178 the bees of the solomon islands. 



Megachilice. 



(Juiliojoys dispersa Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



C. pereyrinata Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



Lithurgus dentipes Smith. New Pomerania, fide Friese. 



Megachile mendance Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



M. bougainvillei Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



M. shortlandi Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



M. cartereti Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



M. woodfordi Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



M. alhomai-ginata Smith. New Caledonia.* 



M. aurantiaca Friese. New Caledonia.* 



M. australasia' D.T. (M . i/nitata Sm.). New Caledonia and 

 New Ireland, fide Friese. 



M. australis Lucas. Noumea, New Caledonia.* 



J/, lachesis Smith. New Ireland and New Pomerania, fide 

 Friese. I have a male collected by Dahl at Ralun, Bismarck 

 Archipelago. 



M. moi-tyana D.T. ((ipicafa Sm.). New Britain, fide Friese. 



M. placida nigrohirta Friese. New Britain.* 



M. simiZis. Smith. Aneiteum, New Hebrides.* 



M. megistia Cameron. New Britain.* ^ 13 mm. 



M . othonu Cameron. New Britain.* ^ 12 mm. 



M . quodi Vachal. New Caledonia.* 



Xylocopid^. 



Xyloco]K( provida Smith. New Pomerania, fide Friese. 

 Hair of head whitish. 



A', perkinsi Cameron. New Britain.* Hair of head black. 



The record of X. cwrulea Fabr., from New Caledonia is 

 erroneous. 



Apid^. 



Ajtis mellifera L. New Caledonia, fidt Vachal. Doubtless 

 introduced. 



Trigona sapiens Ckll. Solomon Is.* 



