168 THE BEES OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 



specimen, rather badly worn, approaches A. gilherti quite 

 closely. It is, however, certainly conspecific with A. sajnens. 



CCELIOXYS DISPERSA n.Sp. 



^ Length about 11 mm. ; black, shining, the pubescence 

 creamy-white, more decidedly ochreous-tinted on face ; eyes 

 dark reddish ; clypeus not keeled, although there is a fine 

 shining line on its upper part ; front coarsely rugoso-punctate ; 

 vertex with a line of punctures along orbital margin, a curved 

 depression next to each outer ocellus, and some very large 

 irregularly placed punctures between : cheeks not wholly 

 covered with hair ; a narrow hair-lined sulcus along lower 

 part of posterior orbits ; mesothorax with strong scattered 

 punctures on a shining ground ; scutellum well-punctured at 

 sides, little punctured in middle, the hind margin elevated, 

 with a small shallow median notch, the lateral teeth sharp, 

 only moderately long ; area of metathorax dullish and 

 granular, plicatulate basally ; scutellum with two oblique 

 basal pencils of light hair ; tegulas shining black : wings dark 

 fuscous, except the basal region, which is broadly paler ; legs 

 with short white hair, tarsi dark rufous, with pale orange 

 hair on inner side ; abdomen with strong scattered punctures, 

 much shorter than those of thorax ; hair-bands white, lateral 

 only, very narrow ; apical segment rather short, six-toothed, 

 lateral teeth long and spine-like, lower apical longer than 

 upper. 



Z^rti.— Solomon Islands, July-August, 1909(W. W. Frog- 

 gatt. No. C 11). Belongs to a little group with C. alholineata 

 Ckll., from Queensland and G. hiroi Friese, from New 

 Guinea. C. disjjersa differs from C . hiroi by the colour of its 

 pubescence, larger size, and apparently other details ; it is 

 very distinct from C. alholineata by the darker wings, re- 

 duced abdominal markings, larger punctures of mesothorax, 

 etc. The New Guinea C . ireinlandi Schlz., (aJhireps Friese) is 

 not related. 



