390 H ' Friese, 308 



It may be as well to record here that Dr. Wellman also took Megachile ianthoptera Smith, in the 

 Ekuiva Valley. 



Megachile mossambica Gribodo. 

 1895 Megachile mossambica Ghibodo, $, in: Mem. Acc. Bologna, Vol. V (5), p. 327 (p. 81 n. Record). 



$. Submagna, robusta, opaca, nigra, capite thoracisque dorso griseo breviter dense hirtis, subvelutinis, 

 pilis nigris plurimis intermixtis; facie et vertice sat dense nigro vel interdum quoque fusco-hirtis, clypeo subnudo; 

 pedibus (breviter), pleuris et pectore nigro, interdum obscure fusco-hirsutis (femoribus, infra, tibiisque 2 posticis 

 interdum obscure griseo pilosulis); metathorace castaneo-spadiceo dense et longe-villoso : abdominis segmento 1. 

 dorso basi dense longe castaneo-spadiceo hirsuto, margine e pilis substratis albogriseis dense fasciato; segmentis 

 dorsalibus sequentibus modice albogriseo breviter hirtis, pilis vel setis nigris, praesertim in ultimis, intermixtis; 

 omnibus margine apicali e pilis stratis albogriseis fasciatis; epipygio dense albogriseo squamoso setis sat longis 

 nigris intermixtis; scopa ventrali fusco-subcastanea, medio subochracea, hypopygio nigro-hirto ; capite 

 et thorace confertissime regulariter punctulato-granosis, abdomine modice irregulariter punctato et punctulato, 

 segmentis apice transversim parce depressis; mandibulis robustis, margine interno apice summo robusto, 

 bidentato, dein undulato; clypei margine lato, transverso recto, non nisi obsoletissime undulato; 

 abdomine subconico-tumidiusculo; alis pure hyalinis. L. 16 — 17 mm. 



2 $ Rikatla, Lourenzo-Marquez. 



Ostafrika. 



Megachile muscaria Vach. 

 1903 Megachde muscaria Vachal, 3, in: Ann. Soc. ent. France, T. LXXII, p. 367. 



3- Niger, femora anter. subtus et tibia 1 subtus rufescentia; facies aureo-villosa, vertex nigro, thorax 

 (quandoque nigris intermixtis), segmentum 1 et pedes fulvido-griseo (sub prototarsis rufido) hispida, segmenta 

 2 — 4 lateribus et saltem depressionibus (verisimiliter quum recens est in disco fere toto), segmentum 5 et 

 segmentum 6 usque ad laminam pube appressa fulvido-grisea (? in recentibus fulva), segmento 5 setis nigris 

 intermixtis, ventre nudo. 



Tarsi 2 art. 1 — 4 longe fulvo, postice longius et longissime ciliati, penicillo longissimo sub apicem tibiae 

 ciliis tarsi intermixto; lamina analis rotundata in medio arcuatim incisa, incisuram juxta crenulata, subtus medio 

 foveata. L. g 1 / 2 mm. 



7 3 de N'Doro X— XI 98 (Bouyssou), coli. Vachal. 



Est peut-etre le 3 de M. rauda. 



Kongo. 



Megachile nasalis Sm. 



1879 Megachile nasalis Smith, 5, in: Descr. new spec. Hymen., p. 61. 



?. Black. The face with sooty-black pubescence; the clypeus notched anteriorly and closely punctured. 

 The thorax closely punctured; the sides and beneath with pale fulvo-ochraceous pubescence; the legs are similarly 

 clothed, that on the tarsi being very bright, the claw-joint ruf o-piceous ; wings fuscous, pale at their base. 

 Abdomen closely punctured; the basal segment with pale pubescence, that on the two apical ones dark ferru- 

 ginous; beneath, densely clothed with bright yellow pubescence, that on the two apical segments ferruginous. 

 L. 6 lines (= 1272 mm). 



Zulu. 



Südafrika. 



