WEST INDIAN HYM ENOPTERA. 
847 
.Megacliile ]»e<lali!« n. si>. 
%. — Black, elongate; front and vertex strongly and closely punctured ; cly- 
peus strongly punctured, shining medially, mandibles black ; basal portion of 
flagellum obscurely rufous ; front and cheeks clothed with long pale hairs ; thorax 
finely punctured, sparsely clothed with pale pubescence, which is more dense on 
the sides and beneath, in the sutures between the dorsulum and scutellum and 
the scutellum and metathorax; tegulffi reddish; wings subhyaline, the apical 
margin but slightly darker, nervures and stigma brownish ; legs ferruginous, 
the anterior and posterior coxje black; the anterior femora and tarsi within, 
with white pubescence, that on the femora long, the rest of the legs sparsely 
clothed with short, brownish pubescence, anterior coxae armed with a strong 
tooth. Abdomen shining, rather strongly punctured, the first segment oblique 
in front, concave, segments 1-5 with an apical band of white pubescence, the 
bands interrupted medially ; last segment above rugose, its apical margin deeply 
and broadly emarginate; beneath, the apical margin of the first and second, and 
the third and fourth entirely, reddish. Length 7 — 9 mm. 
Three specimens ; Kingston. 
trifasciata Cr. 
Mellissodes trifasciata Cr., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1878, p. 208, ^ . 
Port Antonio ; numerous specimens. 
.'VIellis»o<le!« inimiea Cr. 
Mellissodes mimica Cr., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, p. 298, . 
Kingston ; Port Antonio. Numerous specimens. This is probably 
the male of the preceding species. 
Xyloeopa iiiorio Fahr. 
Apis morio Fahr., Ent. Syst. il, p. 315, 9- 
Xylocopa morio Fahr., Syst. Piez. p. 338. 
Xylocopa morio Sm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 285. 
One 9 specimen. Given to me by Mr. Henry Vendreys, of 
Kingston. 
KxonialopsiK piilcliella Cr. 
Exomalopsis pidchella Cr., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. iv, p. 191, 9 ■ 
Numerous S and one 9 specimens. Kingston ; Port Antonio. 
KxomalopsiK riifitai'NiM Sm. 
E-.comalopsis rujitarsis Sm., Descr. of new species of Hym. 1879, p. 126, 9- 
Three specimens ; Port Antonio. 
Kxonialop!«is<» sp. ? 
One % specimen, Kingston. It agrees tolerably well with the 
description of E. piibescens Cress., from Cuba, but the i)ubescence is 
whitish and the apical margin of the wings are fuscous. 
