1006 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NATURAL HISTORY SUC1UTY, Vol. XVII 



Megaehile saphira, sp. nov. 



Nigra, dense albo-pilosa, apice femorum, tibiis tarsisque rufo-testaceis ; alis 

 hyalinis, stigmate nervisque f uscis. $ . 



Length 6 — 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Matheran. 



Antennae longer than the head and thorax united, black ; the flagellum 

 brownish beneath, bare. Front and vertex closely punctured ; sparsely 

 covered with long white hair ; the lower part of the front, the inner orbits, 

 the face and clypeus densely covered with long white pubescence which 

 hides the sculpture entirely. Mandibles becoming gradually narrowed 

 towards the apex ; their base punctured and covered with short, white pubes- 

 cence. Mesonotum and scutellum closely and uniformly punctured and mo- 

 derately thickly covered with white pubescence, which is longest on the 

 scutellum. The latter is broadly rounded behind. The base of the basal area 

 of the median segment is obscurely punctured aud finely, irregularly striated ; 

 the apex is shagreened ; the rest of the segment is closely covered with round 

 shallow punctures and is thickly covered with white, longish pubescence. 

 Pleurae closely punctured and thickly covered with long white pubescence. 

 The apex of the femora, tibiae and tarsi are reddish-testaceous, the legs are 

 thickly covered with longish white hair ; the tarsi are much more thickly 

 haired than the tibias,- especially at the base ; the basal 4 joints of the anterior 

 tarsi are broadly dilated. Wings clear hyaline : the stigma is fuscous, the 

 nervures are darker coloured ; the first recurrent uervure is received shortly 

 beyond the transverse cubital ,• the 2nd is almost interstitial. Abdomen black ; 

 closely punctured ; the basal segments are narrowly banded with white pubes- 

 cence ; the apical segment on the lower side is widely and deeply furrowed ; 

 the 2nd and 3rd segments have their bases deeply depressed. 

 Megachilee lefroma, sp. nov. 



Nigra, dense albo-pilosa : tarsis anticis rufo testaceis ; alis hyalinis, stig- 

 mate testaceo, nervis nigris. $. 



Length 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Matheran. 



Antennas nearly as long as the body ; black, the scape punctured and covered 

 with long white hair ; the flagellum almost bare. Front and vertex strongly 

 and closely punctured ; the apex smooth, furrowed in the middle and nar- 

 rowed gradually towards the apex ; the lower outer part of the head is 

 thickly covered with long white hair. Head and thorax closely and distinctly 

 punctured and sparsely covered with long white hair ; the apex of the 

 scutellum is smooth on the apical slope in the middle ; it has there a broadly 

 rounded slope and does not overhang the post-scutellum which is aciculated, 

 and at the base, obscurely punctured. The basal area of the median segment 

 is aciculated ; the apical slope is steep. Legs black ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 rufo-testaceous in front ; the pubescence on the under side of the base of the 

 tarsi is rufous. Abdomen closely punctured ; the base of the 2nd segment is 



