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  of 
  Bees. 
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  face, 
  frout, 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  occiput 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   hair, 
  paler 
  and 
  dense 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  on 
  vertex 
  fulvous, 
  

   with 
  some 
  fuscous 
  laterally 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   densely 
  punctured 
  but 
  glistening, 
  covered 
  with 
  bright 
  fulvous 
  

   or 
  fulvo-ferruginous 
  hair 
  ; 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  thorax 
  with 
  paler, 
  

   ochreous-tinted 
  liair, 
  becoming 
  dull 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  teguise 
  

   bright 
  ferruginous. 
  Wings 
  pale 
  brownish, 
  nervures 
  piceou.s. 
  

   Legs 
  black, 
  with 
  pale 
  hair, 
  red 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  

   anterior 
  tarsi, 
  but 
  reddish 
  black 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  ones 
  ; 
  

   middle 
  basitarsi 
  with 
  reddish 
  hair 
  on 
  outer 
  side; 
  joints 
  2 
  to 
  

   4 
  of 
  middle 
  tarsi 
  broadened 
  ; 
  spurs 
  pale 
  ferruginous. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  broad 
  and 
  short, 
  shining, 
  punctured, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  metallic; 
  

   basal 
  segment 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  second 
  with 
  much 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  

   hair; 
  hind 
  margins 
  of 
  segments 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  with 
  thin 
  pale 
  hair- 
  

   bands, 
  the 
  discs 
  of 
  these 
  segments, 
  especially 
  at 
  sides, 
  

   having 
  black 
  hair 
  (the 
  third 
  segment 
  has 
  pale 
  hair 
  in 
  middle) 
  ; 
  

   sixth 
  segment 
  gently 
  concave 
  in 
  lateral 
  profile, 
  almost 
  bai-e, 
  

   with 
  no 
  light 
  hair 
  ; 
  ventral 
  scopa 
  long, 
  creamy 
  white, 
  black 
  

   on 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  and 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  before. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Harima, 
  Japan, 
  xMay 
  1912 
  (Fukai, 
  45). 
  U.S. 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  In 
  Friese^s 
  table 
  of 
  Pal?earctic 
  Megachile 
  this 
  runs 
  to 
  

   M. 
  picicoi-ids, 
  except 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  antennae. 
  In 
  his 
  table 
  of 
  

   Oriental 
  species 
  it 
  runs 
  to 
  29, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   there 
  indicated. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  any 
  

   recorded 
  Japanese 
  or 
  Chinese 
  species. 
  Superficially 
  M. 
  hari- 
  

   mensis 
  looks 
  just 
  like 
  a 
  rather 
  small 
  M. 
  cii'cumcincta, 
  but 
  on 
  

   closer 
  examination 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  differ 
  in 
  many 
  ways. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  vagata, 
  Vachal. 
  

  

  Argentina 
  {Fitzgerald 
  ; 
  British 
  Museum, 
  99. 
  124). 
  1 
  ^ 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  about 
  10 
  mm. 
  long, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  agrees 
  

   with 
  Vachal's 
  description. 
  The 
  anterior 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  

   are 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  on 
  anterior 
  coxse 
  are 
  

   small. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  M.jenseni, 
  Friese. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  dentipes, 
  Vachal. 
  

  

  Argentina 
  (0. 
  TV. 
  Thomas 
  ; 
  British 
  Museum, 
  1904. 
  148). 
  

   1 
  (?. 
  

  

  Vachal's 
  description 
  sufficiently 
  indicates 
  this 
  striking 
  

   species, 
  with 
  extraordinary 
  anterior 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  

   femora 
  sharply 
  toothed 
  beneath 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  following 
  

   may 
  be 
  added 
  : 
  — 
  Mandibles 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  red 
  patch; 
  labrum 
  

   dull 
  testaceous; 
  fringe 
  of 
  hair 
  on 
  inner 
  border 
  of 
  anterior 
  

  

  