﻿;318 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  taken 
  April 
  18, 
  1907. 
  The 
  males 
  were 
  

   taken 
  in 
  April, 
  May, 
  and 
  July; 
  the 
  females 
  in 
  July, 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  and 
  October. 
  

  

  Meyachile 
  kayiana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  £ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  14| 
  (small 
  specimens 
  12^) 
  mm. 
  

  

  Superficially 
  exactly 
  like 
  M. 
  takaoensis, 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  

   mixed 
  it, 
  but 
  easily 
  separated 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  above 
  all 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  

   spines 
  ; 
  anterior 
  femora 
  subtrigonal, 
  keeled 
  beneath, 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous, 
  the 
  posterior 
  inferior 
  face 
  blackened 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibia? 
  

   ferruginous, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  black 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  broadened, 
  dull 
  cream-colour 
  stained 
  with 
  reddish, 
  

   friDged 
  behind 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  a 
  large 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  oval 
  spot 
  ; 
  sixth 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  hairy 
  and 
  keeled, 
  

   but 
  strongly 
  retracted, 
  not 
  produced, 
  the 
  broad 
  margin 
  with 
  

   irregular 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  ; 
  fourth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  emarginate, 
  

   but 
  no 
  evident 
  projections. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Formosa 
  (Sauter). 
  Several 
  in 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Type 
  from 
  Koroton, 
  Sept. 
  9, 
  1907. 
  

  

  Meyachile 
  rufovittata, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  £ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  14| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Sirailer 
  to 
  M. 
  takaoensis, 
  but 
  shorter 
  and 
  proportionately 
  

   broader, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  shovel-shaped: 
  abdomen 
  appearing 
  

   banded, 
  the 
  segments 
  crossed 
  by 
  strong 
  ridges 
  which 
  stand 
  

   up 
  above 
  the 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  basad 
  of 
  these 
  ridges 
  the 
  surface 
  

   is 
  densely 
  punctured 
  with 
  dark 
  red 
  hair, 
  apicad 
  of 
  them 
  it 
  is 
  

   very 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  brilliant 
  orange-ferruginous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   ventral 
  scopa 
  creamy 
  white 
  at 
  base, 
  becoming 
  deep 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  apically 
  ; 
  posterior 
  basitarsus 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  flat 
  ; 
  

   hair 
  of 
  vertex 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  disc 
  of 
  mesothorax 
  nearly 
  bare, 
  

   with 
  scanty 
  short 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  but 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  along 
  

   the 
  margins 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  very 
  bright 
  

   orange-ferruginous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  and 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  shining, 
  

   with 
  strong 
  punctures 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  so 
  short 
  as 
  in 
  takaoensis, 
  

   with 
  its 
  apical 
  margin 
  broadly 
  though 
  not 
  deeply 
  excavated 
  ; 
  

   flagellum 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  in 
  takaoensis. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Fuhosho, 
  Formosa, 
  July 
  1909 
  (Sauter). 
  One 
  female 
  

   in 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  Sauter 
  collection 
  from 
  Formosa 
  includes 
  a 
  great 
  

   number 
  of 
  red-haired 
  specimens 
  of 
  Megachile, 
  superficially 
  

   like 
  M.fulva. 
  Upon 
  close 
  examination 
  it 
  proves 
  easy 
  to 
  sort 
  

  

  