Art. III.] 
Cockerell, New Mexico Bees. 
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Exomalopsis. 
Abdomen of 9 red, of $ black. Length 7 to 8 mm. (Mesilla, at fls. 
of Sida hederacea.) ...... sidce, Ckll. 
Rather larger, entirely black, pubescence all pale. (Mesilla Valley, 
Albuquerque.) ...... solani, Ckll. 
Subfamily. XYLOCOPINAi. 
Xylocopa. 
Over 20 mm. long, very large and robust ; dark blue, shining ; pubes- 
cence black; wings fuliginous. (Mesilla Valley, Lone Mtn. near 
Silver City.) ..... arizonensis. Cress. 
Ceratina. 
Length mm., shining, very dark bluish-green, brassy-green on 
mesothorax. A cream-colored clypeal mark. Abdomen ending 
in a short point. (Mesilla Valley,) . . nattula^ Q'kW., 
Subfamily. BOMBING. 
Bombus. 
Abdomen with an orange-red band, . . . . .1 
Abdomen with a black band, black also at base ; thorax with a black 
band. (Santa Fe Canon) .... howardi., Cress. 
Abdomen with black pubescence at base and apex, fulvous in the mid- 
dle. (Mesilla Valley.) . . . americanorum., Fabr., 9* 
Abdomen with fulvous pubescence, dark brown at tip ; wings entirely 
fuscous, ...... nevadensis^ Cress. 
Abdomen with bright yellow pubescence, black at tip (in 9 nearly the 
the apical half black); thorax with the same bright yellow pubes- 
cence, and no black band ; wings fuliginous. (Mesilla Valley, Or- 
gan Mts., Lamy, Watrous, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, &c ) . morrisoni^ Cress. 
Abdomen with the pubescence entirely fulvous ; thorax with a black 
band, ........ 2 
I. Abdomen with the pubescence orange on second and third 
segments, yellowish on first and fourth, black at apex, 
. ternarius^ Say. 
Abdomen with the pubescence orange on third and fourth 
segments, black on fifth and sixth. (Santa Fe Canon, 
Ruidoso Creek ) . . . . juxtus^ Cress. 
2- Pubescence of thorax, before the black band, yellowish 
white. (Santa Fe Canon.) . . appositus., Cress. 
Pubescence of thorax, before the black band, fulvous like 
that behind it, . . . aniej'icanorum, Yahr., 
Subfamily. APIN^. 
Apis. 
Not native in New Mexico. Includes A. mellifera, Linne, the honey bee. 
The variety commonly kept in New Mexico is the Italian, distinguished by the 
abdomen being largely light fulvous. 
