XI. D, 5 Cockerell: Ceratinid Bees 307 



on each side and two stripes 



on disk), area of metathorax '''"^VWMllfl''' 

 (which is longitudinally impres- \./~0' 



sed in middle), six very broad, a 



entire bands on abdomen (the fig. l. a, CeraUna Havolateralis Ckll., end 

 last with a yellowish patch in of male abdomen ; 6, Cerotino 6e«puete«sts 



,, ^ , . , , Ckll., end of male abdomen. 



middle), and apical segment 



(which is strongly bilobed, the lobes rounded and margined with 

 ferruginous). Scape yellow; flagellum broken in type, but dark 

 at base, reddish beneath; lateral face marks ending above, at 

 level of lower ocellus, away from orbital margin ; tegulae amber- 

 colored; wings rather dusky; stigma dull ferruginous; second 

 submarginal cell very broad below, narrowed nearly to a point 

 above ; a strong keel between antennse, 



Luzon, Laguna, Los Baiios {Bakei- 5^7). 



This is the species reported from the Philippine Islands as 

 C. beata Cameron. It is larger than true beata of Ceylon, Bur- 

 ma, and Tenasserim and is, I think, certainly distinct. Unfortu- 

 nately descriptions of beata refer only to the female. CeraUna 

 kosemponis Strand, from Formosa, is also allied, agreeing in 

 many details of coloration, but with the end of the abdomen 

 different. 



Ceratina benguetensis sp. nov. Fig. lb. 



Male. — Length, about 7.5 millimeters; rather slender; black, 

 with the following parts yellow : Mandibles, labrum, face (which 

 is narrow) up to level of antennae (except upper margin and 

 corners of supraclypeal area), lateral face marks extending 

 nearly halfway up sides of front, scape, narrow, obscure line 

 along posterior orbits, lateral margins of the very smooth and 

 shining mesothorax, prothorax (except a large patch on each 

 side in front of tubercles), very large irregularly triangular 

 patch on mesopleura, scutellum, triangular mark on axillae, 

 postscutellum, most of sides of metathorax (uniting posteriorly), 

 triangular area (crossed by a black bar) beneath hind wings, 

 middle of mesosternum (broadening behind), anterior legs 

 (except reddish small joints of tarsi) , middle trochanter (except 

 black patch above), femur (except basal spot) and tibia, hind 

 coxse and trochanters in part, and three broad bands on abdomen, 

 the third at base of third segment, the first (really base of 

 first segment) united by a median yellow line with second. 

 Flagellum long and slender, black above, pale fulvous beneath 

 except the last two joints, which are an intense black, the last 

 joint somewhat enlarged; tegulas testaceous; wings very long, 



