﻿Records 
  of 
  Been. 
  429 
  

  

  and 
  finely 
  pnnctnred 
  ; 
  teoulaa 
  piceous. 
  Wings 
  dusky, 
  the 
  

   costal 
  region 
  strongly 
  brownish 
  ; 
  nervnres 
  sepia. 
  Legs 
  

   with 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  simple 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxse 
  with 
  

   spines 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  coxa 
  above 
  the 
  spine 
  

   sliining, 
  with 
  no 
  special 
  ornamentation 
  ; 
  spurs 
  yellowish 
  

   white. 
  Abdomen 
  short, 
  first 
  segment 
  with 
  long 
  hair 
  like 
  

   that 
  of 
  thorax 
  ; 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  Avith 
  entire 
  ochreous 
  hair- 
  

   bands, 
  rather 
  thin 
  on 
  second, 
  dense 
  on 
  tlie 
  others; 
  discs 
  of 
  

   second 
  to 
  fourth 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  only 
  seen 
  in 
  

   lateral 
  view 
  ; 
  nearly 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  fifth 
  segment 
  covered 
  

   with 
  conspicuous 
  ochreous 
  tomentum 
  ; 
  sixth 
  segment 
  above 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  golden-ochreous 
  hair, 
  but 
  the 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  keel 
  bare 
  ; 
  keel 
  of 
  sixth 
  segment 
  strongly 
  emarginate 
  

   in 
  middle, 
  but 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  emargination 
  not 
  dentiform, 
  

   the 
  margin 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  notch 
  may 
  be 
  indented, 
  but 
  

   is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  dentate; 
  no 
  evident 
  ventral 
  spines. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   hair-band 
  in 
  the 
  scuteilo-mesothoracic 
  suture. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Argentina 
  {O.IV. 
  Thomas; 
  Brit. 
  Museum, 
  1904. 
  148). 
  

  

  In 
  Jorgensen's 
  Mendoza 
  table 
  and 
  Friese's 
  Argentine 
  table 
  

   this 
  runs 
  to 
  " 
  simillima" 
  =j)arsonsia>, 
  which 
  is 
  really 
  a 
  very 
  

   different 
  species. 
  In 
  Vachal's 
  table 
  of 
  male 
  Meyachile 
  it 
  

   falls 
  nearest 
  to 
  M. 
  jjallefacta, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  species, 
  nor 
  

   is 
  it 
  brasiiiensis, 
  near 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  falls 
  in 
  Friese's 
  table 
  of 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  Brazilian 
  subregion. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  agree 
  with 
  

   any 
  description 
  I 
  can 
  find, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  possibly 
  have 
  been 
  

   described 
  from 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  abluta, 
  Cockerell. 
  

  

  S 
  .—Los 
  Banos, 
  Philippine 
  Is. 
  {Baker, 
  1792, 
  1793, 
  1796) 
  ; 
  

   Mt. 
  Makiling, 
  Luzon 
  [Baker, 
  1795). 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  I 
  cannot 
  separate 
  this 
  species 
  

   from 
  M. 
  abluta, 
  described 
  from 
  Formosa. 
  It 
  has 
  very 
  

   possibly 
  been 
  spread 
  by 
  man, 
  the 
  nests 
  being 
  easily 
  carried 
  

   in 
  timber 
  or 
  merchandise. 
  The 
  mesothorax 
  of 
  the 
  Philippine 
  

   Islands 
  specimens 
  is 
  less 
  hairy 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Formosan 
  

   examples 
  before 
  me, 
  but 
  the 
  character 
  varies, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  draw 
  any 
  specific 
  lines. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  

   known 
  from 
  M. 
  laticeps, 
  Sra., 
  by 
  the 
  spined 
  coxae. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  of 
  M. 
  abluta 
  was 
  sent 
  by 
  Professor 
  Baker 
  with 
  a 
  

   female 
  Megachile, 
  which 
  has 
  received 
  a 
  manuscript 
  name 
  

   from 
  Friese. 
  I 
  find, 
  however, 
  another 
  male 
  from 
  Los 
  Banos 
  

   which, 
  though 
  allied 
  to 
  abluta, 
  is 
  distinct, 
  and 
  evidently 
  

   belongs 
  with 
  Friese's 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  