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74. Megachile iGNiTA, n. s. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines.— Black, the head a little wider than 

 the thorax, subquadrate, the face covered with fulvous pubescence, 

 the cheeks have a thick fringe of the same colour, but much 

 paler ; on the thorax beneath and on the sides, also on the legs, 

 the pubescence is pale bright yellow ; wings pale fuscous ; the 

 anterior coxae unarmed, the tarsi simple, the apical joints pale 

 testaceous ; the anterior and intermediate tarsi behind and the 

 posterior pair in front are fringed with long white pubescence. 

 Abdomen, the base thinly covered with white pubescence, the 

 two apical segments bright red, the apical segment having a deep 

 depression in the middle, its margin deeply notched, angles of 

 the notch rounded. 

 Hab. New Holland. 



75. Megachile abdominalis, n. s. B.M. 



Male. Length 3 lines. — Black, head wider than the thorax, 

 the antennae as long as the head and thorax, the face covered 

 with white pubescence ; the cheeks, thorax beneath and legs 

 thinly covered with white pubescence, the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; 

 the wings hyaline and iridescent, the anterior tarsi and coxae 

 simple ; the abdomen red, closely punctured, the apical segment 

 entire. 

 Flab. New Holland. 



76. Megachile simplex, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 4 Hues, — Black, the face has a little snow- 

 white jiubescence on each side ; between and above the antennae 

 it is of a dirty white ; the clypeus closely and deeply punctured ; 

 the cheeks roughly punctured and having a thin griseous pubes- 

 cence. Thorax, the sides thinly covered with griseous pubescence, 

 on the disk it is somewhat fuscous ; wings subhyaline, faintly 

 clouded at their apical margins ; legs beneath dark rufo-testa- 

 ceous, the tarsi have a reddish-brown pubescence beneath ; the 

 claws rufo-testaceous, their tips black. Abdomen pointed at the 

 a])ex, the segments above have a narrow white marginal fringe ; 

 beneath, the pollen-brush is of a glittering whiteness. 

 Hab. New Holland. (From Hunter's Coll.) 



77 Megachile latipes, n. s. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, the face covered with golden- 

 yellow pubescence, the antennae ferruginous beneath ; the cheeks, 

 legs and thorax beneath thinly covered with long white pubes- 

 cence ; the anterior coxae armed with two long obtuse spines ; 



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