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  Cameron, 
  Hymcnoptcva 
  Oricntalia. 
  

  

  smooth, 
  shinin::::, 
  impunctate, 
  <:^labrous 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  it 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Pleurae 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with'long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  a 
  shininj^, 
  impunctate, 
  semi-oblique 
  

   furrow 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  

   punctured. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  those 
  

   on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  cal- 
  

   caria 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  rufous. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  dark 
  fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  closely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  fulvous. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  chrysogaster, 
  $p. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  capHc 
  thoraccqiic 
  albis 
  ; 
  abdominc 
  subtus 
  longe 
  

   aurco-hirto 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   sparsely, 
  the 
  front 
  more 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  antennas 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  their 
  lower 
  side 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  

   golden 
  hairs. 
  Antennae 
  shining, 
  the 
  scape 
  slightly 
  pilose 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flagellum 
  glabrous. 
  Mesonotum 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  (longer 
  

   than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum). 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  is 
  coarsely 
  crenulated, 
  the 
  edge 
  being 
  stoutly 
  

   keeled 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  abrupt 
  slope, 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Pleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  abrupt, 
  very 
  slightly 
  concave, 
  

   slope 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  raised 
  margin, 
  

   the 
  part 
  behind 
  this 
  being 
  depressed 
  and 
  crenulated. 
  The 
  

  

  