yS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Tibiae without such stripes (Fort Collins, Colo.) 



(emarginatum, Say, var ?) TITUSI. nov. 



14. Femora with conspicuous red patches; tiagellum red 



beneath; hair of head and thorax all white (New 



Mexico) paroselae, Ckll. 



Femora without red patches; tiagellum all black 15 



15. Hair of thoracic dorsum white: size small 16 



Hair of thoracic dorsum fulvus or ochraceous 17 



16. Scape all black (So. Calif.) . . bernardinum yar. fragariellum 

 Scape j^ellow in front (So. Calif.) . bemardiniim var. aridum 



17. Markings of abdomen lemon-yellow (Peeps. X. ]M.) . . 



pecosense, n. sp. 



Markings of abdomen orange 18 



18. Size small, about 11 mm. long (So. Calif.) 



bernardinum, var. wilsoni 



Size larger, about 14 mm. long (So. Calif.) 



bernardinum, n sp. 



Anthidium banningense, n. sp. 



Male : Length, 141/2 mm. ; black, the markings rather pale 

 yellow, pubescence white, abundant on upper part of head 

 and thorax. Clypeus, lateral face-marks, mandibles except 

 apex, and oblong marks above tops of eyes, pale yelloAv; 

 clypeus with two black marks near its upper margin; an- 

 terior margin of clypeus without notches or protuberances ; 

 mandibles with the apical tooth broad, pointed, falciform, 

 but the others hardly developed, the second only a distinct 

 nodule : antennae entirely black ; thorax entirely black, only 

 the tegulae with a pale yellow patch ; wings only moderately 

 stained with brown; first recurrent nervure joining second 

 submarginal cell some distance from its base ; basal nervure 

 passing considerably basad of transverso-medial ; legs ro- 

 bust, black, anterior tibiae with a small yellow spot near 

 apex, middle tibiae with a large apical mark, basal joint 

 of tarsi light yellow on the outer side : abdomen with the 

 band on first segment divided into spots (the middle pair 

 small), the others nearly (or quite) divided, the second 

 interrupted in the middle line, the third to fifth only emargi- 

 nate, sixth segment with two yellow marks, apical all black ; 

 segments much more closely and regularly punctured be- 

 hind the bands than before them ; sixth segment with large 

 lateral curved black teeth; lateral processes of apical seg- 

 ment straight or almost so, narrow and pointed; ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen dark reddish. 



Hab.— Banning, Calif., 1892. One taken by Dr. Davidson. 

 Anthidium lupinellum, n. sp. 



Male ; length about 11 mm. ; a rather small, compact species, 



