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yellow, tarsi dark. Face closely and finely punctured; clypeus im- 

 punctate except for a few minute hair punctures, marked with very 

 fine longitudinal striae. Antennae black, flagella chestnut brown be- 

 hind. Disc of mesothorax finely and very closely punctured. Wings 

 nearly hyaline, nervures and stigma chestnut brown; tegulae black. 

 Enclosure on metathorax well defined, with about six, short parallel 

 rugae, the apical half without ridges but marked with minute, irregular, 

 transverse striae. Abdomen broadly oblong, finely punctured all 

 over, the lateral apical margins of segments 1-3 with thin fasciae. 



$ . — Length 4 mm. Clypeus, supraclypeus and sides of face lemon 

 yellow ; the lateral face marks are obliquely truncated opposite the 

 sockets of the antennae, and from the center of each there extends 

 perpendicularly upward a narrow stripe, sometimes slightly enlarged 

 at the end ; the supraclypeal mark is longer than wide and terminates 

 in an unnotched point between the antennae. Collar and tegulae un- 

 spotted ; the tubercles are largely pale yellow ; the tibiae at base ex- 

 teriorly and the tarsi are yellow. 



One female, May 31, and two males, April 9 and ]\Iay 29, 

 North Carolina, Southern Pines, A. H. Manee. A stout, little 

 bee, not closely allied to any other species. 



Prosopis melitina sp. nov. 



9 . — Length 7J^ mm. A large robust bee only surpassed in size 

 among New England species by P. basalts. Black ; the lateral face 

 marks irregularly triangular, the upward extensions narrow, obliquely 

 truncated opposite the eye sockets, lemon yellow. Collar and tegulae 

 black ; yellow spots on tubercles ; anterior and intermediate legs black, 

 but base of posterior tibiae pale yellow ; tarsi dark brown. Face and 

 mesothorax closely and rather coarsely punctured, nearly opaque. 

 Antennae wholly black. Clypeus with large, indistinct, shallow punc- 

 tures. Wings nearly hyaline, their margins slightly clouded with 

 fuscous, nervures and stigma dark brown. Enclosure of metathorax 

 well defined, coarsely reticulated. Abdomen oblong, stout, nearly 

 smooth, with white apical fasciae on the extreme lateral margins of the 

 first segment ; segment i with microscopic hair punctures, punctures 

 on segments 2 and 3 coarser but very fine. 



Hampton, N. H., July 4, 1907, S. A. Shaw. 



Prosopis ziziae Robt. 



Female, August 20, male, July 19 and Sept. 5, Hampton, 

 N. H., S. A. Shaw. 



