134 SMITH ON HTMEITOPTEEA OF AEU ISLANDS. 



Subfam. DastgastrjE. 

 Gen. Megachile, Latr. 



1. Megachile lateritia. M. nigra, abdomine pube ferruginea ves- 

 tito, alis fuscis. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black ; head and thorax very closely and 

 finely punctured ; the mandibles with a single blunt tooth at their 

 apex ; the anterior margin of the clypeus transverse. Thorax : the 

 wings brown, the posterior pair palest, their base subhyaline. Abdo- 

 men clothed with bright brick-red pubescence above and beneath ; 

 the basal segment with bright yellow pubescence above. 



Hob. Am. 



2. Megachile scabrosa. M. nigra, metathorace antice rude sca- 

 brato, abdomine subttis nigro-pubescente. 



Female. Length b\ lines. Black ; the clypeus, mesothorax anteriorly, 

 and the posterior tibiae outside coarsely rugose, the roughness on the 

 thorax consisting of transverse little elevated points ; the face with a 

 thin griseous pubescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus fringed 

 with fulvous hairs ; the cheeks have a long pale fulvous pubescence. 

 Thorax: the wings hyaline, the nervures black. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining, with black pubescence beneath ; beneath, the apical mar- 

 gins of the segments with a fringe of very short white pubescence. 



Hab^krw. 



3. Megachile insularis. M. nigra, nitida, delicatule punctata, 

 facie pube pallide fulva vestita, abdomine subtils pube laete ferruginea 

 vestito, alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 5 J lines. Black; the head and thorax finely and 

 closely punctured, the abdomen delicately so ; the face clothed with 

 pale fulvous pubescence, the mandibles with two blunt teeth at their 

 apex ; the clypeus shining and strongly punctured. Thorax ; the 

 wings subhyahne with a slight cloud at their apex ; the basal joint of 

 the posterior tarsi with a dense dark ferruginous pubescence within. 

 Abdomen : the four basal segments with transverse impressed lines in 

 the middle ; beneath, clothed with bright ferruginous pubescence ; 

 the abdomen has an obscui'e aeneous tinge above. 



Hah. Aru. 



Gen. Ceocisa, Jurine. 



1. Crocisa nitidula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 386. 2. 

 Hab. Aru ; Key Island ; Australia ; Amboyna. 



Gen. Allodape, St.-Farg. 



1. Allodape nitida. a. nitida nigra, clypeo flavo, ahs hyalinis, ab- 

 domine ad apicem punctato. 

 Female. Length 3 Imes. Black and shining ; the clypeus yellow, pro- 



