154 iiymexoptera, 



25. Megachile albo-hirta. 



Megachile albo-hirta, Bridle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. 86. 22. 

 Hab. Canaiy Islands. 



26. Megachile binominata. 



Megachile cincta, BrulU, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. 85. 20, not of 



Fabr. 

 Hab. Canary Islands. 



27. Megachile farinosa, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. — Black, the face above the inser- 

 tion of the antennic as high as the anterior stemina covered with 

 yellowish white pubescence, the clypeus strongly punctured and 

 thiuly covered with short fulvous hairs; the antennte, labrum 

 and mandibles red, the latter black at their apex, coarsely sculp- 

 tured and armed \\ith two teeth. Thorax, the disk covered with 

 very short yellowish white pubescence ; on the sides of the me- 

 tathorax it is longer, as well as that on the sides, the latter being 

 white ; the legs, tegulse and nervures towards the base of the 

 wings pale red ; wings hyaline, and having a fuscous cloud on 

 their apical margins. Abdomen, the upper surface entirely 

 covered vnth a short scale-like pubescence; beneath, the pollen- 

 brush pale yellow. 



Obs. The entire insect has the appearance of being covered 

 with a white powder. 

 Hab. Turkey (Bagdad). 



28. Megachile albo-picta, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Black, the head and thorax very 

 closely punctured, the face clothed with snow-white pubescence, 

 the clypeus covered with large deep punctures, leaving a smooth 

 line down the centre ; the mandibles sculptured with deep elon- 

 gate punctures and grooved towards their apex, which is armed 

 with several sharp teeth. Sides of the thorax covered with snow- 

 white pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, the nervures fuscous ; 

 the legs covered with white pubescence, the tarsi beneath with 

 fulvous, the calcaria pale testaceous, claws feiTuginous, their tips 

 black. Abdomen shining, closely punctured at the base, more 

 distantly towards the apex ; on the margin of each segment is a 

 snow-white fascia, usually interrupted on the disk, the fascia 

 broadest at the sides, forming elongate pointed angular patches ; 

 beneath, the pollen-brush is black towards the base and white at 

 the apex. 

 Hab. Algeria. 



