366 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



Seutellum with much black hair ; tongue and hibial pjilpi 

 extremely long, the tongue would reach tip of abdomen, 

 labial palpi about 6 mm. ; a polished puiictureless space on 

 each side of ocelli : flagellum remarkably short ; hind tibiae 

 very thick; no pulvilli; b. n. falling far short ot t.-m. 



Lithurgus taprobance (Cameron), 



Megachile taprohance, Cameron, 1904, from Ceylon, is 

 represented by the ? type in the British Museum. It is a 

 Lithurgus. 



Silky white hair on clypeus and sides of face ; siipraclypeal 

 area with transverse gibbous lower margin; abdomen smooth 

 and shining, with the white hair-bauds very narrow, last 

 segment with fuscous hair. 



The males placed with it, from Kandy {R. Turner), are 

 Megachile. 



Heriades spiniscutis (Cameron). 



Megachile spiniscutis, Cameron (male type in British Mu- 

 seum), is a Heriades with large curved spines at sides of 

 thorax posteriorly ; pulvilH distinct; eyes slate-colour or dark 

 grey (not green) ; b. n. nearly reaching t.-m. 



IS. Africa. 



Standing next to this in the British Museum is Megachile 

 suavida, Cameron, ? . It has pulvilli, and is a Heriades. 

 Ventral scopa yellowish white ; b. n: meeting t.-m. ; eyes 

 lilac. 



The name M. suavida was published by Cameron in 1908, 

 based on a male from India. 



Osmia leptodonta (Cameron). 



Megachile leptodonta, Cameron, 1908, in British Museum, 

 is an Osmia. 



Flagellum bright red beneath; mandibles peculiar, with 

 dense white hair at base, middle pale red, and apical margin 

 and teeth abruptly dark; pulvilli present ; abdomen more or 

 less red along the margins before the entire white hair-bands. 



Heriades pulchripes (Cameron). 



Megachile pulchripes^ Cameron, 1897, from India, is a 

 Heriades, as shown by the ? type in the Rothuey collection 

 at Oxford. 



Length about 6*5 mm. 



