HYMENOPTERA. 149 



Subfam. 2. DASYGASTILE. 



Dasygastrae, Latr. Regne Anim. v. 347 (1829). 

 Longilabres, Westw. Intr. Class. (1840). 

 Megachilides, Westw. Intr. Class. (1840). 



Genus 13. MEGACHILE. 

 (Details, Plate V.) 



Apis, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 419 (1687). 

 Centris, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 354 (1804). 

 Anthidium, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 364 (1804). 

 Anthophora, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 372 (1804). 

 Megachile, pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. xiv. 51 (1805). 

 Trachusa, pt., J urine, Hym. (1808). 



1. MEGACHILE CENTUNCULARIS. 13. M. 



Apis centuncularis, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1687 ; Syst. Nat. i. 953. 4. 



Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 799. 



Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 385. 42 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 337. 98. 



Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 443. 5. 



Schdff. Icon. t. 262. f. 6, 7. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. p. 927. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 237. 42. 

 Apicis fastuosus, Harris, Expos, p. 165. 13. t. 50. f. 13. 

 Megachile centuncularis, Latr. Ins. iii. 383; Hist. Nat. Crust. 

 Ins. xiv. 56. 10. 



5pm. Ins. Lig. i. 142. 10. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 337. 12. t. 21. f. 3, ? . 



Guer. Ic. R. Anim. p. 449. t. 73, ? . 



Smith, Zool. ii. 695. 7. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. i. 258. 4. 

 Anthophora centuncularis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 378. 25. 



Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 465. 3. 

 Reaum. Ins. vi. Mem. iv. t. 10. f. 2, 3, 4. 

 Frisch. Ins. pt. xi. t. 2. f. 1-4. 

 Geoff. Ins. Par. ii. 410. 5. 



Hob. Britain ; France ; Italy ; Germany ; Denmark ; Sweden ; 

 Finland; Lapland; N.America; Hudson's Bay ; Canada. 



Specimens from the above localities are in the British Museum, 

 in which no difference can be detected, both the sexes agreeing 

 precisely with British and other European examples. 



