114 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(2) Megachile schauinslandi. 



Megachile schmiinslandi, Alfken, Ent. Nachr. xxiv. (1898), p. 340. 



• Niger, thorace abdominisque segmento primo pubescentia fulva breviter denseque 

 vestitis, segmentis caeteris utrinque macula pubescente albida ornatis, alls Infuscatis, 

 caeruleo-iridescentibus, scopa ? pallida. Long. 9 — 11 '5 mm. 



Black, the thorax and basal segment of the abdomen densely clothed with short 

 fulvous pubescence. 



Male : clypeus fringed with long pale hairs in front, otherwise shining, coarsely 

 and closely punctured, and sparsely clothed with erect black hairs. Head above the 

 clypeus with pale hairs, becoming fulvous about the insertion of the antennae. Thorax 

 with short dense fulvous hairs, becoming longer at the sides of the propodeum. 

 Anterior tarsi simple, the basal joint three or four times as long as wide. Wings 

 and nervures fulvescent at the base, deeply infuscate over more than the apical half, 

 and with a blue iridescence. Abdomen somewhat shining, coarsely punctured, the 

 puncturation becoming less distinct on the apical segments, basal segment densely 

 clothed with fulvous hairs, the following with inconspicuous black ones, and each 

 with a small spot of white pubescence on either side along the apical margin, the 

 second and third deeply impressed at the base, sixth with its apical crest slightly 

 emarginate, and deeply foveolated before the crest. Ventral segments very densely 

 punctured, clothed with appressed white pubescence, and each of the four visible 

 ones with an entire apical fascia of longer and denser appressed hairs. 



Female like the c/ in general appearance but larger, the clypeus without the 

 pale fringe and its puncturation excessively dense. Mandibles dull, rugose and 

 punctured, flattened in front. Ventral scopa of silvery hairs, those on the apical 

 segment black. 



Hab. Several and probably all of the islands in and around settlements, often 

 making its nidtis in holes in woodwork, keyholes, &c. Very abundant in Honolulu. 



Obs. I have had this species described for some years under the name of 

 M. domesticuni in MSS. awaiting publication, and have given it away under this 

 name. 



(3) Megachile pahnarum, sp. nov. 



Niger, cinereo-pubescens, abdomine </ 4, ? 5, fasciis pubescentiae pallidae ornato, 

 alis subhyalinis, segmento sexto ^ profunde emarginato, scopa ventrali ? pallida. 

 Long. 9 — 10 mm. 



