Records of Been, W.\l 



red, A^itli a larjjc blark patch on tlio hnsnl half outside; ante- 

 rior tarsi rcscnihliii^ those of M. durunnianii, hut no l)hick 

 spots show on the outer sicU^, and on the inner there are 

 hhiek spots on the first and second joints ; niichlle tarsi uith 

 shinin;; creajny-wldte hair on tlie outside and a Vnw^ white 

 fringe hehind ; liind spurs hhiek ; ahdonieu with two a[)ieul 

 teetli, wide apart. 



Closely allied to M. darw'in'iann, l>at certainly distinct. 



Hub. Swan U., " 09. 50." 



Megachile Galium , s[). n. 



$. — Lcnp;th 11 mm. 



At first sight just like M. cijgnuriim, l)ut showing many 

 ditt'erences in detail, as follows : — Hair of face yellower, it 

 might be called pale golden ; front not covered with liair ; 

 tejiuhe ferruginous ; dark parts of abdomen without black 

 liair. but instead with a fine fulvous ton)cntum ; the broad 

 abdominal hair-bands and the fine tomcntum covering sixth 

 and nearly all of fifth segments quite orange ; the apical 

 teeth closer together and merely low-pyramidal in outiine ; 

 the»anterior femora strongly elbowed beneath at base, the 

 base in front also luiving five or six obliquely-placed fine 

 black Wne^ {ci/f/norutn has some greyish lines) ; anterior tibiae 

 with the lower outer margin angled, and tlie outer face with 

 two black patches, basal and apical; anterior tarsi light 

 yellow, thp end of the fringe largely black ; no spots visible 

 on outer side, but the second segment is maiidy black 

 beneath, the first being without a spot ; hair on middle tarsi 

 (arranged as in ci/(/iwriiin aiul darwiniana) light yellow ; hind 

 spurs dark icddish. 



Hah "New Holland, AA. i." 



Named alter Mr. C. J. (Jahan, of the British Museum. 



Meyachile Kirbijaua^ sp. n. 



^ . — Length not (piiie 10 mm. 



Superficially nuuh like M. danriniuiKt, the j)ubcsccnce 

 being white, with black on vertex, hut the anterior legs arc 

 simple. Hair of face perfectly white; a sliglit admixture of 

 fuscous on front; clypeus extremely densely punctured ; 

 mandibles black, faintly reddish at apex ; flagellum dull red 

 benea'h; checks and vertex ratlicr broad, distance from hind 

 ocellus to margin of oceii)ut greater than distance to opposite 

 hind ocellus ; raesothorjix dull, minutely rugoso-punctate, 

 with a good deal of white pubescence; a little fuscous hair 



