﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (iSgy), 
  No. 
  4. 
  131 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  M. 
  anthracina 
  Sm.==.V. 
  fasciculata 
  Sm., 
  d! 
  cf., 
  

   Home 
  and 
  Smith 
  {Trans. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  vii. 
  {1872), 
  p. 
  179). 
  

   The 
  fore 
  cox£e 
  are 
  sharply 
  triangularly 
  produced 
  in 
  front. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  sycophanta, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  ; 
  capitc 
  thoraccqne 
  longe 
  cinereo-hirtis 
  ; 
  abdomine 
  

   subtus 
  longe 
  albo-hirto; 
  alls 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  13 
  — 
  14mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hairs 
  ; 
  fulvous 
  above, 
  

   cinereous 
  below 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Clypeus 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  a 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  longitudinal 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  mandibles 
  blunt, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  

   inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  irregularly 
  

   striated 
  and 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  bearing 
  long 
  golden 
  

   hair. 
  Antennas 
  black, 
  shining, 
  smooth. 
  Thorax 
  closely 
  

   and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  (but 
  very 
  

   sparsely 
  in 
  the 
  middle) 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  almost 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  sternum 
  

   punctured 
  like 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  thick, 
  deep 
  golden 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  rest 
  

   of 
  the 
  legs 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  longer, 
  sparser, 
  and 
  pale 
  silvery 
  ; 
  

   the 
  calcaria 
  pale. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  blackish. 
  

   Abdomen 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  basal 
  segments 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  

   following 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  short 
  silvery 
  hairs, 
  the 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  deeply 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  segment 
  

   coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  apparently 
  

   white, 
  but 
  the 
  colour 
  hidden 
  by 
  reddish 
  pollen. 
  

  

  The 
  d 
  is 
  similarly 
  coloured 
  to 
  the 
  2 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   spine 
  before 
  the 
  front 
  coxae 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  no 
  spines 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  broadly 
  and 
  roundly 
  incised 
  ; 
  

   this 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and, 
  to 
  a 
  less 
  

   extent, 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  

   is 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  