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the apex ; the tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous ; the flagellum ful- 

 vous beneath ; the face with a thin griseous pubescence. Thorax 

 closely punctured; the posterior margin of the scHtellum and the 

 sides of the thorax fringed with pale pubescence ; the wings hyaline, 

 with their apical margins clouded, the nervures black ; the legs with 

 a short black pubescence. Abdomen shining and finely punctured. 

 Hub. Waigiou. 



7. NoMiA SIMILLIMA. N. nigra, facie thoraceque cinereo-pubescen- 

 tibus; thorace pallide ferrugineo ; abdominis segmentorum marginibus 

 apicalibus fulvo-testaceo late fasciatis. 



Female. Length 4 hnes. Black ; the apical margin of the clypeus, the 

 labrum and mandibles pale rufo-testaceous, the tips of the mandibles 

 ferruginous; the face covered with cinereous pubescence. Thorax 

 covered above with cinereous pubescence, in recent specimens pro- 

 bably tinged with yellow; the tegulse pale rufo-testaceous, the wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, the nervures obscure ferruginous; the legs 

 pale ferruginous. Abdomen closely punctured, the apical margins of 

 the segments broadly testaceous. 



Hab. Ceram. 



This species resembles A'', tmcta from Key Island, but it is quite distinct ; 

 its large pale tegulfe would alone distinguish it ; its head is much narrower 

 and its clypeus much more produced. 



Tarn. DASYGASTE^, Leack 



Gen. Me&achile, Lafr. 



1. Megachile Alecto, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 134.4. 

 Hab. Mysol; Doiy; Gilolo. 



2. Megachile Lachesis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 133. 2. 

 Hab. Mysol; Bachian; Amboyna; Ceram; Bourn. 



3. Megachile placida, Smith, Proc, Linn, Soc. vi. 60. 5. 

 Hab. Mysol; Gilolo. 



4. Megachile scabrosa, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. 134. 2. 

 Hab. Bouru; Aru. 



5. Megachile fulvifrons. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. G. 2. 

 Hab. Timor ; Celebes. 



6. Megachile FUNERARiA. If . aterrima, pube nigra vestita ; thorare 

 trausversim rugoso et longitudinaliter sulcato ; abdomiue obscure vio- 

 laceo-micante ; alis hyalinis, apicibus marginalibus fuscis. 



Female. Length 9^ lines. Jet-black; the pubescence on the he.id 

 black ; the vertex smooth and shining, the cheeks and clypeus rugose, 

 the latter subcarinate in the centre ; the mandibles smooth, with a 



