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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptera 
  Orientalia. 
  

  

  and 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  

   fulvous 
  tint 
  on 
  the 
  metatarsus 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  piceous 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  above 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  scopa 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  rufous. 
  

  

  The 
  S 
  is 
  similarly 
  coloured 
  to 
  the 
  $ 
  ; 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  rufous, 
  except 
  the 
  apical 
  one, 
  which 
  

   is 
  depressed 
  broadly 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  cleft 
  slightly 
  

   and 
  roundly; 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  are 
  three 
  stout 
  teeth, 
  which 
  

   become 
  successively, 
  but 
  not 
  much, 
  shorter. 
  On 
  the 
  

   sternum 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  coxje 
  are 
  two 
  stout 
  project- 
  

   ing 
  plates, 
  curved 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  straight 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   oblique 
  on 
  the 
  outer. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  pulchripes, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  longe 
  argentco-pilosa 
  ; 
  coxis, 
  trochantcribus, 
  fano- 
  

   rtbics 
  tibiisque 
  posticis, 
  rufis; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  siigmate 
  fiisco. 
  2. 
  

   Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  depressed 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  

   bears 
  some 
  long 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  straight 
  keel 
  runs 
  from 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  the 
  

   part 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  the 
  thinner 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   furrowed 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  teeth 
  piceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   two 
  large. 
  Antennae 
  black, 
  shining, 
  smooth. 
  Thorax 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  more 
  strongly 
  than 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  projecting 
  into 
  

   triangular 
  teeth 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  

   sparsely 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  The 
  

   median 
  segment 
  sharply 
  oblique, 
  its 
  sides 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  woolly 
  hairs. 
  Propleurae 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  

  

  