J. H. Lovell.
A Vernal Bee (Collets inaequalis Say).
Psyche 20(5):147-148, 1913.

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19131 LoveU-A VmnaJ Bee 14 7
fourth and one and three-fourths their diameters, respectively. Distal enlarge-
ment subcylindric, with a length one-fourth greater than ib diameter; terminal segment, distal enlargement somewhat produced, irregularly fusiform. Palpi; first segment short, with a length onehalf greatex than its diameter, the second nearly twice the length of the first, the third a little longer than the second and the fourth three-fourths longer than the third, somewhat dilated. Mesonotum slaty gray, the grayish submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum and postscutellum dark gray. Abdomen thickly haired, dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light straw. Halteres
yellowish basally, fuscous apically.
Cox= and femora mostly fuscous yellowish; tibie and tarsi mostly dark brown; claws moderately stout, strongly curved, ihe pulvilli shorter than the claws. Genitalia; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly divided, the lobes narrowly triangular; ventral plate broad, broadly and roundly emarginate. Type: Cecid. 1422.
A VERNAL BEE (COLLETES INEQUALIS SAY).
BY JOHN H. LOVELL,
Waldoboro, Maine.
In h5r. Frost's interesting note on Tric~ania sanguinipennis Say, which was published in PSYCHE, December, 19192, the name of the bee near whose burrows the beetles were found is given (through an inadvertence on my part) as Colletes compactus Cr., when it should be C. inequalis Say. The two species, while bearing a general supeficial resemblance, may be distinguished by the dif- ference in the sculpturing of the enclosure on the metathorax or prepodeum; and by the fact that the former is an autumnal species and the latter a vernal species, some three months intervening between the disappearance of C. incequalis and the appearance of c. compactus.
I have this season received both sexes from Mr. Frost, to whom I am indebted for the following notes. The bees were abundant, and had constructed numerous burrows near the base of a sloping embankment, about three feet high, sparsely covered with grass. There were also nests where the ground was level and free from vegetation. As the burrows appeared to be unlined and the soil was sandy it was impossible to follow the tunnels to a depth of more than three or four inches. This species of Colletes in New England is on the wing for about two months, and is most com- monly taken on the aments of the willows. Mr. Frost captured



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