480 APiD^. 



Hah. Bengal (Smith) ; Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Ceylon. 

 $ . Length 14-15 ; e.rp. 26-28 mm. 6 . Length 11 ; exp. 23 mm. 



843. Megachile disjuncta. 



Apis disjuncta, Fabr. Ent. Stjst. ii, p. 328. 



Megachile disjuncta, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 331 ; Sviith, Cat. i, p. 178. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely and somewhat coarsely 

 punctured, the margins of abdominal segments 1-5 broadly depi'essed, 

 the middle of the 4tli just before the depressed portion always, 

 and of the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th segments very often smooth, shining, 

 impunctate ; the clypeus from the front subtriangular, its apical 

 margin transverse ; mandibles broad at apex, the outer tooth acute ; 

 vertex broad, flattish, produced back ; the back of the head roundly 

 emarginate. Black ; the face and front, the prothorax at the sides 

 and beneath, and the legs on the outside with black pubescence ; 

 he pubescence on the inside of the tibiae and tarsi fuscous ; the 

 median segment and the basal segment of the abdomen covered 

 with thick long white to rusty-yellow pubescence ; the pollen-brush 

 jet-black ; wings hyaline fuscous, for their apical three-fourths 

 with a brilliant purple effulgence. 



(S similar, smaller ; the base, sides, and apex of the clypeus with 

 long white pubescence. 



Hah. Throughout India, Burma, and Tenasserim ; Isle of France 

 (Smith). 2' Length 16-17; eap. 30-32 mm. J. Length 12; 

 exp. 24 mm. 



844. Megachile relata, Smith, New Sp. H^jm. B. M. p. 68, $ . 



2 . Closely allied to and resembling M. disjuncta, Fabr. ; head 

 about as wide as the thorax, but short, not so much produced 

 behind on the occiput and cheeks as in that species ; head, thorax, 

 and abdomen more finely punctured, the margins of the segments 

 of the last depressed, but as closely punctured as the base, not 

 smooth ; pubescence as in M. disjuncta, but the pollen-brush 

 bright fulvous in the middle ; the wings lighter in tint, clear 

 hyaline at base, only slightly fuscescent towards their apical 

 margins ; legs castaneous brown, not black. 



S smaller, exactly similar except the M'ings, which are fusces- 

 cent along their apical margins. 



Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; China. $ . Length 11-12 ; exp. 22- 

 24 mm. 6 . Length 9 ; exp. 19 mm. 



845. Megachile monticola. Smith, Cat. i, p. 179, 2 ■ 



? Megachile rhinoceros, Mocs. Termez. JFiizetek. xv, p. 131. 



? Megachile felderi, Radoszk. Wiadom. z nauk Przyrod. pt, ii, 1882, 



p. 79, 2 . 

 Megachile samson, Cam. Mem. Ilanch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



2 . In form, in shape of the head, the clypeus, and mandibles 

 precisely like M. tuberculata ; the head above more densely and 

 coarsely, the abdomen more finely punctured, the margins of the 



