7 J APIDJi. 



iiliovo with fulvous ])Mboscciic.c, but witli pal(> on tlic tiu-tatliovax ; 

 llio wiiif^s rulvo-hyaliiio, llic uorvurt-s reiTugiiious, the tcj^uhc pale 

 rufo-tostaccous ; anterior tibitc nnd femora with a black stripe 

 lichiiul, the coxo! also black. The basal sc,i;:mciit of the al)(h))nen 

 »\'rni_!j:iiious, nnd, as -well as the three foUowiiif? segments, margined 

 \\ith i'ldvous fascia), the following st'gments covered with short 

 fulvous piibcscence, the margin of the apical segment entire ; 

 beneath, the segments arc margined with pale pubescence. 



Hub. St. Paulo, on the Amazons. 



37. Megacliile moderata. 



Female. Length C)| lines. — Elack, with fulvo-hyalinc wings, the 

 apical margins of the segments of the abdomen with very narrow 

 white fascia). The face with white pubescence at the sides and 

 between the antenna;, a little fulvous between the ocelli ; the man- 

 dibles ferniginous, the teeth black ; the flagellum fulvous beneath, 

 with the apical joint black. The thorax with short, thin, pale 

 fulvous pubescence above ; on the metathorax, the sides, and be- 

 neath it is whitish ; the legs dark rufo-piccous, palest beneath, 

 and covered with a dowiiy whiteness, that on the tarsi more or less 

 fulvous above and bright rufo-fulvous beneath ; the nervurcs of 

 the wings and the tegula; rufo-testaccous. The abdomen with ful- 

 vous pubescence beneath, bordered at the sides with black ; above, 

 it is covered with a fine granulation, and has a short, thin hoary 

 pubescence, observable when viewed sideways. 



Ilab. Ega. 



38. Megachile pullata. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — Black, clothed with black pubescence. 

 The clypeus closely and rather strongly punctured, its anterior 

 margin slightly emarginate ; the flagellum of the antennge fulvous 

 beneath. The scutellum smooth and shining ; the pubescence on 

 the metathorax sooty black ; the wings pale fulvo-hyaliue, the 

 nervures rufo-testaceous, the tegula) rufo-piceous ; the first joint 

 of the tarsi with x'ufo-fulvous pubescence beneath. The apical mar- 

 gins of the segments of the abdomen narrowly and obscurely rufo- 

 piccous ; beneath, the second segment has pale fulvous, and the 

 following segments black pubescence. 



Hah. Ega. 



39. Megachile propiiiqua. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black ; the sides of the face with white 

 pubescence, intermixed with black above the antenna); the fla- 

 gellum obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax very finely and closely 

 punctured ; a line of white pubescence on the margin of the pro- 

 thorax, and a similar one that runs from the tegulo), and curves 

 backwards along the base of the scutcUum ; the metathorax with 



