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Megachile intrlcata Sm. 



1879 Megachile hüricala Smith, $% in: Descr. new spec. Hymen., p. 61. 



?. Black. The face with pale golden pubescence, on the Vertex it is short, thin, and black ; the clypeus 

 closely punctured, and with a longitudinal central carina. Thorax above with short sparing black pubescence 

 and a little pale fulvous on the collar; beneath it is pale, also that on the metathorax; the apical joints of the 

 tarsi ferruginous; the basal Joint of the posterior pair with fulvous pubescence within; wings subhyaline. 

 Abdomen densely clothed above with short fulvo-ferrugiiious pubescence, beneath it is pale and glittering. 

 L. 5 Vi mm (12 mm). 



S. Closely resembles the female, but has the head proportionately wider; the apical segment of the 

 abdomen angulated, and its apex slightly notched; the anterior tarsi simple. 



Cape. 



There are several species of Megachile that are very similar to each other: I am acquainted with three 

 from India, three from Africa, and one from Australia; all these have a black head and thorax and a fulvous 

 abdomen. The present species most closely resembles M. hicolor; but from that species it differs in being 

 smaller, in the colour of the pubescence on the face, and also in that of the abdomen being more ferruginous; 

 the male of M. hicolor has the apical segment of the abdomen denticulate. 



Megachile loosi Vach. 

 1903 Megachile loosi Vachai,, (??, in: Ann. Soc. ent. Trance, T. LXXn, p. 366. 



?. Nigra, mandibulis pedibusque aliquando rufescentibus ; facie, temporibus et mandibul. basi albescente 

 lanosa, barba clypei apice obscurata, vertice et dorsi noto villidis obscuratis sparse hispidis, inde cute lucente 

 punctulata conspicua, segmentis 1 — 5 lanula appressa aurantiaca vestitis, et quando attrita est cutis lucidula 

 punctulata apparet; segmento 6 pube griseo setulis brunneis. Scopa fulvo-rufa, basi pallidior, in valvula obscurior. 



Alae fumato-hyalinae. 



Mandibulae validae, area faciali polita, nuda, sulculo aciem attingente nuUo, dente 2 obtuso a 3 vix 

 inciso-separato. Clypeus lucidus convexus basim versus oblique depressus. 



Antennae graciles elongatae, articulo 3 sesquilongiore secundo, quartum fere aequante. Pedes aliquando. 

 rufescentes pilis mollibus albidis, sub prototarsis fulvis; prototarso 3 magno, infra convexo, calcaribus testaceis 

 L. 12 — 14 mm. 



(S. Facies tota aureo-villosa. 



Mandibulae area basali albo pilosa, subtus nudae, margine externo basim versus in angulum acutum 

 fere usque ad apophysim fere nudam fossulae labialis prolongatae. 



Prototarsus i valde dilatatus albus externe albo-fimbriatus, angulo apicali interno (antico) inflato nigro; 

 articulus 2 — 4 albis externe albo, interne brevissime nigro fimbriatis; coxae antiquae fere glabrae £umiatae. 

 Prototarsus 3 rectangulus sed angulo apicali supero, et etiam in art. 2 —3, plus minus prolato. 



Segmentum 6 fere totum tomento rufe tectum, lamina apicali nuda, in medio foveolata, margine 

 irregulariter crenulata. Quatuor segmenta ventralia late griseo apice fimbriata. L. 10V2— 11V2 mm. 



9 ? et I (J de Batah IX 97 (BOUYS.SOU), i S de Sierra Leone VI, coli. Vachal; 2 ? de Sierra Leone 

 (MOCQUERYS), I d de Sierra Leone (MoCQUERYS), i S de Popocabacca (Loos) et i d des chutes de Samlia 

 (MOCQUERYS), au Mus. de Bruxelles. 



Var. Le S de Sierra Leone a la base des segments 2 — 4 glabre, en tous cas non vetue de fauve. 



Sierra Leone und vom Kongo. 



Jenaische Denkschriften. XIV. 39 Schultze, Forschungsreise in Südafrika. 



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