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Prunus (cultivated plum).— (i) Mesilla, 1897 ; Andrena fracta Casad and 



Ckll., %, March 24; Halictus amicus Ckll., 9. April 4; Bombtis 



sp., Thecla halesus and Diabrotica 12-punctata April 15th, the last 



mentioned eating the poUon. (2) Mesilla Park, April 13-14, 1898 ; 



Hym. : Andrena prunorum Ckll.; A. fracta, Csd. and Ckll., many; 



A. nionilicarnis Ckll. ; A. salicinella Ckll. ; Anthophora niaculi- 

 frons Cress. ; Ha/iclus pruinosus Rob ; Botnbonielecta alfredi Ckll. ; 



Parandrena andrenotdes (Cress.) ; Halictus armaticeps Cress. ; 



Prosopis mesillce Ckll., % ; Melecfa maculata Cress. ; Halictoides 



sp. ; Colletes wootoni Ckll.; Lep.: Synchloe lacinia Geyer, many; 



Dipt.: Bibio pallipes S?i\, det. Coq., also Eristalis, Volucella and 



Ceria. 

 /V«««.j (wild plum). — Hym.: Bombus ternarius Say ; B.juxtus Cress.; 



Megachile pollicaris pereximia Ckll, % ; Andrena sapellonis Ckll.; 



A. vicma Smith ; Vespa iuaculaia L. All at Beulah May 30th 



(VVilmatte Porter). 



LEGUMINOS^. 



Prosopis glandulosa Torrey. — Hym.: Prosopis mesillce Ckll., %,^\ P. 

 asinina Ckll. and Casad., % ; Perdita exclamans Ckll.; Ashmead- 

 iella prosopidis Ckll. All at Mesilla, May 7, 1897. 



Parosela scoparia (Gray). — Hym.: Megachile sidalcece Ckll., Mesilla, 

 August 23, 1897. 



Parosela formosa (Torrey). — Hym.: Centris lanosa Cress., %, several at 

 Little Mtn., Mesilla Valley, May 1st (Ckll.). 



Psaralea tenuijlora Pursh. — Hym.: Coelioxys gilensisQVW., 9, Megachile 

 exilis Cress., 9 . Gallinas R. at La Cueva, August 6th (Ckll., W. 

 Porter). 



Petaloslemon candidus (Willd.) —The following were all taken at the 

 flowers at Las Vegas, 1899. Dipt.: Physocephla ochreiceps Bigot- 

 det. Coq., July 21. Hym.: Andrena argemonis Ckll., 9, Julyr 

 August (W. Porter, Ckll.); Anthophora cardui Ckll., %, August 

 nth (W. Porter); Anthidium perpictum Ckll., % 9, August nth 

 (W. Porter); A. porter cb Ckll., S, August nth (W. Porter); Mega- 

 chile manifesta Cress., 9, August (W. Porter); Bombus fervidus 

 Fabr. ; B. scutellaris Cress.; Cerceris venator Cress., July 21st. 



Medicago saliva L. (alfalfa). — The following were taken at Las Vegas, 

 . 1899: Megachile cleomis Ckll., 9; ^- latimanus Say, 9 J Metis- 

 sodes agilis aurigenia Cress., %,; Prosopis me ssillce Ckll., 9; An- 

 thophora bomboides tieomexicana Ckll., % ; A. urbana alamosana 

 Ckll., % ; Apis mellifera ligustica Spin. 



more), and small solitary flowers; from blanda by the iflfrastiptriar spines normally in 

 pairs, and the solitary flowers ; from aciculata (Ckll. described as blanda var.) by similar 

 characters. The flowers of neomexicana are sometimes two or three together, but then 

 only one fruit seems to mature. The fruits are small, scarlet, oblong. Sepals entire, 

 with more or less foliaceous tips. Stipules entire, but glandular-margined. 



