60 p. CAMERON. 



18. Allodape picitarsis, sp. nov. 



Niger, nitidus, facie, clypeo, maculaque inter antennas flavis; alis hyalinis, stigraate 

 fusco. $ . 



Long. 5 — 6 mm. 



Hab. Minikoi, Laccadives. 



Antennae black ; the flagelliim with a bro\viiish tinge towards the apex. Head smooth 

 and shining; the vertex is obscurely punctured. The front ocellus is surrounded by a wide, 

 deep furrow ; the front is broadly dilated in the middle ; the dilatated part becomes 

 gradually wider towards the apex. The yellow mark on the face is slightly and roundly 

 incised on the top ; the sides curve slightly outwardly ; the yellow mark is continued to 

 the end of the clypeus, on which it is narrower and slightly longer. On the apex of the 

 pronotum is a broad, white band, narrowed at the sides; the tubercles and the gi-eater 

 part of the tegulae are yellow. Mesonotum and scutellum aciculated ; the basal area of the 

 median segment is strongly and closely punctured ; the rest of it is smooth and shining. 

 Legs thickly covered with long, white hair; the hair on the tarsi is more testaceous in colour, 

 and their apices are testaceous. Abdomen shining, smooth ; the apices of the segments 

 are testaceous ; the basal segment at the base is hollowed, but not deeply. Wings clear 

 hyaline; the stigma fuscous; the nervures slightly darker. 



19. Megachile otriades, sp. nov. 



Long. 13 mm. $. 



Hah. Hitadu, Mahlos Atoll, Maldives. 



Has the hair coloration of M. lanata, with which it is closely related ; it is smaller ; 

 the mandibles are differently formed, their second tooth is longer compared to the first 

 and not so widely separated from it ; the middle part is broadly and distinctly dilated, 

 the posterior part being also dilated and separated ; it is more rounded than the middle 

 portion, which has the base and apex straight and oblique. 



Scape of antennae black, opaque, closely punctured and covered with pale hair ; the 

 flagellum is brownish. Head as wide as the thorax, closely, almost rugosely, punctured except 

 for a T-shaped mark on the clypeus and face, the end of which extends to the apex of the 

 clypeus. The front is thickly covered with long, dark, rufous hair; the vertex with shorter, 

 dark, fuscous hair ; the face and clypeus with long, dark hair. The mandibles are furrowed 

 along the edge to near the base ; on the inner part they bear long, curved punctures ; 

 the outer tooth is sharply pointed, becoming gradually narrowed to the apex, which is 

 rounded; the second tooth is triangular; the inner is broadly rounded; the middle and 

 the second are bordered behind by a smooth, flat part, which is clearly separated. Thorax 

 closely and distinctly punctured and thickly covered with dark, rufous hair; the sides and 

 breast with shorter pale hair. Legs thickly covered with pale hair; the hair on the hinder 

 tarsi on the inner side is dark rufous. The basal segments of the abdomen are covered 

 with dark rufous, the other segments are fringed with pale, fulvous hair; the scopa is 

 pale, almost white, except on the last segment, where it is black. 



