454 On Ilymenoptera from Dutch New Guinea. 



26. ^[egachih nidulator, Smitli. 



Meqachile nididator, Sin. Joum. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. viii. p. 92. no. 4 

 (1864). 



4 ? , Mimika River ; July 1910. 

 Described from New Guinea. 



27. Megachile malayana, Cam. 



Megachile maJayana, Cam. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. ii. p. 24-5 (1901). 



1 ? , Mimika River ; July 1910. 



''I'hi.s specimen agrees with Cameron^s type from New- 

 Guinea in all essential characters, but is larger and has the 

 anterior tarsi black, not pale testaceous. 



Subfamily Apinm. 



Melitona, 111. 



28. Melipona pra'teri'ta, Wlk. 

 Melipona pmterita, Wlk. Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (3) v. p. :30o (1860). 



.3 ?, Mimika and Wataikwa Rivers; July and August, 

 1910. 



Tiiis appears to be a fairly widely spread species, occurring 

 in Burma and Ceylon {Bingham), Singapore {Ridley), and is 

 recorded from Etna Bay and Meranke by Friese (' Nova 

 Guinea,' v. 2, p. 355, 1908) among the collection formed by 

 the Wichmann Expedition. 



29. Mdipona planifrons, Smith. 



Melipona pJanifrons, Sni. Joum. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. viii. p. 93. 

 no. 2 (1804). 



2 ? , Mimika River ; July 1910. 



As Friese notes in his account of the Apldre captured on 

 the Wichmann Expedition, this species appears to be confined 

 to New Guinea. There are specimens in the British ]\[useuni 

 from the Charles Louis Mountains (Dutch New Guinea) and 

 from Dorey {Wallace). 



30. Melipona sp. 

 4 ? , Mimika and Wataikwa Rivers, July and Augu-t 

 1910 ; Iwaka River, February 1911. 



