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APID.B. 



the thorax covered with a thin fulvous pile, generally somewhat 

 abraded on the disc of the mesonotum ; legs with fuscous-black 

 and the abdomen covered with dense rufo-fulvous pubescence 

 above ; the pollen-brush fulvous, the anterior tarsi throughout and 

 the intermediate and posterior pairs on the inside with ferruginous 

 pubescence ; wings fusco-hyaline, darkening towards their apex. 

 Hah. Ceylon. 5. Length 14; exp. 26 mm. 



835. Megachile hellula, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax sparsely, abdomen densely pubescent ; the 

 clypeus, vertex of the head, mesonotum, and scutellum above bare, 



finely and closely punctured ; clypeus 

 broad, convex, its anterior margin 

 boldly arched ; scutellum rounded 

 posteriorly, not projecting over the 

 postscutellum and median segment ; 

 abdomen subcordate, slightly de- 

 pressed. Black ; the pubescence fus- 

 cous black on the front and between 

 Pig j5g the anteunse, and white on both sides 



McgacJiilebellula, S- f- ^f the face along the inner orbits, 

 on the sides of the pronotum, of the 

 scutellum, and of the median segment it is griseous, inside of the 

 tarsi with ferruginous pubescence ; abdomen covered with dense 

 short fulvous-red pubescence above on segments 3-5, the basal 

 two segments with transverse fasciae of a lighter yellow, and the 

 apical segment with a mixture of black and fulvous hairs ; pollen- 

 brush golden yellow ; wings hyaline, lightly fuscous. 



S similar, narrower in shape, the clypeus and front covered 

 with a beautiful light golden, the scutellum at the sides and median 

 segment posteriorly with thick long fuscous pubescence ; abdomen 

 entirely clothed with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; the anterior tarsi 

 testaceous ; the apical segment notched. 



Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; Sumatra. $ . Length 12-14 ; exp. 

 22-24 mm. S • Length 12-13 ; ea^J. 24 mm. 



836. Megachile stulta, n. sp. 



5 . Head and thorax somewhat coarsely and very closely 

 punctured, with a granular appearance ; abdomen pubescent ; 

 clypeus convex, broader than high, anteriorly boldly arched ; 

 median segment slightly concave posteriorly and smooth ; the 

 bases of abdominal segments 1-5 narrowly bare and finely and 

 closely punctured. Black ; the clypeus and sides of the face, the 

 pronotum, the sutures between the mesonotum, scutellum, post- 

 scutellum, and median segment, the sides of the last, and 

 the legs above covered with a thin soft white down ; the inside of 

 the tarsi with a golden fulvous, and the abdomen with a ferru- 

 ginous-red pubescence ; the pollen-brush ful\ ous golden ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline. 



