1943] 
New Bee of the Genus Heriades 
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A NEW BEE OF THE GENUS HERIADES FROM 
PANAMA (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDyE) 
By Charles D. Michener 
American Museum of Natural History, New York City 
The bees of the genus Heriades are primarily confined to 
North America, Eurasia, and Africa. In the western hemi- 
sphere the most southern known species has been Heriades 
bruneri Titus from Costa Rica. It is therefore of interest to 
find in the collection of the American Museum of Natural His- 
tory a distinct new Panamanian species of this genus. 
Heriades (Neotrypetes) currani new species 
Female: Length 5y 2 mm. Pubescence white. Labrum with 
one basal tubercle; mandible with two longitudinal carinse, lower 
one extending from apex nearly to base and somewhat elevated 
about three-fifths of distance from apex to base, upper extending 
about half way from apex to base and terminating basally 
in a low transverse elevation, distance between first and second 
mandibular teeth about one-half distance between second and 
third; malar area below and behind produced to an angle; 
clypeus with apical margin subtruncate, with a pair of small 
premarginal tubercles separated from one another by less than 
basal width of clypeus; surface of clypeus evenly convex, punc- 
tation of apical portion fine and dense, of basal portion as 
coarse as that of supraclypeal area; punctation of vertex and 
mesepisterna slightly finer than that of mesoscutum and meso- 
scutellum; base of propodeum with the usual transverse row 
of very large depressions; wings slightly dusky; abdominal 
terga middorsally with punctures separated by slightly less than 
their diameters, somewhat coarser on posterior than on anterior 
segments, terga one to five with apical fasciae of white pubes- 
cence. 
Male: Length 5 mm. Similar to female. Shortest distance 
between eyes slightly more than half length of eye; first flagellar 
segment nearly twice as broad as long; outer margin of mandi- 
ble straight basally seen from front; labrum with basal raised 
