472 Mr. G. Meade-Waldo on 



This species is not a Lithurgus, as recorded by Friese in 

 ' Die Bienen Af rikas/ p. 322. It resembles the European 

 M. muraria superficially. The clypeus is somewhat of the 

 Chalicodoma type and is crenuhited apically. 



Megachile hahropodoides , sp. n. 



2 . Nigra, hirsuta ; capite, pleuris, abdominis segmentis 1-4 nigro-, 

 segmentis 5 et 6 fulvo-ferrugiiieo-hirsutis ; pronoto, mesouoto, 

 scutelloque flavo-cinereo-hirsutis ; scopa fulvo-ferruginea ; clypeo 

 subtruncato, apice duobus tuberculis miuutis munito ; mandibulis 

 robustis, 4-deutatis ; alis hyalinis. 

 Long. 15 mm. 



cj . Similis sed clypeo flavo-cinereo-hirsuto, prosterno spatioque 

 postoculari griseo piibescentibus ; mandibulis apice ferrugineis, 

 elongatis ; tarsis anterioribus albidis, dilatatis, albo-tomentosis ; 

 coxan. tuberculo subacuto instructa. 



?. Black; head, pleurae, abdominal tergites 1-4, and 

 legs for the most part covered with long black hair ; pro- 

 notum, mesonotum, and scutellum clothed with a dense 

 cinereous pile ; abdominal tergites 5 and 6 covered with 

 long ferruginous hairs ; intermediate and posterior tarsi 

 covered witliiu by dark ferruginous hair. Scopa ferruginous 

 red. Calcaria ferruginous. Wings hyaline. Clypeus sub- 

 truncate, broader than long, armed Avith two small tubercles 

 at apex ; mandibles massive, 4-toothed. The whole insect 

 somewhat finely and evenly punctui'ed. Metatarsus iii. 

 normal, about as long as tibia. 



Length 15 mm. 



^ . Similar to the female, but with the face and clypeus 

 covered with a long, dense, cinereous pile ; postocellar region 

 and prosternum clothed with thin white pubescence. 

 Clypeus black at base, apically ferruginous, somewhat 

 swollen. Anterior tarsi ivory-white, dilated, and fringed 

 with long white hair, anterior coxse provided with stout 

 blunt tubercles. Abdominal segment 7 bidentate. 



43 2 2 5 f? rT . 



Hab. Khamba Jong, Sikkim, 15,000-16,000 feet, 15-30. 

 vii. 1903. Collected by H. T. Walton on the Tibet Expe- 

 dition (1903-4). 



The colouring and general robust facies of this insect 

 strongly recall Bomhus and Anthophora. 



