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sixth segment broadly rounded, strongly notched in the 

 Kanshirei specimen, slightly in the other, not at all dentate ; 

 no subapical ventral teeth. The male of M. rufovittata has 

 a rather close superficial resemblance to M. rotundipennis, 

 W. F. Kirby, from Christmas Island. 



Megachile igniscopata , sp. n. 



? . — Length 13 mm. 



Closely resembling the Australian M. pictiventris, Smith, 

 but with the mesothorax shining, and sparsely punctured in 

 the middle j the shovel-shaped abdomen has distinct metallic 

 purple tints, narrow dull white hair-bauds, evanescent in the 

 middle, and ventral scopa bright orange fulvous, with a few 

 slightly fuscous hairs at the apex of the last segment. In 

 Bingham's table of Indian species it runs to M. chlorigaster. 

 Cam., a much smaller species. Hair of head and thorax 

 mainly white, dense and with a slight creamy tinge on front, 

 tubercles, and sides of metathorax ; on vertex it is black, 

 and on mesothorax, Avhere it is very thin and inconspicuous, 

 largely black, but on scutellum it is all pale; mandibles 

 quadridentate, the third tooth extremely broad ; clypeus 

 normal, densely punctured, with a smooth median band, 

 which forms a T with a smooth band along the lower margin 

 of the supraclypeal area ; eyes dark reddish ; sides of vertex 

 shining, with strong well-separated punctures ; antennse and 

 tegulae black ; scutellum smooth and shining in front, other- 

 wise well punctured. Wings hyaline, strongly and broadly 

 darkened along apical margin ; abdomen with small, distinct, 

 well-separated punctures ; legs black, with pale hair, that on 

 inner side of tarsi ferruginous ; hind basitarsus broad and 

 flat ; claws with a basal tooth. 



Hab. Takao, Formosa, October 11, 1907 (Sauter). Three 

 females in Berlin Museum. 



Megachile spissula, sp. n. 



? . — Length 10^ mm. 



Black, including legs and antennse, narrow and parallel- 

 sided, very closely resembling the American M. subeocilis, 

 Ckll. ; pubescence rather dull white, forming very narrow 

 entire bands on the hind margins of the abdominal segments ; 

 ventral scopa white, with a slight creamy tint, on the last 

 segment very short and pale reddish. Head oblong, elevated 

 posteriorly ; eyes dark brown ; mandibles broad, rugose, 

 quadridentate, the teeth short ; sides of face with spreading 



