80 APIDJJ. 



fnnit ]>ul>fS('i'iit, (loiiscly so at tlic sides of llio face. Tlic juilics- 

 coiur on till' thorax above is very shor) and sjiariiifj; ; on the nic- 

 lathorax it is long, and donso at the sides; wings liyuline and iri- 

 descent, the togula"! and nervnrcs rufo-testaccoiis. The basal seg- 

 ment of tlio abdomen pubescent, densely so laterally ; tho apical 

 margins of the segments with narrow pnl)escent fascitc, two ovato 

 pubescent spots on the apical segment; beneatli densely pubes- 

 cent ; tli(^ njncal segment with a little short black pubescence. 



Hah. St. Domingo. 



54. Megacliile solitaria. 



Fnnah. Length 5| lines. — IJlack, with tlie three basal segments of 

 tlie abdomen obscurely ferruginous, and their apical margins with 

 bright ferruginous pubescence. The sides of the face with sooty- 

 black pul)cscence ; a little pale ferruginous pubescence at the sides 

 of the metathorax ; wings bright fulvo-hyaline at the basal por- 

 tion and fuscous beyond the enclosed cells. The pubescence on 

 the three apical segments of the abdomen above black ; beneath, 

 the pubescence on the basal half is ferruginous, the apical portion 

 black. 



Hah. St. Domingo. 



55. Megacliile elongata. 



MaU. Length lines. — Black ; head and thorax opaque and very 

 closely punctured, abdomen shining and finely punctured. The 

 face densely covered with yellowish-white pubescence, that on the 

 chocks long and white. The pubescence on the thorax and legs 

 white ; all the tarsi pale testaceous, the anterior pair dilated, and 

 thickly fringed behind with white pubescence ; wings subhyaline, 

 their apical margins clouded, a darker cloud beyond the marginal 

 cell. Abdomen oblong ; the apical margins of the segments with 

 narrow pale fasciae ; the sixth segment deeply notched in the 

 middle. 



Hah. St. Domingo. 



56. Megachile armata. 



Mule. Length 7 lines. — Black. The face densely clothed with 

 bright pale yellowish-white pubescence, on the vertex it is thin 

 and fulvous ; the mandibles very stout, smooth and shining, having 

 a few fine punctures, pale rufo-testaceous at their apex, and armed 

 at their base beneath with a stout tooth. The pubescence on the 

 thorax is pale fulvous above and whitish on the sides and beneath ; 

 the anterior tarsi pale testaceous, nearly white, and broadly di- 

 lated, thickly fringed behind with curled white pubescence ; the 

 femora beneath and the apex of the tibia) pale ; the first joint of 

 the tarsi has its margins fringed with short dark pubescence, the 

 other joints have their margins brown ; the femora thickly fringed 



