Species of Australian Hymenoptera. 61 



wings hyaline and iridescent, the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the 

 tibiae and tarsi obscure rufo-piceous, the anterior tibiee pale in front. 

 Abdomen ferruginous; the apical margin of the first segment 

 slightly fusco-ferruginous, the second more broadly so ; the fol- 

 lowing segments entirely fusco-ferruginous. 



Length 3^ lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 



2. Scrapter hicolor. 



S. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine ferrugineo bast nigra, alls 

 hyalinis. 



Female. — Head and thorax black ; abdomen ferruginous, with 

 the base fuscous ; a fuscous spot in the middle of the three 

 following segments at their extreme lateral margins. The fla- 

 gellum obscurely fulvous beneath ; tips of the mandibles ferru- 

 ginous ; the clypeus with scattered punctures ; the tibiae and 

 tarsi ferruginous, and thinly covered with cinereous pubescence. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq. 



Fam. APID^, Leach. 

 Genus Megachile, Latr. 

 1. Megachile ustulata. 

 M. nigra, abdomine pube Jerrugined vestito, alis fuscis. 

 Female. — Head, thorax and legs clothed with black pubescence, 

 the face on each side of the clypeus with cinereous pubescence, 

 the clypeus broadly truncate ; the mandibles stout, rugose and 

 opaque black ; wings fuscous, darkest along the anterior margin of 

 the superior pair ; the intermediate and posterior tarsi clothed 

 with fulvous pubescence ; the abdomen clothed above and beneath 

 with bright fulvous pubescence, longest and palest beneath. 

 Length 6| lines. 

 Hab. Australia. 

 From the Collection of J. Lubbock, Esq, 



2. Megachile senex. 

 Female. — Black, shining and finely punctured ; the head an- 

 teriorly, the cheeks, the thorax on the sides aud beneath, as well 



