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  On 
  the 
  Apidje 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  pale 
  liairs 
  curving 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  meet 
  medially. 
  Sixth 
  segment 
  

   exposed, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  hairs, 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  impression 
  or 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  (like 
  

   some 
  Colletes) 
  ; 
  seventh 
  segment 
  giving 
  off 
  a 
  single 
  narrow 
  

   process 
  or 
  wing 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  before 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  jn-ocesses 
  

   laeautifully 
  fringed 
  with 
  special 
  curved 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   side 
  ; 
  eighth 
  segment 
  with 
  an 
  elongate 
  median 
  apical 
  pioi^ess. 
  

   Genital 
  armature 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  stipites 
  pilose 
  

   and 
  marked 
  off 
  (or 
  constricted) 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  portion, 
  but 
  

   probably 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  true 
  lacinia 
  ; 
  sagittse 
  extending 
  

   behind 
  these, 
  greatly 
  compressed 
  on 
  their 
  apical 
  half, 
  so 
  that 
  

   in 
  lateral 
  view 
  this 
  portion 
  forms 
  nearly 
  a 
  semicircle 
  with 
  a 
  

   small 
  apical 
  production 
  or 
  beidc. 
  

  

  Eupalceorliiza 
  papuana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  S 
  . 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  mandibulis, 
  genis, 
  pleuris, 
  sterno, 
  scutello 
  apice, 
  post- 
  

   scutello, 
  tegulis, 
  propodco, 
  segmento 
  mediano, 
  terg. 
  et 
  stern. 
  1 
  et 
  

   2 
  sterniteqne 
  3 
  aurantiacis 
  ; 
  clypeo 
  plerumque, 
  linea 
  intra- 
  

   orbitali 
  utriuque, 
  pronoti 
  margine 
  linea 
  interrupta, 
  pallide 
  luteis 
  ; 
  

   alis 
  subhyaiiuis, 
  apice 
  fuscis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Black; 
  mandibles, 
  cheeks, 
  pleura, 
  sternum, 
  scutellum 
  

   apicnlly, 
  ]:)Ostscutellum, 
  tegula?, 
  propodeum, 
  median 
  segment, 
  

   tergites 
  and 
  sternites 
  1 
  and 
  2, 
  and 
  sternite 
  3 
  orange-red 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  a 
  line 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  

   orbits 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  an 
  interrupted 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  pronotum 
  ])ale 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  The 
  front, 
  clypeus, 
  vertex, 
  propodeum 
  partly, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   shining, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  small 
  scattered 
  punctures; 
  thorax 
  

   dull, 
  opaque, 
  with 
  even 
  and 
  distinct 
  punctures, 
  coarsest 
  on 
  

   mesonotum. 
  Mandibles 
  as 
  in 
  Palceorhiza, 
  toothed. 
  Clypeus 
  

   with 
  two 
  shallow 
  longitudinal 
  furrows; 
  a 
  distinct 
  furrow 
  

   running 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  insertion 
  of 
  antennaj 
  to 
  ocelli. 
  Pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  where 
  present, 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  chitin 
  on 
  wiiich 
  it 
  is 
  

   situated, 
  that 
  on 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  short 
  and 
  sparse 
  ; 
  

   segments 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  of 
  abdomen 
  destitute 
  of 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  

   following 
  segments 
  with 
  a 
  considerable 
  covering 
  of 
  long 
  black 
  

   hairs, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  segments. 
  Wings 
  

   golden 
  hyaline, 
  apically 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  well 
  developed, 
  first 
  

   submarginal 
  cell 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  second, 
  which 
  receives 
  

   both 
  recurrent 
  nervures. 
  

  

  Length 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  2 
  c?c?. 
  

   !Neav 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  