COLLECTED AT CELE13ES. / 



Female. Length 7 lines. Black ; head and thorax closely punctured, 

 the abdomen delicately so and shining ; the mandibles stout, with two 

 acute teeth at their apex, shining and covered with oblong punctures; 

 the face, sides of the thorax, and abdomen beneath, densely clothed 

 with fulvous pubescence ; the apical margins of the segments of the 

 abdomen above with narrow fasciae of short fulvous pubescence ; the 

 abdomen in certain lights has a metallic tinge. 



The male is similarly clothed to the female, the margins of the seg- 

 ments are deeply depressed, and that of the apical segment slightly 

 notched in the middle. 



Hab. Celebes. 



3. Megachile terminalis. M. nigra, capite thoraceque dense 

 punctatis ; abdoraine pube nigra vestito ; segmentis duobus apicalibus 

 pube alba vestitis ; alis fuscis. 



Female. Length 9 lines. Black; the face with tufts of black pu- 

 bescence above the insertion of the antennae ; mandibles very stout, 

 with an acute tooth at their apex, the inner margin subdentate, and 

 covered with fine cinereous pubescence. Thorax with black pu- 

 bescence at the sides of the metathorax; the wings dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen clothed with black pubescence ; the fifth and sixth segments 

 clothed with ochraceous pubescence above, that on the sixth nearly 

 white. 



Hah. Celebes. 



This species resembles the M. ornata ; but when viewed beneath, the 

 dififerent colour of the pollen-brush at once separates them. 



Q-en. Cekatina, Bpin. 



L Ceratina viridis, GWr. Icon. Reg. Ann. AAA. t. 73. f. 6. 

 Hah. India (Bengal, N. India), Ceylon, Celebes, China. 



2. Ceratina hieroglyphica. Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. ii. 226. 



Hah. Northern India, Celebes, Phihppine Islands, Hong Kong. 



Fam. DENUDAT^. 



1. Stelis ABDOMiNALis. S. dense punctata, capitc thoracequc nigris, 

 abdomine ferrugineo ; alis nigro-fuscis violaceo iridescentibus. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Head and thorax black, abdomen ferruginous ; 



head and thorax strongly punctured, the scutellum very strongly so ; 



the sides of the face and the anterior margin of the face fringed with 



white pubescence. The posterior margin of the scutellum rounded ; 



wings dark brown with a violet iridescence. Abdomen ferruginous 



and closely punctured. 

 Hah. Celebes. 



2. CcELioxYS FULViFRONS. C. nigra, rude punctata, facie pube fiilva 

 vestita ; alis fuscis cupreo iridescentibus. 



Male. Length 6 lines. Black ; the head and thorax with large con- 



