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seo"ineuts 1-5 with sliort, white pubescence; pollen brush fuscous-white, 

 wino-s hyaline, shaded with fuscous on the apical half of the forewing, 

 nervures and tegular brownish-red. 



$ . Lenrjth 1 2 ; e.rp. 23 mm. 



Hah. Deesa. 



20. Megacldle ccelioxy sides, sp. nov. 



9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen extremely, minutely, and closely 

 punctured and densely pubescent, the pubescence soft and short on the 

 aljdomen, forming apical bauds on segments 1 — 5 ; head about as broad 

 as the thorax ; clypeus broad, convex, its anterior margin transverse, 

 notched in the middle ; abdomen tapering sharply from base to apex, as 

 in the genus Coilioxjjs. Black, the pubescence snow-white, ferrugin- 

 ous on the inside of the metatarsus of the posterior legs, antennae 

 castaneous, claws pale testaceous ; pollen brush snow-white ; wings 

 hyaline, nervures and togulaa testaceous. 



9. Length 10; e.rp. 17 mm. 



Hal). Deeaa. 



21. Megachile stwUosa, sp. nov. 



9 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely, evenly, and somewhat closely 

 punctured ; the clypeus and front, the cheeks, sides of the thorax, sides 

 of the median segment and legs clothed with long soft pubescence ; 

 clypeus much broader than high, slightly convex, its anterior margin 

 transverse or even slightly emarginate ; abdomen strongly convex 

 jibove the 3rd and 4th segments, with a conspicuous transversely- 

 impressed line above, posterior to which on the dth segment the 

 surface is smooth, shining, impunctate. Black, the pubescence snow- 

 white, ferruginous on the inside of the ])osterior tarsi ; pollen brush 

 snow-white ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulaa black. 



9. Length 9 ; exp. 17 mm. 



Hab. Simla. 



The latter two species somewhat resemble each other at first sight ; 

 but apart from the diflt'erence of the puncturing, the remarkable shape 

 of the abdomen of 2L cmlkvvysides distinguishes it at once from 

 M. sludiosa, and in fact from any species of Megachile known to me. 

 22. Antlddium desidiosum, sp. nov., pi. A, f. 12. 



9 . Head and thorax dull o])aque, looking densely and very finely 

 punctured, and covered with somewhat long sparse pubescence ; 



