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  Cameron, 
  Hyuiciioptcra 
  On'ciitalia. 
  

  

  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibias 
  much 
  

   lon'ji'er, 
  thicker, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  bri.q'hter 
  fuhous 
  tint 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   rufous, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long^ 
  golden 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Wings 
  h3-aline, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  fuscous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  costa 
  and 
  

   nervures 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   shortl}" 
  before 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  the. 
  

   second 
  is 
  interstitial. 
  Abdomen 
  above 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  

   thickly 
  coN'ered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  penul- 
  

   timate 
  segment 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  apical 
  ferruginous, 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  base 
  closel}- 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  sides, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadl}- 
  furrowed 
  ; 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  black, 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  broadly 
  

   ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  thickly 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  The 
  c? 
  is 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  long 
  hoary 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   clypeus, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits, 
  cream- 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  piceous, 
  the 
  mandibles 
  cream 
  

   coloured; 
  the 
  tips 
  black, 
  ferruginous 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  black; 
  

   the 
  labrum 
  black, 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  are 
  coloured 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  2 
  ; 
  this 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  the 
  legs, 
  which 
  bear 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  MeGACHILE 
  SAMSON, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Kii^^ra; 
  ilwracc 
  ahdoniinisqiic 
  basi 
  rufo-Jursiitis 
  ; 
  alis 
  

   fnsco-viplaccis. 
  c?. 
  Long. 
  25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Himalayas. 
  

  

  Head 
  deep 
  velvety 
  black, 
  opaque, 
  coarsely 
  alutaceous, 
  

   thickh- 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  longest 
  

   and 
  thickest 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   which 
  is 
  short, 
  coloured 
  and 
  haired 
  like 
  the 
  vertex, 
  and 
  

   projecting 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  into 
  a 
  stout, 
  large, 
  somewhat 
  

   triangular 
  thickly-haired 
  tooth 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  shining, 
  and 
  

   smooth 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  large, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  ocelli 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

  

  