68 Mr. A. H. Verrill on (he 



basitarsus on ; anterior coxal spines well developed ; spines 

 at apex of abdomen long and straight, without any inner 

 pair; the short sublateral spines are black. 



Hai. Same locality and date as G. WeJlmani ; taken by 

 Dr. Wellman at flowers of Compositge, one of each sex. 



Meg a chile caricina, sp. n. 



? . — Length about lOi mm. 



Black, with broad head and broad shovel-shapecl abdomen ; 

 hair of face pale yellowish, of cheeks white, of occiput pale, 

 but about ocelli short and black ; antennae entirely black ; 

 mandibles 4-dentate; clypeus normal, strongly punctured, 

 with a smooth, shining, discal area; hair of thorax white at 

 sides and beneath, above black, with some whitish on meso- 

 thorax in front and in mesothoracico-scutellar suture ; meso- 

 thorax and scutellum very densely punctured ; tegulaj black. 

 Wings strongly dusky. Hair of legs white, pale reddish on 

 inner side of tarsi ; hind basitarsus very broad and flat ; 

 claws simple ; abdomen punctured, not strongly or closely, 

 and without bands ; apical segments above with coarse 

 black bristles ; scopa bright orange-red, but white basally 

 and black on last segment. 



^ . — Size about the same, as also general appearance. 



Face densely covered with yellowish-white hair, a few dark 

 hairs on each side near upper part of clypeus ; black hairs oq 

 vertex ; antennae black ; anterior tarsi quite simple ; anterior 

 coxffi with rather short but stout spines ; metathorax and first 

 abdominal segment with copious white hair^ apex with a 

 strong transverse keel, which is broadly emargiuate but not 

 serrate ; no subapical ventral teeth; claws bifid at end. 



This belongs to Megachile, s. str., as defined by Friese and 

 llobertson. In its general appearance it is much like the 

 American M. mendica, Cresson. 



Hah. Same locality and date as Gronoceras Well m am ; 

 2 cT , 1 ?, taken by Dr. Wellman, the males marked "on 

 flowering sedges, side of stream," the female " on sedges." 



XIII. — Notes on the Habits and Exte^-nal Characters of the 

 Solenodon of San Domingo (Solenodon paradoxus). By 

 A. Hyatt Verrill*. 



[Plate IV.] 



Although Solenodon paradoxus of San Domingo and Haiti 

 was discovered and imperfectly described as early as 183i', 



* Reprinted from the Amer. Jouru. Sci. for June 1907. From an 

 advance proof communicated by the Author. 



