17(> HYMENOPTERA. 



above and basal segment of the abdomen densely covered with 

 a short rich fidvous ])ubcsocnce ; the wings reddish brown with a 

 jnirple or coppery iridescence, the cxterno- and interno-medial 

 cells hyaline, the posterior wings also hyaline at their base, ner- 

 vures ferruginous, the second and third segments of the abdo- 

 men having a narrow fulvous marginal fringe, usually much ob- 

 literated, particularly on the third segment ; the fourth and fifth 

 segments on each side have a short white marginal fringe ; be- 

 neath, the pollen-brush is yellowish white, but black on the two 

 apical segments. 

 Hab. Nepaul. (Coll. Major Hardwiek.) 



92. Megachile fulvo-vestita, n. s. 



Female. Length 61 lines. — Black, densely clothed above 

 with fulvous pubescence, that on the face is the longest ; wings 

 sul)hyaline, faintly clouded at their apical margins; the legs 

 above have a pale fulvous pubescence ; the tarsi beneath ful- 

 vous, the basal joint of the posterior tarsi broadly dilated ; the 

 calcaria and claws testaceous, the pollen-brush white. 



Male. — Like the female ; its pubescence above entirely ful- 

 vous, the anterior legs pale rufo-testaeeous, their tarsi being 

 palest ; the basal joint at its apex anteriorly produced into an 

 elongate process, which is rounded at the end ; the second 

 joint is of a similar form but much smaller, the whole fringed 

 behind with white pubescence ; the intermediate and posterior 

 tarsi have a long loose fringe of pale pubescence ; the basal joint 

 of the posterior tarsi is broad and flattened, nearly square, and 

 clothed beneath with fulvous pubescence ; the calcaria and claws 

 testaceous, the latter black at their tips ; the apical segment 

 naked, its margin crenulated. 

 Hab. Bombay. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



93. Megachile vestita, n. s. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, the face densely covered 

 with bright yellow pubescence ; the mandibles short, stout, lon- 

 gitudinally grooved, and armed with three blunt teeth, pubes- 

 cent at their base and ciliated with bright yellow hairs ; the 

 cheeks thickly covered with pale ochraceous pubescence. Thorax, 

 the disk thinly clothed with bright yellow pubescence, densely 

 so on the sides, and beneath it is cinereous; the legs densely 

 covered with pale yellow pubescence, on the tarsi beneath it is 

 fulvous; the calcaria testaceous, claws feiTUginous, their tips 

 black ; wings subhyaline. Abdomen short, broad and pointed 

 at the apex ; the base, sides and margins of the segments have 



