some Jkesfrom JJrit'L'^h (in'uina. 453 



trguljX3 l)ri«^lit fcrni^inous, ])hu'k at extreme base. A\'liij;s 

 ])la('kisli (reddish in stoiuaturn) ; all the knees, spines at 

 end oi' anterior and middle tihiie, hind tibiic (excejtt a 

 hhiekish jitaiu [)Osteri()rly)^ and base of hind basitarsi, dnll 

 red ; surt'aee of abdomen a little smoother. 



1 ? , Issororo, N.VV.D., xii. 1918 (G. E. Bodkin). 



]\larked, " very near simillinia, Sm.; not in li.i\l." It 

 \vill be; known from simil/ima by the scoj)a, the extremely 

 dark marginal cell and beyond, etc. 



Megachile botanicoriim, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 11 mm., anterior wing not quite 7 mm. 



l)lack, with mandibles broadly bright chestnut-red apically, 

 flagellum red above and below (black at extreme tip), tegula3 

 pale orange-ferruginous, anterior and middle femora red 

 above, anterior tibiae red in front, spurs and small joints of 

 tarsi red ; bead broad ; mandibles very broad, quadridentate; 

 clypeus extremely densely punctured, shining above in 

 middle, but without any distinct smooth line; lower margin 

 of clypeus finely crenulate; sides of face with thin greyish- 

 white hair ; a curved band of pale fulvous hair on upper 

 part of head, passing between the ocelli ; thorax with light 

 fulvous hair (bright in region before wings) above and at sides, 

 but white beneath, the disc of mesothorax almost without 

 hair ; mesothorax and scutellum well punctured, moderately 

 shining. Wings flavo-hy aline, nervures light ferruginous, 

 stigma poorly developed ; hind basitarsi moderately broad, 

 with black hair on outer side and bright red on inner; 

 black hair also on outer side of hind femora. Abdomen 

 broad, shining, hind margin of first segment reddened ; 

 segments 3 to 5 with broad pale yellow hair-bands, second 

 with traces of a similar band, abraded in the specimen 

 studied; when tlie abdomen is seen from above, there is 

 conspicuous black hair at sides ; last dorsal segment with 

 fine dense appressed white hair ; ventral scopa mainly white, 

 but on penultimate segment and the sides of the two before 

 black ; it is white on the last segment. 



1 ? , Botanic Gardens, 23 April, 1915 (Bodkin), 



In Schrottky's table runs exactly to M. puraguaycnsis, 

 Schrott,, but is larger, with flagellum red above and below. 

 It is also very like M. curvipes, Sm., of which only the male 

 is known. Schrottky found paraguayensis $ and curvipes 

 J in Paraguay, and I suspect that they may be sexes of one 

 species. In that case, it may mcU be that botanicurum 

 represents a race or subspecies of the same. It is, however, 

 equally close to 3/. leacucc/itra^ Sehrotlky (? —fossoris. Smith), 



