268 Descriptions and Records of Bees, 



r. n. meets the second intercubitus ; in ceylonica it falls a 

 little short of it. In both the third s.m, is short_, not very 

 much broader than second, and the outer nervures are quite 

 distinct. Apparently S. bidentata is the male of ceylonica, 



Sudila fuscipennis, Cameron. 



c^ . — Compared with bidentata, the head is much smaller, 

 and the clypeal teeth are much shorter ; the mandibles are 

 shorter and much darker ; the wings are dusky, quite reddish 

 (not so in bidentata). The second s.m. is narrowed above, 

 and receives first r. n. at extreme end. The abdomen is 

 missing. 



A slide mount of the mouth-parts of ^S^. ceylonica shows 

 six-jointed, slender maxillary palpi, the first joint short, the 

 others subequal. 



Augochlora floralia. Smith. 



Type in Wilson Saunders collection at Oxford. 

 $ . — Length about 8 mm. 



Very brilliant shining blue-green, but front dull and. 

 granular ; face very broad ; area of metathorax with feeble 

 very oblique striae; hind spur pectinate; abdominal segments 

 not vibrissate. 



Augochlora cytherea^ Smith. 



Type in "Wilson Saunders collection. 



? . — Length about 10 mm. 



Erilliant yellowish green ; mandibles broad, reddish in 

 middle, with strong inner tooth; area of metathorax lunate, 

 with oblique striae ; hind spur pectinate ; first recurrent 

 nervure meets second intercubitus ; yellowish vibrissas at 

 sides of first two abdominal segments. 



Augochlora vesta. Smith. 



Described from the female. A male in the Wilson 

 Saunders collection has expanse about 18 mm. Wings 

 suffused with brown ; mesothorax densely and strongly 

 punctured ; abdomen brilliant crimson, tending toward 

 magenta, with orange vibrissae ; punctures on first segment 

 very strong. 



Nomia opulent a, Smith. 



Described from the male, collected on Morty T. In the 

 Wilson Saunders collection I find also the female with label 

 '^' M.,'Moubtless meaning Morty I. The male has on the 



