the A|»itl;»' in the /yn'liah Mus> uin. '.i'2'J 



20. MegachVe speluticarutiif sp. n. 



$. Xiprn, i)leruin(|uo f^risoo-pilosa ; tortjitihus 1-3 fasciis npicali- 

 bus alltidis, 5 plorumijue et (J onitiinu rufo-uuruiitiaciH ; ulis sub- 

 hyuliiiiN ; soopu veiitnili ulbu ; clypeo bruvisaimo, emargiDutu, 

 lutoribus subluiuinutis ; maiidibuliii 4-(leiitati!j. 



Long. 12 turn. 



Hhick ; face nncl tliomx more or less densely clothed with 

 «;rise<)U.s iiubesceiicc, clensorft on inner nrl)it8, pleurje, and 

 nu'dian segment; tergitos l-'i with narrow ajjical la.scisB of 

 the same pubescence, the si<les much denser than median 

 area ; scopa silvery white (except steniite G), st'.'inite G 

 fuscous ; le<^s, and especially tarsi of intermediate lej^s, with 

 griseous pubescence. Torgites 5 (except base ami sidi-s) and 

 6 bright ferruginous red. Mandibles and clypeus with a 

 few ferruginous hairs. 



MtindihU's broad, of uniform width throughout, rjuadri- 

 dentate, eveidy punctured, with inconspicuous carinie ; inner 

 margin normal. 



Cl(/pt'us very short, convex, deeply emarginate, sides of 

 the emargination forming distinct sublamiiiate processes. 



Head as broad as the thorax at widest ; abdomen paruUel- 

 sided, tergite 3 with a transverse sulcus. 



The whole insect unifoimly j)unctured, the punctures even, 

 of medium sikse ; enclosed area at base of median segment, 

 truncation of lirst tergite, and tegula; impunctate. 



Wings subhyaline. 



Length 12 mm. 



S.W. AustkaI-IA: Yallingup, 23rd Dec. lU13-23rd Jan. 

 l'J14 {R. E. Turntr). 12 ?^ ? . 



21. Mtgachile reiini/eni, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, capite thorace<)ue griseo-pilosis ; ter-^itibus 1 ct 2 

 omiiino, 3 lateribus lasciis apiealiljus alhidis ; terj^ite G vix rufo- 

 aurantiaco ; scopa veiitrah nigra; clypeo lutiure (luam longiore, 

 apico truntuto ; muiulibulis tridentatis ; alis subhyalinis. 

 Long. IG mm. 



(^ . Feniina hirsutior, fasciis apicalilma abdominis caret; tarsis 

 anticis vix dilutatis ; tergite septimo concave, producto, apice 

 subserrato. 



Black, head and thorax rather profusely clothed with 

 pubescence, that on the vertex and disk of mesonotum 

 fuscous, the front, cheeks, pleurie, and imdian segment 

 griseous ; tergites 1 and 2 with distinct apical fasciai and 



