488 Descriptions and Hecords of ISees, 



entirely (lull ; niesotliorax ami scutelluni smooth and siiining; 

 area of nictathorax large, dull, and granular, uith the apical 

 margin shining ; tegulie dark brown. Wings hyaline, stigma 

 and nervures dilute brown. Abdomen shining. 



JJab. Dapitan, Mindanao (Baker coll. 31G2). 



Allied to iV. valde:i, but easily known by the larger size^ 

 dark tibia?, &c. 



Megachile alboharhata, sp. n. 



(^ . — Length about 9 mm. 



Black, the head and thorax with black and white hair ; 

 abdomen densely covered dorsally with bright red (colour of 

 red lead) tomentum, except the basal part of first segment 

 (wliich is bare) and the caudal keel (which is broadly 

 rounded, slightly emarginate in middle) ; head broad; clypeus 

 shining, strongly punctured, the lower margin heavily and 

 regularly fringed with white hair; under side of head with 

 long white hair ; sides of face Avith black hair, white hair 

 between antennae, black hair on vertex and sides and upper 

 part of front; region behind ocelli broad, shining, with 

 scattered large punctures ; antennae very long and slender, 

 black ; mesothorax shining, with well-separated distinct 

 ]iunctures ; scutellum coarsely and more closely punctured ; 

 area of metathorax with a series of fine plicie forming a 

 transverse line near the base; dorsum of thorax with tliin 

 black hair, but anteriorl}' and posteriorly and on sides it is 

 white; hind corners of mesothorax tuitcd with white hair; 

 tegulre black. Wings fuliginous. Anterior coxse spined ; 

 anterior tarsi simple ; hind tarsi long ; hair of legs pale. 



JIuh. Dapitan, Mindanao (Baker coll. 3673). 



Allied to M. viystacca (Fb.) from Australia, but smaller 

 and \\\i\\ dilferent sculpture. There is a general resemblance 

 to M. malayana, Cameron. 



Halictus taclobanensis, s]i. n. 



? . — Length nearly 6 mm. 



Kobust, golden green ; pubescence scant}^, tinged with 

 ochreous, that at a}>ex of abdomen warm pale ochreous ; 

 mandibles broadlj' red in middle; basal half of the sle-nder 

 scape red, antennae otherwise dark, the flagellum reddish at 

 tip ; basal part of legs green, but knees, tibiae, and tarsi 

 bright ferruginous, the hind basitarsi with a duskj stain; 

 tegulffi pale testaceous. Wings clear hyaline, nervures and 

 stigma dilute reddish, outer r. n. and t.-c. very weak, first r. n. 

 meeting second t.-c; third s.m. narrow (short), smaller than 



