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H. (Chloralictus) rhododactylus D. T .(fulvipes F. Smith) 
A female captured July 19, 1916 at Homestead (28 miles 
south of Miami) evidently belongs here. Type locality: St. 
John’s Bluff, East Florida ( 4 , 67). This specimen agrees well 
with the original description, as also with the notes furnished by 
Cockerell ( 9 , 351), who examined the type in the British Mu- 
seum. I have never come across it since, and it seems to be a 
rare insect in this part of Florida. 
H. ligatus Say. 
For this species Robertson has proposed the genus Odon- 
talictus (7, 91) on account of the cheek of the female being pro- 
duced into a tooth. It is by far the most common bee of our 
surroundings, flying throughout the year, and visiting a great 
variety of flowers, especially Composite. Robertson (6,322) has 
given a synonomy of this widely distributed and variable species, 
and pointed out that the specimens from Florida belong to the 
form described by F. Smith as H. capitosus (4, 67). 
LITERATURE 
1. J. C. Crawford: Two new Halictus from New Jersey. Ent* 
News 15, 97-99 (1904) 
2 . J. C. Crawford: Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 48. No. 2087 (1915) 
3 . G. A. Sandhouse: New N. Am. species of bees belonging to 
the genus Halictus (Chloralictus). Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. 65, No. 2532 (1924) 
4 . F. Smith: Brit. Mus. Cat. Hym. I. (1853) 
5 . C. Robertson: Am. Naturalist 26 (1892) 
6. C. Robertson: N. Am. bees — descriptions and synonyms. 
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7, 315-354 (1897) 
7. C. Robertson: Some genera of bees. Ent. News 29, 91-92 
(1918) 
8. M. D. Ellis: New bees of the genus Halictus from United 
States, Guatemala and Ecuador. Jour. N. Y. 
Ent. Soc. 22, 218-223 (1914) 
9 . T. D. A. Cockerell: Notes on some bees in the British 
Museum. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 30, 
309-361 (1915) 
