Records of Bees. 531 



M. scabrosa, Sm., disoovored by Wallace in the Am Ts. It 

 appears to be the Australian representative of M. lachesis, 

 Sm., which is widely distributed among the islands to the 

 north. The only other Australian species with a black scopa 

 is M. fumipennis, Sm., which is easily known from M. Dod- 

 diana by the white pubescence of face, &c. 



Megachile modest a ^ Smith. 



Queensland {Gilbert Turner, ZoG, Ridg. i. 92). 



Tliis sccins to agree with Smith's too brief description, 

 but it may prove distinct upon comparison. It is also very 

 near to M. apicnta. Smith; possibly not specifically different. 

 The anterior margin of the clypeus has a pair of short widely- 

 separated teeth, the interval being convex, so as to suggest a 

 rudimentary middle tooth. 



Megachile monstrosa, Smith. 



Townsville, Queensland, 7. 1. 03 (F. P. Dodd). 

 The ventral scopa is yellowish white, hardly fulvous as 

 Smith describes. 



Megachile suffusipennis, sp. n. 



? . — Length 12-13 mm.; expanse of wings about 18 ram. 



Black, with a parallel-sided abdomen ; wings fuscous, 

 hyaline at base ; upper half of marginal cell very dark ; 

 pubescence arranged nearly as in M. Duddiana, but white, 

 including the scopa ; the broad vertex has a few dark hairs ; 

 head and thorax very densely punctured; facial quadrangle 

 about square; antennae black; cheeks simple; anterior 

 margin of clypeus straight; mandibles broad, bisulcale, the 

 inner tooth subapieal and rounded ; tegulae black ; scutello- 

 mesothoracic suture with two transverse marks of white 

 tomentum ; middle tiljiic without a conspicuous apical tooth ; 

 abdomen bandless, with large well-separated punctures ; 

 first segment with a conspicuous tuft of white hair on each 

 side; fourth and fifth segments with hardly noticed short 

 black hair; sixth with short dull white hair; hind spurs 

 black. 



Hab. Queensland {Gilbert Turner, 289 Hy.). 



Very near to M. lucidiventris, Sm., which differs by the 

 fuscous hair of clypeus, ferruginous spurs, &c. 



Megachile fulvomarginata, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 12 mm. 



Black, abdomen parallel-sided ; wings hvaline, with the 



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