486 APIDJE. 



cf similar, smaller ; the coxae armed with short teeth ; the apical 

 abdomiual segment notched in the middle. 



Hub. Dehra Dun ; Ahmedabad {Miss A. Broolc). $ . Length 

 11-14 ; exp. 20-26 mm. 6 . Length 9 ; exp. 19 mm. 



858. Megachile faceta, n. sp. 



$ . Head behind the ocelli, the cheeks, and thorax above 

 densely and somewhat coarsely, and the ab- 

 domen more sparsely and finely punctured ; 

 the punctures on the head and thorax showiniJ^ 

 a tendency to run into longitudinal strise ; 

 clypeus subtriangular, flat, its anterior margin 

 transverse, waved ; . abdomen with broad, 

 smooth, transverse depressed bands on the 

 segments. Jet-black ; the clypeus with short 

 and thin, the front as high as the ocelli, and 

 Fig. 161. — Megachile the sides of the pronotum with dense and 

 faceta,'^. I. rather long fulvous pubescence; the outer 



half of the tegulse ferruginous ; the median 

 segment posteriorly, an abbreviated line on each side at the 

 base of abdominal segments 2-5, and a transverse narrow line 

 at the base of the 6th segment clothed with snow-white pubes- 

 cence ; pollen-brush white ; wings hyaline at base, dark fuscous, 

 having a purple effulgence from beyond the basal nervure. 



Hc(h. Burma; Tenasserim. §. Lewjth Vl-l^. ; e.i?/j. 22-23 mm. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



859. Megachile griseopicta, Eadoszl. Wiadom. z nauh Pvzyrod. pt. ii 



(lf>82), p. 80, 2 ; -D«//. Ton: Cat. x, p. 432. 



2 . Head and thorax finely punctured, shining ; clypeus conxex, 

 triangular, its anterior margin arched. Black ; the front of the 

 head, a broad line on the occiput, and the sides of the pro- and 

 mesonotum with fulvous pubescence ; the median segment pos- 

 teriorly, a spot at the base of the Jst abdominal segment, abbre- 

 viated narrow fasciae on each side at the base of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th, and an entire fascia across the base of the 6th segment 

 covered with white pubescence ; wings hyaline at base, fuscous, 

 with a purple effulgence towards apex. 



Var. The fasciae at the base of abdominal segments 2-6 wanting. 



Hab. Sikhim {Radoszhowski) ; Tenasserim. § . Length 12-14 ; 

 exp. 24-28 mm. 



I am not quite certain whether I have rightly identified this 

 species. 



860. Megachile pulchripes, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soe. xli, 1897. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and coarsely punctured, 

 the face in front on both sides of the antemise, the sides of the 

 thorax and median segment with short pubescence; clypeus 

 transverse anteriorly, almost emarginate, subporrect ; a nan-ow 



