the ApidtB in the British Museum. 471 



This species is widely spread in Africa. Smith redescribed 

 it from the Gambia. There are other specimens from Znn- 

 geru, N. Nigeria, iv. 1910 (J. W. Scott-Macjie) ; near 

 Johannesburg, Transvaal {A. J. Cholmley) ; Salisbury, 

 JVIashoiialand (G. A. K. Marshall) ; various localities in 

 N.E. Rhodesia (-S. A. Neave) ; N. Rhodesia, Sinapunga, 

 13. ii. 1911 {Silverlock Coll.); and Nyasaland, Karonga 

 {S. A. Neave). 



Megachile {Amegachile) Jimbriala, Smith. 



Smith's type of this species from the Gambia agrees well 

 in all points of structure with a male of Al. ccerulea, Friese, 

 determined by Friese himself, from Nyasaland. M. fimhriata 

 has the abdomen clothed with fulvous pubescence; possibly 

 M. ccerulea may prove to be a subspecies. 



Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata, Rits. 



Mfigachile }}ituherculata, Hits. Tijdscbr. v. Entoin. xxiii. Versl. p. xcvii 



( L880). 

 Megachile tuberculata, Smitb, Descr. New Spec. Hymen, p. 03. no. 8 



(1879). 2. [Nee Smitb, 1857.] 

 Megachile {Amegachile) sjostedti, Friese, Zeitscbr. Ilym. Dipt. Bd. i. 



p. 72 (1901). 2 • 



A specimen from Ilesha, S. Nigeria, 4. iii. 1910 (J. J. 

 Simpson), determined by Dr. Friese, agrees with Smithes 

 type of M. tuberculata in the British Museum. 



Megachile {Amegachile) nasalis, Smith. 

 Meqachile nasalis, Smith, Descr. New Spec. Hymen, p. 61.no. 2 (1879). 



Meqachxle {Amegachile) volkmamii, Friese, Zeitscbr. Hym. Dipt. Bd. iv. 

 p. 299 (1904). 



Smith's type from Zulaland, in the British Museum, 

 belongs to Friese's subgenus Amegachile. 



Other specimens in the collection are from N.E. Rhodesia, 

 Fort Jameson, 3800 feet, September 1910 {S. A. Neave), 

 presented by the Entomological Research Committee 

 (Tropical Africa); S.E. Congo Free State, Lufira River, 

 Katanga, 3500 feet, 27. viii. 07 {S. A. Neave) ; and Lake 

 Shirwa, Zomba, B.C. A. {R. Newstead). 



Megachile (Sthiops, Smith. 



Megachile eethtops, Smitb, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus, i. p. 166. no 68 



(1853). 

 Lithitrgus cethiops, Friese, Die Bienen Afrikas, p. 322 (1910). 



