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about bases of antennae and at each side of upper end of 

 clypeus ; cheeks with white hair; mandibles strongly keeled 

 externally, the cutting-edge very long ; clypeus broadly 

 emarginate, the ernargination crenulate, and with a median 

 denticle; supraclypeal area flattened, polished and sparsely 

 punctured in middle; clypeus rather closely punctured, with 

 a smooth median line on upper part; thorax at 'sides, 

 beneath, and metathorax with long white hair, but black 

 hair in middle of mesopleura ; mesothorax shining, strongly 

 but not very densely punctured, appearing bare, but with 

 short black hair, the lateral margins with white hair ; 

 scutellum with black hair, but a thin band of white between 

 it and mesothorax. Wings dusky, nervures dark fuscous ; 

 tibial spurs ferruginous. Legs with mainly pale hair, 

 ferruginous on inner side of the broadened hind basitarsi. 

 Abdomen broad, with beautiful green and purple colours ; 

 hind margins of segments with narrow bright ferruginous 

 hair-bands. 



Singapore (Baker, 9274). 



A beautiful species ; closely related to the Australian 

 M. pictiventris , Sm., but readily known by the red abdo- 

 minal bands and the wholly black hair of front. Also from 

 Singapore comes a female M. subrixator, Ckll. (Baker, 

 9275). 



Megachile subignita, sp. n. 

 $ . — Length about 135 mm. 



Not very robust; black, including antennae and legs, 

 tegulae red ; ventral scopa white at base, pale ferruginous in 

 middle, black on last two segments; lower margin of 

 clypeus gently arched, simple; clypeus densely punctured, 

 with a smooth median line; front and sides of face with 

 ferruginous hair, vertex with thin fuscous hair, lower part 

 of cheeks with white ; sides of mesothorax and scutellum, 

 tubercles, upper part of pleura, and metathorax with long 

 bright ferruginous hair ; mesothorax and scutellum shining, 

 strongly but not densely punctured, with thin fulvous hair 

 on disc. Wings reddish dusky, nervures ferruginous, the 

 outer ones becoming fuscous. Legs with pale hair ; tibial 

 spurs ferruginous ; hind basitarsi not very broad, their inner 

 side with red hair. Abdomen finely punctured, with greenish 

 tints ; hind margins of segments witli narrow pale red hair- 

 bands, sides of first segment heavily tufted with bright 

 ferruginous hair. 



Singapore (Baker, 9276). 



In Friese's tables runs nearest to M. penetrata, Sm., but 

 that is much larger, and otherwise different. 



