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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  hair, 
  very 
  dense 
  and 
  bright 
  on 
  tubercles 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  

   wings 
  ; 
  disc 
  of 
  anterior 
  coxre 
  Avith 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  te^ulae 
  black. 
  

   Wings 
  dark 
  fuliginous, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  paler 
  and 
  yellower. 
  

   Legs 
  black, 
  with 
  short 
  fulvous 
  and 
  black 
  hair, 
  that 
  on 
  inner 
  

   side 
  of 
  tarsi 
  rufo-fu 
  cous 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  not 
  especially 
  

   broadened. 
  Abdomen 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  and 
  parallel-sided 
  type, 
  

   with 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  first 
  segment, 
  and 
  forming 
  in- 
  

   conspicuous 
  narrow 
  bands, 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  middle 
  on 
  

   the 
  following 
  four 
  ; 
  surface 
  shining, 
  punctures 
  on 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  segments 
  very 
  large; 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  bright 
  rufo-fulvous, 
  

   becoming 
  blackened 
  on 
  fourth 
  segment, 
  and 
  entirely 
  black 
  

   on 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  metallic. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Fuhosho, 
  Formosa, 
  July 
  1909 
  (Sauter). 
  Berlin 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  looks 
  exactly 
  like 
  a 
  small 
  example 
  of 
  M. 
  doederleinii, 
  

   Friese, 
  but 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  darker 
  wings, 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  almost 
  parallel 
  (widely 
  diverging 
  below 
  in 
  doederleinii), 
  

   and 
  the 
  normal 
  (not 
  elevated) 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  clypeus. 
  

  

  The 
  antennas 
  of 
  M. 
  dinura 
  are 
  shorter 
  in 
  proportion 
  than 
  

   those 
  of 
  M. 
  doederleinii. 
  The 
  structure 
  and 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  are 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  both. 
  

  

  Comparison 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  M.sculpturalis, 
  Smith, 
  

   which 
  has 
  much 
  more 
  fulvous 
  hair, 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  

   metallic 
  tints. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  conjuncta, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  a 
  co-type 
  female 
  from 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  collection. 
  The 
  

   abdomen 
  has 
  strong 
  purple 
  tints, 
  and 
  the 
  ventral 
  scopa, 
  

   while 
  largely 
  red, 
  is 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  black 
  laterally 
  and 
  

   apically 
  ; 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  "entirely 
  bright 
  fulvous/' 
  as 
  Bingham 
  

   has 
  it. 
  The 
  mandibles 
  are 
  strongly 
  arched 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   and 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  has 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  smooth 
  

   band. 
  Thus 
  the 
  species, 
  while 
  superficially 
  just 
  like 
  M. 
  dis- 
  

   juncta, 
  is 
  really 
  very 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  disj 
  'unctiformis 
  , 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Like 
  M. 
  disjuncta, 
  but 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  of 
  female 
  creamy 
  

   white 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  base 
  of 
  fourth 
  segment, 
  black 
  beyond. 
  This 
  

   is 
  evidently 
  nearer 
  to 
  M. 
  disjuncta 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   M. 
  relata, 
  Smith, 
  agreeing 
  with 
  disjuncta 
  in 
  sculpture, 
  form, 
  

   and 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  (compare 
  Bingham's 
  account 
  of 
  

   M. 
  relata) 
  ; 
  in 
  relata 
  the 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  is 
  bright 
  fulvous 
  and 
  

   black, 
  in 
  disjuncta 
  it 
  is 
  all 
  black. 
  The 
  hair 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  adjacent 
  parts 
  of 
  thorax 
  is 
  white, 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   juncta 
  from 
  Deli, 
  Sumatra 
  (L. 
  Martin) 
  ; 
  in 
  disjuncta 
  from 
  

  

  