(JS Al'ID.li. 



Vdiis. lh;it on (lie face liavinj;- n •golden lirij!:htiU'SM : on Iho alxlomcn 

 IxMipiilh it iH piilo towiinls the base, and rulb-lulvoiis iowanls the 

 apox. Tlio nuuulihlos with four subacute tcotli. The anterior 

 tiltia^ produced outwardly at tlicir a])ex into an acute angle or tooth ; 

 tlu" niesotliorax and scutelluiu closclj- and rather finely jmnctured ; 

 uini^s liyaline. faintly clouded at their ajtcx, "with the norvurcs 

 lerrup;inous. The apical margins of the segments of the abdomen 

 with pale pubescent fascia;. 



//(//). Northern India. 



This species closely resembles M. mantinui of Europe. 



2 1 . Megachile femorata. 



Ffmnle. Length 4—5 lines. — lilack, with the four posterior femora 

 ferruginous. The face with white pubescence ; the clypcus naked, 

 closely punctured, and ha^^ng a central longitudinal smooth line ; 

 the cheeks with white pubescence. Thorax closely punctured and 

 oi)aque ; the pubescence on the sides beneath and on the legs 

 white ; above it is pale yellowish white ; wings hyaline, slightly 

 clouded at their apical margins, the nervures black, the tegulse 

 pale testaceous. Abdomen cordate ; the apical margins of the 

 segments with white pubescent fasciae ; beneath clothed with white 

 pubescence, except that on the terminal segment, which is black. 



Var. The legs entirely ferruginous, the tibia; and tarsi obscurely so. 



Mah. Smaller, but closely resembles the female, and has the apical 

 margin of the terminal segment of the abdomen denticulate. 



Hah. Bombay district. 



22, Megachile fulvipennis. 



Female. Length 7^ lines. — Black, the head and thorax very closely 

 punctured, the abdomen clothed above with short pubescence and 

 of a velvety blackness, beneath it is black but longer. The man- 

 dibles stout and with two stout teeth at their apex ; the clypeus 

 densely rugose, with a fine mesial carina, the anterior margin 

 scarcely emarginate. The wings bright fulvo-hyaline, with the 

 nervures rufo-testaceous, the posterior margins very pale fuscous. 



Hah. Xicobar Islands. 



23. Megachile relata. 



Female. Length 7| lines. — Black, with the metathorax and first 

 segment of the abdomen clothed with white pubescence. The head 

 and thorax very closely punctiu'cd and subopaque : the wings dark 

 fuscous, with their base pale ; the legs usually more or less rufo- 

 I^iceous beneath. The three basal segments of the abdomen very 

 coarsely jjunctured, the rest more finely so ; the apical margins of 



