.'U8 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



The type is a male taken April 18, 1907. The males were 

 taken in April, May, and July ; the females in July, Sep- 

 tember, and October. 



Meyacliile kaginna, sp. n. 



^ . — Length 14^ (small specimens 12.^) mm. 



Superficially exactly like M. takaoensis, with which I had 

 mixed it, but easily separated as follows : hair of head and 

 thorax above all fulvous ; anterior coxse with long black 

 spines ; anterior femora subtrigonal, keeled beneath, ferru- 

 ginous, the posterior inferior face blackened ; anterior tibiae 

 ferruginous, with the outer side black ; anterior tarsi dis- 

 tinctly broadened, dull cream-colour stained with reddish, 

 fringed behind with white hair, on inner side a large dark 

 brown oval spot ; sixth abdominal segment hairy and keeled, 

 but strongly retracted, not produced, the broad margin with 

 irregular sharp teeth ; fourth ventral segment emarginate, 

 but no evident projections. 



Hab. Formosa {Sauter). Several in Berlin Museum. 



Type from Korotou, Sept. 9, 1907. 



Megachile rufovittata, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 14-^ mm. 



Sirailer to M. takaoensis, but shorter and proportionately 

 broader, the abdomen shovel-shaped : abdomen appearing 

 banded, the segments crossed by strong ridges which stand 

 up above the pubescence ; basad of these ridges the surface 

 is densely punctured with dark red hair, apicad of them it is 

 very densely covered with brilliant orange-ferruginous hair ; 

 ventral scopa creamy white at base, becoming deep ferru- 

 ginous apically ; posterior basitarsus very broad and flat ; 

 hair of vertex dark fuscous ; disc of mesothorax nearly bare, 

 with scanty short fuscous hair, but with fulvous hair along 

 the margins ; hair of front and sides of face very bright 

 orange-ferruginous ; clypeus and supraclypeal area shining, 

 with strong punctures ; clypeus not so short as in takaoensis, 

 with its apical margin broadly though not deeply excavated ; 

 flagellum longer and more slender than in takaoensis. 



Hab. Fuhosho, Formosa, July 1909 {Sauter). One female 

 in Berlin Museum. 



The Sauter collection from Formosa includes a great 

 number of red-haired specimens of Megachile, superficially 

 like M.ftdva. Upon close examination it proves easy to sort 



