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white; a narrow line behind the eyes; the head strongly and closely 
punctured; the flagellum piceous beneath. Thorax strongly punctured, 
with a smooth shining space in the middle of the disk; the mesothorax 
with three central smooth impressed lines, and an abbreviated one out¬ 
side of them opposite the tegulae; the wings subhyaline, the nervures 
blackish; the legs nigro-piceous; a process in front of the anterior 
femora at their base, which is produced into an acute spine on each 
side. The abdomen strongly punctured, the three apical segments 
rugose; beneath bright green.” 
Hah. —Panama. 
The two following species of this genus, described from Cayenne, 
are also recorded as having been collected at Panama: 
5. C. punctulata, Spin. 
Ceratina punctulata, Spin., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x, p. 139 (1841); Smith, Trans. 
Ent. Soc. Lond. 3d ser. i, p. 40. 
“ The specimens from Cayenne, described by Spinola, only differ 
from those from Panama in having a white spot on the labrum : T 
have little doubt of their identity.” 
6. C leeta, Spin. 
Ceratina loeta, Spin., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x, p. 138j Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond. 3d ser. i, p. 40. 
Gen. EPEOLUS, Latr. 
Head transverse, the ocelli placed in a curve on the vertex; the lahrum 
transverse-ovate, the anterior margin sub-emarginate, with a minute tooth in 
the centre of the emargination, the angles produced; in the middle, two minute 
teeth placed in a line with the angles of the emargination. The labial palpi 
four-jointed, about one-fifth shorter than the labium; the two basal joints elon¬ 
gate, the first joint one-third longer than the second, the two apical joints mi¬ 
nute, placed at the apex of the second joint; the paraglossoe short and lanceo¬ 
late. The ma^c^7Zary paZpi one-jointed, the joint ovate and minute. The supe¬ 
rior wings having one marginal and three submarginal cells, the marginal cell 
elongate-ovate, slightly narrowed towards the apex ; the first submarginal cell 
nearly as long as the two following, the. second much narrowed towards the 
marginal, and receiving the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle; 
the second submarginal also much narrowed towards the marginal cell, and 
receiving the second recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle. The legs 
have the calcaria and claws simple. Abdomen oblong-cordate.”—Smith, Bees of 
Great Britain, p. 143. 
These pretty bees are easily recognized by the yellowish-white or 
cinereous bands of the abdomen. The abdomen is acute in the males. 
