the Apitla* in the British Museum. 333 



narrow n}iical fasciiu on teij^itcs 1-4, and the lofrg clotlio'l 

 with whitish piihrscciice ; scopa silvery white. Tergite and 

 etiriiite ti recMi.-h, tlie pubescence pale goKlen. 

 AVings hyaline. 



Megachile lonr/icep*, 9- Frout view of head. 



Head, viewed from the front, very lon<r, about 1^ as long 

 as l)roail ; viandVdes robust, the euttiiig-edge without teeth, 

 their surface with one distinct carina; chjpeus broader than 

 long, shallow ly emarginate at apex ; abdomen parallel-sided, 

 tergites 2-4 with shallow transverse furrows near their base. 

 The whole covered with small even punctures, except the 

 enclosed space at base of median segment, the truncation of 

 tergite 1, and the tegulaj, which are impunctatc. 



Length 8| mm. 



S.W. Australia : Yallingup, 23rd Dec. 1013-23rd Jan. 

 19U (type), 3 ? ? ; Busselton, 2-4th-27ih Jan. 1914 {R. E. 

 Turner), 4 ? ? . 



'i'liis little sj)ecies bears a strong reseml)lance to M. npicata, 

 Smith, from Ad(daide anil West Australia, and M. c/i/peutn, 

 Smith, from West Australia. From the former it may be 

 di.siiriguished by its pecidiarly long head (viewed from the 

 front) and from the latter by its normal clypeus, that of 

 M. clypeaia having two striking tubercles. 



24. Megachile subfero.r, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; facie, pleuris, segmento mediano, tcrgitibus 1-4 fasriis 

 apicalibus plus niinusve interruptis, pallide pilosis ; Bcopa veii- 

 trali alba; tergite G rufo-aurantiaco ; clypco subcpuulrato, apice 

 truncato ; niaiidibulis robustis, apice carinalis ; alls subfuseis. 



Long. 1 1 mm. 



