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with distinct bands of white pubescence on the apex ; the basal ventral seg- 

 ments rufous ; wings clear hyaline, the nervures blaek ; tegulae piceous. £ . 



Length 7 mm. 



Deesa, December (Nurse). 



Mandibles bidentate, the apical tooth long, narrowed gradually towards the 

 apex, which is bluntly rounded ; the subapical one short, broad . bluntly rounded. 

 Puncturation on the head and thorax close, distinct ; that on the scutellum is 

 closer and finer than on the mesonotum. Abdominal puncturation finer than 

 on the thorax ; it is close. Apical abdominal segment broadly rounded : its 

 sides at the base armed with a long tooth, which becomes gradually narrowed 

 from the base to the apex. Coxas unarmed. Antennae stout, not much longer 

 than the thorax. Head large, slightly wider than the thorax. Radial cellule 

 ending in a sharp angle ; the 2nd recurrent nervure distinctly distant from the 

 transverse cubital, it being separated from it by about the same distance as is 

 the 1st from the base of the cellule. Probably the amount of rufous colour 

 on the base of the abdomen varies ; it is more conspicuous on the sides than 

 on the centre. The forelegs may be more or less rufous at the base : the 

 legs are unarmed. 



Is not unlike M.phaola Cam. and M. elfroma Cam., but is larger, stouter and 

 has the antennae much shorter. 



J\Iegacliile ? anonyma, sp. nov. 



Black, the underside of the flagellum brown, the hair on the head and thorax 

 dense, white, the abdominal segments with distinct bands of white pubescence ; 

 the middle of the mandibles broadly and the greater part of the tarsi rufo- 

 testaceous ; wings hyaline, the stigma testaceous, the nervures darker coloured ; 

 both the recurrent nervures distinctly separated from the transverse cubitals, 

 the 1st more widely separated from the 2nd than is the 1st from the basal, 

 apex of abdomen 3-dentate, the central tooth broad, square, the lateral much 

 smaller and shorter, somewhat triangular. Mandibles bidentate, the apical 

 tooth longish, sharp-pointed at the apex, the subapical wide, longer than the 

 apical, its outer edge slightly rounded inwardly, clearly separated behind. Head 

 and thorax closely punctured, the metanotum at the base smooth, shining, 

 bare. Occiput transverse. Middle of mandibles broadly rufo-testaceous, their 

 base thickly covered with white pubescence. Forelegs unarmed. Calcaria 

 white. The puncturation on the abdomen becomes stronger towards the apex ; 

 on the ventral surface it is strong and close, especially on the basal half. The 

 fore tarsi are for the greater part rufo-testaceous, as are also the tarsal spines. 

 Tegulae rufo-testaceous. $ . 



Length 7 mm. 



Deesa, December. 



Col. Nurse has the following note attached to this species : " I have carefully 

 xamined mouth parts with the microscope and find the labial palpi 4-jointed 

 n d maxillary palpi 4-jointed, so it cannot be a Megachile." Apart from this, 



