Records of Bees. 531 



M. coinaia from tlie Gila River. In Aim.& ^fag. Nat. Hist., 

 July 1900, p. 10, I give a long list of localities for fortis in 

 New Mexico, remarking that comata is not a distinct species. 

 As a matter of fact, the insect I had was M. comata, and I 

 did not know the real furtis. Friese, in ' Das Tierreich/ 

 remarks that q fortis I sent him had the middle coxui armed; 

 this was really comata. 



Megachile yeniula ulbida (Lovell and Cockerell). 



On examining a i)aratype male M. gemula, Cresson, from 

 Georgia, T lind that it is so closely related to M. albida from 

 Maine that 1 believe the latter must rank as a subspecies. 

 The true yemula has the outer side of the hind tibiie and 

 tarsi and middle tibiae covered with black hair ; in albula it 

 is especially noticeable that the hair of the middle tarsi is 

 shining pale reddish, while the hind tibiaj are more or less 

 pale-haired on the outer side. In true gemula the second 

 abdominal segment is black-haired at the sides and along the 

 posterior margin, in albula this hair is mainly pale. 



M. gemula albula is also found at Beulah, New Mexico, 

 and I have collected it in the Harvard Botanical Garden, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Megachile Vancouver ensis, Provaucher. 



This species is to be added to the fauna of the United 

 States, luiving been collected atOlympia, Washington State, 

 189G {Trecor Kincaid) . It is closely related to M. gemula 

 and albula, so much so that I had considered it a variety or 

 race of the latter. It is, however, distinguished by the 

 prevailingly pale hair of the abdomen, that on the third seg- 

 ment black only at sides. The hair fringing the hind tarsi 

 behind is pale orange, whereas in gemula it is black. It is, 

 however, orange-fulvous in albula., which is really inter- 

 mediate between gemula and vancouverensis, though readily 

 separated from both. 



Megachile chrysorrhiea, Gerstaecker. 



Tegwaui (Dec. 30, 1908) and Lion's Stead (Feb. 6, 1909), 

 S. Africa (C. K. Brain) ; Langenburg, L. Nyassa, Feb. 1898 

 {Fidleboryi). 



Megachile feroXy Smith. 



This has hitherto been known only from the male. A 

 female before me (Ararat, Australia, C. E. P. Hid; Nat. 



