the Apidae in the British Museum. 331 



less completely dusted with fulvousrgrey pubescence ; tergite 

 6 and sternites 5 and 6 have the cliitin dull red. Legs 

 sparsely clotiied with greyish hair, tarsi with ferruginous-red 

 pubescence within. 



Wings hyaline. 



Mandibles robust, with two distinct apical teeth and two 

 smaller ones towards the base, hardly carinate. 



Clf/peus short, convex, the apex with a broad shallow 

 emargination, its edge somewhat irregular. 



Abdomen short, widest in tiie middle. 



Whole insect for the most part covered with small even 

 puncturing ; tergite-J 4-6 more coarsely punctured, the 

 enclosed area at base of median segn^ent, the truncation of 

 segment, and tegulte im punctate. 



Length 11 mm. 



(J. Similar to the ? in general appearance, but with the 

 three last tergites dull red. 



Fio-. 1. 



Megachile leeuwinerisis^ cJ. Anterior tarsi. 



Anterior tarsi for the most part ferruginous_, the dilatation 

 on joint 2 ivory-white ; first tarsal joint Avith a fringe of 

 silky-white hairs of mediurn length on the outside ; mixed 

 with this fringe are a few (about ten) very long, stout, ferru- 

 ginous hairs, second tarsal joint with a long spine at apex, 

 the remaining tarsal joints with ferruginous hair. Tergite 7 

 concave, the £ipex with two snjall tubercles rather widely 

 separated. 



S.W. Australia : Yallingup, 23rd Dec. 1913-23rd Jan. 

 1914 {R. E, Turner), 10 ^ ? , 8 S S ■ 



Rather resembles a large M. apicata, Smith. The dilated 

 second tarsal joint is an interesting character in the <^ , and 

 the curious long, stout hairs on the metatarsus are very 

 noticeable. 



