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rior margin of the clypeus, labrum and mandibles (except 

 tips) yellow; flagellum dall red, with a black line above, 

 second joint about half the length of the third. Thorax black, 

 immaculate, opaque, densely punctured, clothed with white 

 pubescence, rather thin above and dense beneath ; wings hya- 

 lin, faintly dusky at tips ; legs black ; underside of the fem- 

 ora and tibiie of the anterior and intermediate legs, the tips of 

 all the tibiae, the anterior tarsi, the middle and posterior 

 metatarsi and the apical portion of the succeeding joints yel- 

 low. Abdomen black, opaque, finely punctured, clothed with 

 short griseous pubescence, longest on apical segments; the 

 apical margins of the segments are dull reddish brown. Venter 

 dull red, the apical segment and the basal portion of the fii-st. 

 black ; the broad apical margins of the other ventral segments 

 dusky, merging into large dark spots on the lateral portion. 

 Habitat, Berkeley, Cal., March 18. One specimen, col- 

 lected upon Ranunculus californica. 



13. XoMADA opposiTA Crcss. California. Unknown to me. 



14. XoMADA vixcTA Say. Berkeley, Cal, May. Two speci- 

 mens. Previously recorded from the Eastern, Middle and 

 Western States. 



15. XoMADA LEPiDA Crcss. Berkeley, Cal., February, March 

 and April. Twenty-six males, collected upon Ranunculus 

 californica and Bransica campeatris. Many of these specimens 

 have the scape entirely black instead of yellow in front, and 

 the legs generally have more black than Cresson's type. Pre- 

 viously recorded from Colorado, Illinois and Texas. 



16. XoMADA MELLIVENTRIS CrCSS. cf'. 



9 Differs from the male in that the pubescence on the face 

 is much shorter ; the third joint of the antennae is about one- 

 half the length of the fourth. 



In all of my specimens the first segment of the abdomen is 

 black at the extreme base, both above and beneath, the two 

 black spots mentioned by Cresson sometimes fusing with this. 

 Sometimes there is a little black on the apical margins of 

 segments 2—4. 



Berkeley, Cal., March 15 to April 18. Ten si)ecimens, col- 

 lected upon Bramca campestris and Ranunculus californica. 



17. XoMADA RUBRA Prov. Frcsuo, Cal. (H. O. Woodworth), 

 April 28. Six females collected ujwn Eschscholtzia californica 

 and Mcdicago mtiva. 



