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SALICACE.C. 



Salix sp., at Mesilla, May 4, 1897 (Ckll.). The following bees at the J* 



flowers: Prosopis mesillce Ckll., ?; Perdita salicis Ckll., (^ $; 



Halicius subobscurus Ck[\., $. 

 Salix sp., at Las Vegas Hot Springs, 1899 (VVilmatte Porter). Hym. : 



Andretta porters CkW., 9- 

 Salix sp., at Beulah, Sapello Canon, May 30th (Wilmatte Porter). Hym.: 



Andrena sapellonis Ckll.; Halictus armaticeps Cr., 9; Osmia 



facet a Cr., %. 



CHENOPODIACE^. 



Atriplex canescens (Pursh) — At Mesilla Park, April 29th, a honey-bee 

 {Apis mellifera ligustica Spin.) was observed busily working on 

 the flowers. 



NYCTAGINACE^. 

 Abronia turbinata Torrey — Lep. : Synchloe lacinia Geyer, Mesilla Park, 



April 29th (Ckll.). 

 Wedelia incarnata (L.) — Anthophora maculifrons Cress., Las Cruces, 



August 23rd (Townsend). 



RANUNCULACEvE- 



Pceonia (cultivated) — Hym. : Agapostetnon texanus Cress., Las Vegas 



(W. Porter). 

 Delphinium scopulorum Gray — Hym.: Bombus nevadensis cressoniCkW.; 



B. appositus Cress. 



CRUCIFER.E. 



Dithyrea wislizenii Engelm. — Lep. : Synchloe lacinia Geyer, Mesilla 

 Park, April 25th (Ckll). 



Erysimum asperum (Nutt.) — Hym.: Halictus angustior Ckll., Rio Rui- 

 dosa (Townsend). 



Lepidium eastwoodice Wooton — Hym.: Augochlora neglectula Ckll., La 

 Cueva, Organ Mts. (Townsend). 



Sophia andrenarum Ckll., ined. (The common species with yellow flow- 

 ers in the Mesilla Valley, confused at first with Sisymbrium cane- 

 scens, later with S. halictorum, but quite distinct. True Sophia 

 halictorum has very inconspicuous flowers, and occupies, in the 

 main, a higher zone, coinciding with the lower part of the Larrea- 

 zone) — (i.) Mesilla, April 12th; Hym.: Andrena salicinella CkU., 

 % , in numbers, hovering over the plants and alighting occasionally: 

 Augochlora neglectula Ckll.; Halictus pectoraloides CkU., $ ; H. 

 subobscurus Ck\l., 9; H pseudotegularis Ckll. van; Dipt.: Tela- 

 naps polita Coq., det. Coq. ; Chlarops assimilis Macq., det. Coq. 



(2) Mesilla, April 22nd; Hym.: Agapostemon texanus Cr^ss., 9- 



(3) Mesilla Park, April 27th ; Hym.: Apis mellifera ligustica Spin. 



