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it is very dense and ochraceous. Thorax, the anterior femora 

 and tibiae pale rufo-testaceous, the femora behind and tibiae 

 above fuscous, the coxae armed with short sharp spines; the 

 tarsi slightly dilated, fringed behind with short fuscous pubes- 

 cence ; the intermediate tarsi have a long dense floccus of black 

 pubescence behind ; on the tarsi above it is slightly fulvous ; the 

 posterior tarsi have a pale fringe beneath ; the disk of the thorax 

 is thinly covered with pale yellow pubescence, on the metathorax 

 it is black ; wings subhyaline, their apical margins fuscous. Ab- 

 domen above naked, the apical segment notched, its margin cre- 

 nulated ; beneath, the pubescence is pale yellow. 

 Hab. Northern India. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



107. Megachile bicolor. B.M. 



Apis bicolor, Fabr. Mantis, i. 304. 66. 

 Apis albiventris, Christ. Hym. p. 171. t. 13. f. 9. 

 Apis bicolor, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 335. 91. 

 Anthophora bicolor, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 373. 3. 

 Megachile bicolor, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 342. 15. 

 Hab. India; China. 



108. Megachile sculpturalis, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 lines.— Black, the face above the dypeus 

 as high as the stemmata covered with black pubescence ; the 

 clypeus ruggedly sculptured, truncate in front ; its anterior 

 margin transverse, the mandibles stout and armed with two 

 teeth, the apical one long and acute. The thorax, legs and 

 basal segment of the abdomen covered with fulvous pubescence ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline, much clearer and yellowish towards the 

 base, nervures ferruginous. Abdomen black, with a blue tinge, 

 each segment having a transverse arched depression, the second 

 and third segments covered with large deep punctures ; beneath, 

 the pollen-brush is fulvous towards the base, and red-brown 

 towards the apex. 



Hab. North China. (Coll. R. Fortime.) 



109. Megachile fervida, n. s. B.M. 



Female. Length 7i lines. — Black, the pubescence on the 

 clypeus fuscous, at the sides and above which as high as the an- 

 terior stemma it is pale fulvous ; mandibles broad at their apex 

 and armed with four stout teeth. Thorax, the sides covered 

 with pale fulvous pubescence ; wings fuscous, subhyaline at 

 their base, nervures ferruginous ; the pubescence on the ante- 

 rior and intermediate legs is black, that on the intermediate tarsi 



