152 HYMENOPTERA. 



liim ferruginous beneath, its basal joints obscurely so above; 

 tips of the niiiiidibk's ferruginous. Thorax, tlie sides beneath 

 the wings, and of the nietathorax, covered with long white pu- 

 bescence ; the margins of the scntellum have a border of short 

 white pubescence ; wings hyaline, the tcgula; and nervures ])ale 

 ferruginous ; the legs dark rufo-testaceous, covered with a short 

 glittering white judjescence, the tarsi fulvous beneath ; the ex- 

 treme ajjcx of the anterior and intermediate tibia; as well as the 

 chiw-joint of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen, the basal segment 

 covered with long white pubescence, particvdarly at the sides ; 

 the a])ical margins of all the segments have a fascia of white pu- 

 bescence ; beneath, the pollen-brush is composed of long white 

 j)ubescence. 

 Unh. Albania. (Coll. W.W. Saunders, Esq.) 



15. Megachile apicalis. B.M. 



Megachile apicalis. Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 4. p. 259. 

 Osmia apicalis, Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. p. 86. 21. 

 Hab. Italy; Canaries. 



16. Megachile fulvescens, n. s. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, the face densely clothed with 

 fulvous pubescence, that on the cheeks is much paler. Thorax 

 covered with fulvous pubescence ; beneath, as well as on the legs, 

 it is of a paler hue, on the tarsi beneath it is bright fulvous ; the 

 claws ferruginous, their ti])s black ; wings subhyaline, the tegulae 

 and nervures ferruginous. Abdomen, the four basal segments 

 have a fulvous pubescence, on the two apical ones it is black ; 

 the apical margins of all the segments have a narrow fascia of 

 pale fulvous pubescence ; beneath, the pollen-brush is of a golden 

 hue towards the base, becoming bright fulvous at the apex. 

 Hab. Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



17. Megachile SERRATA, n. s. 



^lale. Length 5 lines — Black, the face below the insertion 

 of the antenna; and the cheeks densely covered witli white pu- 

 bescence, that on the head above the antenna;, on the cUsk of 

 the thorax and two basal segments of the abdomen is ochra- 

 ceous, on the rest of the abdomen it is black ; the thorax beneath, 

 coxae and femora densely covered with long pale ochraceous pu- 

 bescence, the tibiae and tarsi have an ochraceous pubescence, the 

 claws testaceous ; wings subhyaline, the nervures testaceous. 

 Abdomen, the apical segment deeply depressed in the middle, 

 its margin furnished with numerous teeth. 

 Hab. Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



