdomen, is very different by its even larger stigma, 

 of orange color. The color of the antennae readily distinguishes A. 

 placitcE from A. sapello?iis. 



Hab. — Placita, New Mexico, about 6859 ft., April 25, 1903. 

 (T. n. A. & W. P. Cockerel/.) 



