48S APiD^. 



broad lateral patch on the basal abdominal segment, and transverse 

 fascia) on the apical margins of segments 2-4 clothed with dense 

 white pubescence ; the fasciae on the abdomen spreading from the 

 margin of one segment narrowly on to the base of the succeeding 

 segment ; legs with fuscous black mixed with hoary pubescence, 

 fulvous on the inside of the posterior tarsi ; wings subhyaliue, 

 fuscous towards the apex. 



c? similar, smaller, with a white pubescent band also on the 

 5th segQient of the abdomen. 



Hah. North-West Provinces ; Bombay. $ . Lengtii 16 ; exp. 

 30 mm. S • Length 11-12 ; exp. 22-23 mm. 



863. Megachile femorata, Smith, Netv Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 68, $ c?, 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely puactured 

 and pubescent, the front and the tibia? and tarsi of the legs 

 densely so ; clypeus slightly convex with a medial smooth longi- 

 tudinal line, its anterior margin slightly arched, hidden by the 

 dense pubescence ; abdomen short, cordate. Black, the clypeus 

 and cheeks with white pubescence ; on the front of the head, the 

 thorax, tibire and tarsi of the legs, and abdomen the pubescence is 

 pale yellowish white, forming transverse bands on the apical 

 margins of abdominal segments 1-5 above ; legs with the anterior 

 femora beneath and the intermediate and posterior femora 

 brownish yellow ; wings hyaline, sub-fuscescent along their apical 

 margins. 



6 similar, smaller, with the legs in some specimens entirely 

 brownish yellow, in others ouly the femora, as in the female, of 

 that colour ; anal abdominal segment incised at apex, with several 

 teeth along the margin. 



Huh. Bombay ; Ahmedabad ; Allahabad ; Barrackpore. $ . 

 Length 8-9; exp. 16-19 mm. S • Length 7; exp. 15 mm. 



864. MegacMle vigilans, Smith, ^nd Yark. Miss., Hym. p. 5, $ . 



? Megachile alboliueata, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Sue. xli, 1897. 



5 . Head a little coarsely, thorax and abdomen very finely and 

 closely punctured ; head about as wide as the thorax ; eyes sbghtly 

 convergent below ; clypeus transverse, convex, anteriorly widely 

 emarginate ; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th abdominal segments with a medial 

 narrow but deep transverse groove above. Black, the inter- 

 mediate and posterior femora dull orange-yellow ; the sides of the 

 face, the pronotum and sides of the thorax, and narrow transverse 

 fasciae on the apical margins of abdominal segments 1-5 with 

 snow-white pubescence, the fasciae on the abdomen not following 

 the margins of the segments in the middle but leaving a narrow 

 border bare ; pollen-brush white ; the posterior tarsi on the inside 

 with fulvous pubescence ; wings hyaline, slightly fuscescent 

 towards the apex. 



c? similar, the head proportionately broader and more square ; 



