MEGACHILB. 477 



c? similar ; the clypeus in front and at base, and the space 

 round each antenna with white pubescence, the pubescence on the 

 thorax fulvous and denser, on the abdomen more sparse than in 

 the female, the apical two bands on the latter whitish ; wings deep 

 yellow at base, fusco-hyaline at apex. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bangalore, Southern India ( Watson). ^ , Length 9 ; 

 exp. 16 mm. J . Length 8 ; e:ip. IG mm. 



837. Megachile fulvovestita, /S/HJitA, Cai!. i, p. 170, '^S; L>alL Tor. 

 Cat. X, p. 431. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen covered with dense pubescence 

 above, the pubescence on the legs and beneath sparse, the surface 

 under the pubescence closely and finely punctured ; the clypeus 

 widely arched anteriorly and with a medial vertical carina apparent 

 under the pubescence ; head flat, transverse, about as broad as the 

 thorax. Black, the pubescence rich fulvous, pollen-brush white ; 

 wings subhyaliue, slightly fuscous towards the apex. 



<S similar, smaller, the head broader in proportion and sub- 

 quadrate ; the anterior tarsi remarkably broad and flat, the basal 

 three joints with broad flat internal lobes ; the anterior coxae have 

 prominent conical tubercles anteriorly. Black ; the pubescence a 

 more golden fulvous than in the female; the anterior femora, tibiae, 

 and tarsi testaceous yellow. 



Hah. Bombay. $ . Length 15 ; exp. 27 mm. c? . Length 13 ; 

 exp). 24 mm. 



838. Megachile bicolor. 



Apis bicolor, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i, p. 304. 



Apis albiventris, Christ, Hym. p. 171, pi. 13, fig. 9. 



Megachile bicolor, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 342; Smith, Cat. i, p. 181. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely punctured ; clypeus 

 subtriangular, slightly convex, anteriorly transverse, with a broad 

 medial shallow sulcation not reaching its base ; abdomen elongate, 

 cordate. Black ; the sides of the face and clypeus with rather 

 thick white pubescence, a spot of the same underneath the base of 

 the wings ; the median segment and abdomen above with rich 

 fulvous red, the posterior lateral angles of the former with white 

 pubescence ; legs black, the pubescence fuscous, fulvous red on 

 the underside of the intermediate and posterior tarsi ; pollen-brush 

 white ; wings fusco-hyaline. 



S similar, smaller, head proportionately larger, wings lighter in 

 colour ; median segment and the intermediate and posterior tarsi 

 beneath with golden yellow pubescence. 



Hah. Eangit Valley, Sikhim ; Agra ; Allahabad ; Bombay ; 

 Bangalore; Burma; China. $. Length 14-15; exp. 30 mm. 

 (S . Length 12 ; exp. 26 mm. 



