﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  319 
  

  

  out 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  males 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  females. 
  All 
  the 
  males 
  

   described 
  as 
  takaoensis 
  come 
  from 
  Takao, 
  thirty-two 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  Eight 
  females 
  from 
  Takao 
  evidently 
  belong 
  with 
  

   them. 
  The 
  males 
  described 
  as 
  kagiana 
  are 
  two 
  from 
  Kagi, 
  

   Aug. 
  26, 
  1907 
  ; 
  three 
  from 
  Koroton, 
  Sept. 
  9, 
  1907; 
  and 
  one 
  

   from 
  Takao, 
  July 
  21, 
  1907. 
  Two 
  females 
  from 
  Koroton, 
  

   Sept. 
  9, 
  1907, 
  are 
  referred 
  with 
  doubt 
  to 
  M. 
  kagiana, 
  but 
  I 
  

   cannot 
  find 
  any 
  distinct 
  character 
  to 
  separate 
  them 
  from 
  

   that 
  sex 
  of 
  takaoensis, 
  although 
  the 
  abdomen 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  slightly 
  more 
  banded 
  appearance. 
  A 
  third 
  female 
  from 
  

   Koroton, 
  however, 
  is 
  fresher, 
  and 
  is 
  exactly 
  like 
  female 
  

   takaoensis 
  from 
  Takao 
  ; 
  so 
  either 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  

   are 
  alike, 
  or 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  true 
  female 
  of 
  kagiana 
  *. 
  

  

  M. 
  rufovittata, 
  from 
  a 
  locality 
  not 
  represented 
  by 
  males, 
  

   has 
  the 
  abdomen 
  shaped 
  more 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  bicolor, 
  and 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  be 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  M. 
  kagiana. 
  M. 
  rufovittata 
  has 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  bicolor, 
  and 
  is 
  evidently 
  closely 
  

   allied, 
  but 
  the 
  scopa 
  is 
  quite 
  differently 
  coloured. 
  M.fra- 
  

   terna, 
  Smith, 
  also 
  resembles 
  these 
  insects, 
  but 
  is 
  easily 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  from 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  in 
  the 
  female. 
  

   M. 
  doleschalli, 
  Ckll., 
  from 
  Amboina, 
  resembles 
  M 
  . 
  rufovittata, 
  

   but 
  has 
  the 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  black, 
  and 
  rufo-fulvous 
  

   tegulse 
  (those 
  of 
  rvfovittata 
  are 
  piceous, 
  with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  red 
  

   hair 
  in 
  front). 
  

  

  Megachile 
  bicolor 
  (Fabr.) 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  Formosa, 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  having 
  been 
  

   taken 
  by 
  Sauter 
  at 
  Takao, 
  July 
  26, 
  1907. 
  

  

  The 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  creamy 
  white, 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  

   last 
  segment. 
  The 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   clypeal 
  area 
  are 
  shining. 
  

  

  Apis 
  nursei, 
  n. 
  n. 
  

  

  Apis 
  testacea, 
  Bingham, 
  Jn. 
  Bombay 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc. 
  xii. 
  p. 
  129. 
  Deesa. 
  

   2 
  , 
  9 
  mm. 
  (Not 
  A. 
  testacea, 
  Smith, 
  1857.) 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  reverse 
  hypothesis 
  could 
  be 
  entertained, 
  and 
  supported 
  to 
  some 
  

   extent 
  by 
  the 
  observation 
  that 
  the 
  females 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  July, 
  September, 
  

   and 
  October, 
  practically 
  coinciding 
  with 
  the 
  flight 
  of 
  male 
  kagiana 
  ; 
  

   whereas 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  takaoensis 
  occurred 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  July. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   scarcely 
  possible, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  abundant 
  species 
  takaoensis 
  should 
  

   not 
  belong 
  with 
  the 
  prevalent 
  female 
  of 
  the 
  locality. 
  

  

  