tlie Apidre in the British Museum. 463 



Osmia rubripes is very near 0. rufohirta, Lep,, aud be- 

 longs to tlie subgenus Acanthosmia, Thorns. 



Osmia laboriosa, Sm., from Yarkand, somewhat resembles 

 O. rufigastra, Lep., from Algeria, but differs in having the 

 scape, mandibles, and anterior margin of the clypeus reddish, 

 whereas in O. rufigastra all these parts are black. Cockerell 

 (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. xxxi. p. 333, 1905) writes a note 

 on the species. The black markings on the abdomen give 

 the insect a very distinct appearance. The North American 

 species are satisfactorily dealt with by Cockerell. 



Osmia Jucunda, Smith. 



Osmia jucunda, Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. i. p. 1.39. no. 36 



(1853). $. 

 Osmia vidua, Gerst. Stettin, eut. Zeit. xxx. p. 345. no. 9 (1869). 



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 Smithes type of 0. jucunda from Albania agrees perfectly 

 with specimens determined by Friese in the Edward Saunders 

 collection. Gerstaecker described his species from Sicily. 



Osmia apicata, Smith. 



Osmia apicata, Smith, Catal. Ilymen. Brit. Mus. i. p. 140. no. 37 



(185.3). 2- 

 Osmia macroglossa, Gerst. Stettin, ent. Zeit. xxx. p. 349. no. 12 (1869). 



Smithes type of O. apicata agrees perfectly with specimens 

 in the Edward Saunders collection determined as 0. macro- 

 glossa by Friese, and with a specimen from Corfu determined 

 by Schmiedeknecht. In his 'Apidse Europsea^/ Schmiede- 

 knecht suggests that they are co-specific, but does not 

 synonymise them, being unable to determine 0. apicata 

 satisfactorily from the description. 



LiTHURGUs, Latr. 



Lithurgus rotundipennis. 



Megachile rotundipennis, W. F. Kirby, Monograph of Christmas 

 island, p. 87 (1900). 



This species from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (C W. 

 Andrews), is a typical Lithurgus. 



Lithurgus scabrosus. 



Megachile scabrosus, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. iii. p. 134. no. 2 

 (1855). 



Type n the Hope Department, University Museum, 

 Oxford. In the British Museum there are specimens from 



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