Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum.—3

margins of the segments more or less testaceous, and covered with grayish-white hair bands, those on the first two segments wanting in the middle, but on the third and fourth entire. Habitat-Nikko, Japan (Koebele).A species of the group of H. tumulorum, noticeable for the large head, with a well-developed occipital region. Among the describedJapanese species it is nearest to H. alexoides Strand, but this latter is larger, with the tarsi and basitarsi of the female clear yellow.Type.-Cat.No. 13529,