184 HYMENOPTERA. 



gin shagreen ed and notched in the middle, and having in the 



centre a deep depression. 



Hab. St. Vincent's. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



116. MEGACHILE LUCTIFERA. 



Megachile luctifera, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. xi. 142. 92. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



117. MEGACHILE NIGRIPENNIS. 



Megachile nigripennis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. xi. 143. 93. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



118. MEGACHILE CONICA. 



Megachile conica, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. xi. 144. 94. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



119. MEGACHILE POEYI. 



Megachile Poeyi, Guer. Icon. R. Anim. p. 450. 

 Hab. Cuba. 



120. MEGACHILE SAULCYI. 



Megachile Saulcyi, Guer. Icon. R. Anim. p. 450. 

 Hab. Chili. 



121. MEGACHILE BINOTATA. 



Megachile binotata, Guer. Icon. R. Anim. p. 450. 

 Hab. Isle of St. Thomas. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



122. MEGACHILE HYPOCRITA, n. s. H.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black, the face closely punctured, 

 the vertex smooth and shining, at the sides of the clypeus and 

 at the insertion of the antennae a little griseous pubescence ; the 

 mandibles broad at the apex, which is armed with two or three 

 very short blunt teeth ; on the sides of the thorax and on the 

 legs the pubescence is fuscous ; before and behind the tegula? 

 and on each side of the metathorax a little white pubescence ; 

 all the tarsi have dark rufo-fuscous pubescence beneath, above 

 it is dense and dark fuscous, the basal joint of the posterior 

 tarsi broadly dilated and subconcave above; the wings dark 

 fuscous, the apical margins palest. Abdomen subtriangular, 

 acute at the apex, and having a slight metallic hue ; on each side 



