MBGACHILE. 489 



the legs entirely black ; the pubescence on the clypeus and face 

 dense and slightly fulvous. 



Hab. Ladak ; Sikhim ; Ceylon ; Tenasserim. § 6 . Lewjth 9-11 ; 

 exp. 18-19 mm. 



865. Megachile hera, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen minutely and very closely puno- 

 tured ; head broader than the thorax, flat, the cheeks not much 

 developed ; clypeus very slightly convex, rounded anteriorly, and 

 with a small tubercle above its base ; abdomen cordiform. Black ; 

 the sides of the clypeus, the front above the antenna3, the sides of 

 the thorax and the median segment with long soft white pubes- 

 cence ; the legs covered with short sparsely-set glittering white 

 hairs ; the base of the abdomen with long white pubescence, and 

 the apical margins of segments 1-5 with a short white fringe of 

 the same ; pollen-brush white at base, fulvous on the apical four 

 segments ; wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures and tegulae 

 testaceous brown. 



Hah. Tenasserim. S • Length 9 ; eccp. 16 mm. 



This pretty little species has somewhat the facies of a Lithurgus, 

 but the mandibles are flat and quadridentate, and the abdomen 

 shorter than in the species of that genus. 



866. Megachile chlorigaster, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc xli, 



1897. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and rather finely punc- 

 tured and pubescent ; clypeus nearly circular, strongly convex ; 

 pronotum with its posterior margin transversely grooved, smooth 

 and shining ; the scutellum large, boldly arched posteriorly ; 

 median segment rounded at the sides, truncate at apex, the face 

 of the truncation smooth, its upper margin, with the sides of the 

 segment also above, coarsely rugose ; abdomen with a subapical 

 transverse grooA^e along the margin of the 2nd segment above. 

 Black, the pubescence snow-white ; the pollen-brush dense and 

 fulvous golden ; wings hyaline, nervures dark brown ; tegulae 

 black. 



Ilnh. Mussooree. $ . Length 7 ; exp. 15 mm. Type in coll. 

 llothuey. 



867. Megachile tricincta, n. sp. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely punctured ; 

 head large, transverse, as wide as the thorax, eyes convergent 

 below ; clypeus convex, arched anteriorly ; abdomen cordiform, 

 depressed above, 2nd and 3rd segments with a transverse furrow 

 above. Black ; the clypeus and front, sides of the thorax and of 

 the median segment with tufted A\hite, the sides of the scutellum 

 with fuscous pubescence ; the tarsi of the legs and a fine narrow 



