366 H ' Friese, 2 8 4 



which are four short teeth, the innermost being longest; segments are depressed at their base and have white 

 bands on their apical margins; beneath, segments are similarly banded. L. 3V2 hnes (= y 1 / 2 mm). 

 Kap. 



Megachile ftmbriata Sm. 



1853 Megachile fimbriata Smith, $, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 158. 



S. Black, face densely clothed with white pubescence, flagellum ferruginous beneath; mandibles very 

 broad to about half their length, whence they are abruptly narrowed. Thorax, the disk thinly covered with a 

 short fulvous pubescence, at the sides of the metathorax it is long and pale; wings subhyaline, their apical 

 margins clouded; the anterior legs pale ferruginous, their tarsi dilated, pale ferruginous and having a marginal 

 fringe, white at the base and fulvous at its outer margin, coxae armed with stout spines; the intermediate and 

 posterior legs dark ferruginous, their tarsi fringed with long white hairs. Abdomen, the pubescence at the sides 

 cinereous, the basal segment has a fringe of short bright fulvous pubescence, on the other segments it is paler 

 and on the apical one it is very short and cinereous; die apex has a deep depression in the middle, bidentate 

 in the centre and crenulated at the sides. L. 5V2 lines (= 11Y2 mm;. 



Gambia. 



Megachile capitata Sm. 



1853 Megachile capitata Smith, <J, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 156. 



d. Black, face covered with pale pubescence, which is yellowish towards the clypeus; head much wider 

 than the thorax, antennae ferruginous beneath. Thorax, the pubescence griseous, legs rufo-testaceous, anterior 

 tarsi simple ; wings hyaline, iridescent, their apical margins slightly clouded, tegulae and nervures rufo-testaceous. 

 Abdomen short, obtuse at the apex, at the base a little long griseous pubescence, the margins of the segments 

 have a narrow fascia of pale pubescence; the apical segment vertical, covered with short white pubescence, its 

 margin bidentate in the middle, the teeth short and as well as the abdomen beneath rufo-testaceous. L. 2% Hnes 



(= 5V2 mm )- 



Gambia (Afrika), India. 



Megachile barbata Sm. 



1853 Megachile barbata Smith, $, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 162. 



S. Black, face densely clothed with long pale ochraceous pubescence, which becomes nearly white 

 towards the margin of the clypeus, cheeks have a dense long white beard; thorax beneath and all the legs have 

 a similar white pubescence, on the thorax above it is slightly ochraceous; wings subhyaline, faintly clouded at 

 their apical margins, nervures black ; anterior tarsi and coxae simple, f emora at their apex beneath rufo-testaceous, 

 all the tarsi beneath fulvous, calcaria pale testaceous, claws ferruginous, their tips black. Abdomen short, very 

 convex above, segments have a narrow white fascia, broadest at the sides, more or less interrupted on the 

 3 basal segments, apical segment irregularly dentate and notched in the middle. L. 4 lines (= 8Y2 mm). 



Kap. 



Megachile atropos Sm. 



1853 Megachile atropos Smith, $, in: Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. I, p. 156. 



?. Black, face naked, deeply punctured, margin of the clypeus entire, transverse; mandibles stout, their 

 apical margins straight, meeting beneath the clypeus, rather finely sculptured longitudinally, more deeply so at 

 their base. The disk of the thorax covered with a black velvety pubescence, scutellum produced backwar ds; 



