A NEW GENUS OF BEES

Extract

Protandrenopsis, new genus. — Labial palpi four-jointed, 1 about twice as long as 2–4 together, 2–4 slightly decreasing in length; maxillary palpi 6-jointed, 1 and 2 subequal, longer than any of the following joints; 3, 5 and 6 subequal, 4 slightly longer; tongue long, lanceolate; mandibles simple; labrum transverse, process of labrum large, almost covering labrum; foveæ present, small; stigma large, well developed, nearly two thirds the length of the obliquely truncate, subappendiculate marginal cell, which is about as long as the two submarginals together; second submarginal fully one-third longer than the first, receiving the first recurrent nervure about one-third from base and the second near apex; median cell along the median nervure, a little longer than the submedian, the transverse median nervure joining the median just before the origin of the basal nervure; scopa on posterior tibiæ first joint of tarsi and on venter.