354 R Friese > 272 



Megachile ianthoptera Sm. 



1853 Megachile ianthoptera Smith, $$, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 164. 



2. Black, face covered with silvery-white pubescence, leaving the clypeus which is coarsely punctured, 

 naked; mandibles very stout, armed with 4 blunt teeth, covered towards their base with white pubescence, the 

 cheeks covered with white pubescence. Thorax closely punctured, at the sides of the metathorax and beneath 

 the wings a patch of long white pubescence, on the disk it is short and sparing and posteriorly and on the 

 scutellum it is black; anterior wings deep violet, the posterior pair subhyaline; legs clothed with short black 

 pubescence, anterior femora covered with long white pubescence, on the posterior tarsi within it is fuscous. 

 Abdomen nigro-aeneous (?), elongate and somevvhat pointed at the apex; on each side are 6 patches of white 

 pubescence, those on the 2. — 4. segments are pointed within; segments have a transverse depression and are 

 covered with deep but scattered punctures; pollen-brush on the abdomen beneath is entirely black. L. 7 lines 

 (= 15 mm). 



d closely resembles the ?, pubescence is longer and the tarsi beneath are covered with fulvous pubes- 

 cence, claws ferruginous, basal Joint of the anterior tarsi simple ; apical segment of the abdomen vertical, down 

 the centre of which is an elevated carina, the margin deeply notched in the middle and on each side 2 smaller 

 notches. L. 5 lines (= 12V2 mm). 



<?? von Usambara, Kigonsera (Deutsch-Ostafrika), vom Kap, Kongo (Schletterer). 



Der M. angularis verwandt, aber Scopa schwarz. 



Megachile funebris Rad. 

 1874 Megachile funebris Radoszkowski, J, i n: Bull. Soc. Natural. Moscou, T. XL VII, p. 147, tab. 1, fig. 7 u. 42. 



6. Nigra; mandibulis basi subtus cornutis; abdomine segmentis omnibus utrinque albo-maculatis ; ano 

 longitudinaliter carinato, margine libero crenato atque emarginato. L. 16 mm. 



6\ Insecte noir. Face de la tete couverte de poils gris sale, le chaperon completement couvert de poils 

 blancs epais et longs. Mandibules fortes, tridentees et exterieurement se terminant par une forte dent. Poilure 

 du thorax blanchätre. Abdomen portant des bandes de poils noirs, les 5 segments ornes de chaque 

 cote de taches formees de faisceaux de poils de couleur blanc d'argent. Le 6. segment portant une forte carene, 

 longitudinale, son bord est dentele et emargine au milieu. En dessus de chaque cote la carene est ornee de 

 poils de couleur blanc d'argent. Le 7. segment pointu. Pattes couvertes de poils blancs Celles de devant avec 

 plus d'abondance. Ailes enfumees. 



Kapland. 



$ wie $ und dem $ von M. ianthoptera sehr ähnlich, aber Scopa fast ganz rotgelb ; Flügel I nur braun, 

 ohne den blauen Schimmer. L. 15 mm, Br. 5 mm. 



J? von Ondonga (Südwestafrika), Ikutha (Deutsch-Ostafrika) und Delagoa-Bai; d von Kigonsera (unweit 

 des Nyassa-Sees). 



Megachile cariniventris Friese. 

 1904 Megachile cariniventris Friese, 5, in: Zeitschr. f. syst. Hym., Bd. IV, p. 334. 



Nigra, nigro-hirta, ut Chalicodoma muraria, sed minor; mandibulis 4-dentatis, clypeo rotundato, margine 

 indeterminato ; scopa nigra; segmento ventrali 6. evidenter carinato; metatarso angustiore. 



