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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcra 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  Hornei, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  ; 
  facie 
  longe 
  fulvo-hirta 
  ; 
  pcdihns 
  anticis 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceis, 
  alis 
  fiunatis. 
  S 
  . 
  Long. 
  17 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  large 
  ; 
  below 
  the 
  antennas 
  and 
  the 
  orbits 
  to 
  the 
  

   ocelli, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  Mandibles 
  

   black, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  and 
  with 
  large 
  

   clearly 
  separated 
  deep 
  punctures. 
  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  closely 
  punctured. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  prosternum 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   shorter, 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fulvous 
  

   hairs 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  On 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  is 
  a 
  dull 
  impunctate 
  area 
  dilated 
  into 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   point 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  alutaceous, 
  obscurely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  opaque, 
  obscurely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  : 
  the 
  anterior 
  femora 
  

   and 
  tibiae, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  in 
  front, 
  fulvo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  four 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  covered 
  with 
  longer, 
  thicker, 
  and 
  whiter 
  

   hair. 
  Wings 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  fuscous, 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  violaceous 
  

   tinge, 
  lighter 
  below 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black 
  ; 
  above 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   black 
  hairs, 
  very 
  long 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   semicircularly 
  incised; 
  its 
  apex 
  very 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  bluish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  furrow 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  

   middle 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  deepl}- 
  

   incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  flat 
  ; 
  triangularly 
  incised 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  ventral 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  short 
  

   fulvous 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  depressed, 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  \Nith 
  long 
  fulvous 
  

   hair. 
  

  

  