332 Mr. G. Meade- Waldo on 



Megachile ferox, Smith, ? . 



There is a good series o£ males of this striking species in 

 tlie collection from Yallingnp, and also three specimens which 

 are certainly the female. As the male is the only described 

 sex, a short description of the female is added : — 



5 . Nigra, plerumque griseo-pilosa ; tergitibus 1-3 obscure griseo- 

 fasciatis, 5-6 plus minus ve rufo-aurantiacis ; alis subbyalinis ; 

 Bcopa ventrali alba ; clypeo latiore quam longiore, apice trun- 

 cate ; mandibulis robustis obscure deutatis. 



Long. 12 mm. 



General facies similar to the male. 



Black, head and thorax more or less densely clothed with 

 griseous pubescence, densest on inner orbits and median 

 segment, with distinct white spots on sides of pronotum, 

 mesopleurae, and axillse, tergites 1-3 or 4 with narrow apical 

 fasciae of same colour ; scopa silvery white, sternite 6 fuscous ; 

 tergites 5 and 6 clothed witii bright ferruginous red, a few 

 ferrn^iuous hairs on clj'peus and mandibles. 



Wings subhyaline. 



Mandibles robust, of uniform width ; only two distinct 

 teeth, their suiface with two conspicuous carinse in addition 

 to the outer margin. 



Clypeus rather broader than long, the apex truncate. 



Head about as broad as thorax ; abdomen parallel-sided, 

 tergites 3 and 4 with transverse sulci. The whole uniformly 

 punctured, the punctures even, of medium size; enclosed 

 area of median segment, tiuncatiou of tergite 1, and tegulse 

 in)punctate. 



Wings subhyaline. 



Length 12 mm. 



Ti)is species is closely allied to M. suhferox, but the differ- 

 ences noted in the key should serve to sej)arate them. 



23. Megachile lovgiceps, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, clypeo fronteque pallide aureo-pilosis ; area intra- 

 orbitali, genis, thorace ubique, abdominis segmentis l-i fasciis 

 apicalibus, pedibusque plerumque albo-pilosis ; scopa ventrali 

 alba ; tergite sterniteque 6 rutis, griseo-pubescentibus ; clj-peo 

 apice subtruncato ; alis hyalinis. 

 Long. 8^ mm. 



Black ; front and clypeus rather sparsely clothed with 

 golden pubescence ; inner orbits, cheeks, the whole thorax, 



