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Melilotus . alba Desv.— Hytn.: Philanthus frontalis Cress., 9. Dipt.: 

 Nemoteltis unicolor Loew, (let. Coq. Both at Las Vegas, August 

 9th (Wil matte Porter). 



Trifolium repetts L.— Hym.: Melissodes pallidicincta Ckll., 9, Las 

 Vegas, July 3rd (N. Stern). 



Lupinus sitgreavesii Wats. — Hym.: Bombtis uevadensis aztecus Ckll. 



Astragalus humistrattis Gray. — Hym.: Megachile fortis Cress., Rio Rui- 

 doso (Townsend). 



Vicia sp. prob. new, x\^rt pulchella H. B. K. (Wooton's No. 288).— Hym.: 

 Megachile fortis Cress.; Melissodes ruidosensis Ckll.; Bembe.v 

 spinolce Lep., 9 ; Colletes gileusis Ckll., % ; Ccelioxys gilensis 

 Ckll., %9; Bombus fervidus Fsb.; B. sonarus Say \ B. juxtus 

 Cress.; B. ternarius Say ; B. pruuellcs Ckll. All collected by C. 

 H. T. Townsend on the Rio Ruidoso. Prof. Wooton considers 

 this Vicia distinct from V. pulchella, and knows of no name that 

 can be applied to it. 



A New Ceratina from New Mexico. 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL. 

 Ceratina neomezicana n. sp. 



Female. — Length 7/'2=9 mm. ; dark green ; occiput dark blue ; meso- 

 thorax with a slight coppery tint at the sides of the middle; first three 

 segments of abdomen dorsally rather olive green ; clypeus with a broad- 

 pyriform cream-colored patch ; ends of tubercles also cream-colored or 

 ivory-white ; wings strongly suffused with reddish brown ; nervures and 

 stigma dark. Allied to C. dupla Say, but usually larger and easily dis- 

 tinguished by the more sparsely-punctured face, with a shining impunc- 

 tate supraclypeal space, and similar spaces above the lateral pieces of the 

 clypeus ; the sides of the vertex very sparsely punctured ; the mesothorax 

 smooth and shining, with sparse punctures on the anterior third, and rather 

 close punctures round the edges, but otherwise impunctate ; cheeks with 

 small and very sparse punctures, a broad band behind the eyes impunc- 

 tate ; punctures of middle of abdominal segments smaller and sparser 

 than in dupla ; flagellum black above, last six joints reddish brown 

 beneath. 



Hab. — Chicarico Canon, near Raton, N. M., Aug. 25, 1900 

 (CkU.) ; Santa Fe, N. M., July lo (Boyle), July 7, at flowers 

 of Aquilegia (Ckll.). 



Mrs. E. M. Swainson, 2131 Guildford Ave., Baltimore, Md., will col- 

 lect in Jamaica, commencing about April ist. She will be pleased to hear 

 from anyone interested in Jamaica insects. 



