﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  317 
  

  

  Madagascar 
  and 
  Mauritius 
  it 
  is 
  ochreous. 
  The 
  female 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  formed 
  exactly 
  as 
  in 
  disjuncta, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  pair 
  

   of 
  apical 
  tubercles, 
  but 
  the 
  delicate 
  median 
  carina 
  is 
  usually 
  

   (uot 
  always) 
  absent. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  has 
  simple 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  and 
  tibia? 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   coxae 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  spines, 
  reddish 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  

   dense 
  white 
  beard, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  bare 
  and 
  shining, 
  with 
  

   strong 
  punctures 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  with 
  well-separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  

   apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  obscurely 
  bilobed. 
  The 
  smaller 
  males 
  are 
  

   uot 
  over 
  10 
  mm. 
  long, 
  while 
  the 
  larger 
  females 
  are 
  18. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Formosa 
  (Sauter) 
  ; 
  very 
  many 
  specimens. 
  Berlin 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Chikutoge, 
  May 
  1909. 
  Other 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  from 
  Takao, 
  July 
  to 
  October. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  takaoensis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <J 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  14 
  (small 
  examples 
  12) 
  mm. 
  

   Black, 
  with 
  abundant 
  pale 
  yellow 
  hair 
  on 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  

   and 
  legs, 
  and 
  brighter 
  red 
  (orange-fulvous) 
  on 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   vertex 
  and 
  disc 
  of 
  mesothorax 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  dense 
  

   hair 
  of 
  face 
  fulvous 
  varying 
  to 
  cream-colour 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  above 
  dullish, 
  densely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  tegulae 
  very 
  dark 
  

   brown, 
  finely 
  punctured. 
  Wings 
  subhyaline, 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   broadly 
  fuscous. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  including 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  reddish, 
  rather 
  thickened, 
  but 
  essentially 
  simple, 
  

   with 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  hair 
  behind, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  also 
  

   fringed 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxa? 
  with 
  short 
  but 
  stout 
  black 
  spines. 
  

   Abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  hair 
  ; 
  sixth 
  segment 
  very 
  hairy, 
  

   projecting, 
  sharp-edged, 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   variously 
  subdentate, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  median 
  keel 
  ; 
  sub- 
  

   apically 
  beneath 
  is 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  projection 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  

   spine, 
  and 
  another 
  spine 
  projecting 
  from 
  its 
  hinder 
  part, 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  apical 
  emargiuation 
  ; 
  stigma 
  ferruginous, 
  nervures 
  

   mostly 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  light 
  red 
  hair, 
  the 
  scopa 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  orange-fulvous 
  ; 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  African 
  M. 
  fuiva, 
  

   Smith, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  much 
  darker, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  massive, 
  quadridentate 
  : 
  clypeus 
  short 
  aid 
  broad, 
  

   very 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  median 
  apical 
  tubercle 
  ; 
  

   hair 
  of 
  clypeus 
  largely 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  and 
  dark 
  reddish 
  ; 
  

   fiagellum 
  short 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  little 
  broadened, 
  

   with 
  much 
  red 
  hair 
  on 
  inner 
  side. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Takao, 
  Formosa 
  (Sauter). 
  Many 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  