THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORr. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 

 No. 59. NOVEMBER 1912. 



IjYlU.—N'oies on the Apidae (Hi/menoptera) in the Collection 

 of the British Museum, with Descriptions of new Species. 

 By GrEOFFREY Meade-Waldo, M.A. 



(Published by permission of tlie Trustees of the Britisli Museum.) 



I. Subfamily Megachilinjs. 



The following notes were made daring a recent rearrange- 

 ment and expansion of the bees of this subfamily. 



A considerable number of types have, of necessity, come 

 under notice during this work, and the fact that many of 

 the species have been either ignored or misunderstood by 

 other workers has made the present appear a good oppor- 

 tunity in which to make an effort to facilitate the identifi- 

 cation of these species by means either of keys or notes on 

 synonymy. 



The species which appear to be least understood are those 

 described by the late Frederick Smith, and to these special 

 attention has been paid. Much valuable information has 

 already been published on the British Museum collection of 

 bees, notably by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell in his paper 

 " Notes on some Bees in the British Museum " (Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc. xxxi. p. 309, 1905), and by A. Ducke 

 (Deutsch. ent, Zeitschr. p. 362, 1910). Friese's valuable 

 monograph of the subfamily (' Das Tierreich/ 28 Lieferung) 

 has been of great assistance. 



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