332 Mr. G. Meade- Waldo on 



Megachile ferox, Smith, ? . 



Tliore is a good series of males of this striking species in 

 the collection trom Yallingup, and also three specimens which 

 are certainly the female. As the male is the only described 

 sex, a short description of the female is added : — 



$ . Nigra, ])leramque griseo-pilosa ; tcrgitibus 1-3 obscure griseo- 

 fasciatis, Z't-iS ])lus minusve rufo-aurantiacis ; alia subhyalinis ; 

 scopa ventruli alba ; clypeo latiore quam longiore, apice trun- 

 cato ; niandibulis robustis obscure deutatis. 



Long. 12 mm. 



General facies similar to the male. 



Black, head and thorax more or less densely clothed with 

 griseous pubescence, densest on inner orbits and median 

 segment, with distinct white spots on sides of pronotnm, 

 niesopleurae, and axillse, tergites 1-3 or 4 with narrow apical 

 fascife of same colour ; scopa silvery white, sternite (3 fuscous ; 

 tergites 5 and 6 clothed with blight ferruginous red, a few 

 fennaiiious Imirs on clypeus and nnindibles. 



Wings subhyaline. 



Mayuiiblts robust, of uniform width ; only two distinct 

 teetli, their surface with two conspicuous carinse in addition 

 to the outer margin. 



Clypeua rather broader than long, the apex truncate. 



Head about as broad as thorax ; abdomen parallel-sided, 

 tergites 3 and 4 with transverse sulci. Tiie whole uniformly 

 })unctured, the punctures even, of medium size; enclosed 

 area of median segment, truncation of tergite 1, and tegulae 

 impiinctate. 



Wings subliyaline. 



Length 12 mm. 



This species is closely allied to M. sulferoa-, but the differ- 

 ences noted in the key should serve to separate tliem. 



23. Megachile lovgice2ys, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, clypeo fronteque pallide aureo-pilosis ; area intra- 

 orbitali, genis, thorace ubique, abdominis segmentis 1-4 fasciis 

 apicalibus, pedibusque plerumque albo-pilosis ; scopa ventrali 

 alba ; tergite sterniteque 6 rulis, griseo-pubescentibus ; clypeo 

 apice subtruncato ; alis hyalinis. 



Loi]g. 8^ mm. 



Black ; front and clypeus rather sparsely clothed with 

 golden pubescence ; inner orbits, cheeks, the whole thorax, 



