the Apida; in the British Museum. 4:71 



This species is widely spread in Africa. Smith redescribed 

 it from the Gambia. There are other specimens from Zun- 

 geru, N. Nigeria^ iv. 1910 (J. W. Scott-Macjie) ; near 

 Johannesburg, Transvaal {A. J. Cholmley) ; Salisbury, 

 IVIashoiialand (G. A. K. Marshall) ; various localities in 

 N.E. Rhodesia {S. A. Neave) ; N. Rhodesia, Sinapunga, 

 13. ii. 1911 [SUverlock Coll.); and Nyasaland, Karonga 

 {S. A. Neave). 



Megachile (^Amegachile) fimbriata, Smith. 



Smith's type of this species from the Gambia agrees well 

 in all points of structure with a male of M. carulea, Friese, 

 determined by Friese himself, from Nyasaland. M. fimbriata 

 has the abdomen clothed with fulvous pubescence ; possibly 

 M. ccerulea may prove to be a subspecies. 



Megachile {Ameyachile) bituberculata, Rits. 



Megachile bituberculata, Rits. Tijdschr. v. Entoin. xxiii. Versl. p. xcvii 



(1880). 

 Megachile tuberculata, Sniitb, Descr. New Spec, Hj'men. p. 63. no. 8 



(1879). $. [Nee Smith, 1857.] 

 Megachile {Amegachile) sjostedti, Friese, Zeitsclir. Hym. Dipt. Bd. i. 



p. 72 (1901). $ . 



A specimen from Ilesha, S. Nigeria, 4. iii. 1910 (/. J. 

 Simpson), determined by Dr. Friese, agrees with Smith's 

 type of M. tuberculata in the British Museum. 



Megachile (Amegachile) nasalis, Smith. 

 Megachile nasalis, Smith, Descr. New Spec. Hymen, p. Gl. no. 2 (1879), 



Meqachile [Amegachile) volkmanni, Friese, Zeitschr. Hym. Dipt. Bd. iv. 

 p. 299 (1904). 



Smith's type from Zululand, in the British Museum, 

 belongs to Friese's subgenus Amegachile. 



Other specimens in the collection are from N.E. Rhodesia, 

 Fort Jameson, 3800 feet, September 1910 iS. A. Neave), 

 presented by the Entomological Research Committee 

 (Tropical Africa); S.E. Congo Free State, Lufira River, 

 Katanga, 3500 feet, 27. viii. 07 {S. A. Neave) ; and Lake 

 Sliirwa, Zomba, B.C. A. [R. Newstead). 



Megachile (Bthiops, Smith. 



Megachile cethiops, Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. i. p. 1G6. no 68 



(1853). 

 Lithurgus cethiops, Friese, Die Bienen Afrikas, p. 322 (1910). 



