DO APIDiE. 



vous, that on the face having a golden brightness ; on the abdomen 

 beneath it is pale towards the base, and rufo-fnlvous towards the 

 apex. The mandibles with four subacute teeth. The anterior 

 tibiae prodnced outwardly at their apex into an acute angle or tooth ; 

 the mesothorax and scutellum closely and rather finely punctured ; 

 wings hyaline, faintly clouded at their apex, with the nervures 

 ferruginous. The apical margins of the segments of the abdomen 

 with pale pubescent fasciae. 



Hab. Northern India. 



This species closely resembles M. maritima of Europe, 



21. Megachile femorata. 



Female. Length 4-5 lines. — Black, with the four posterior femora 

 ferruginous. The face with white pubescence ; the clypeus naked, 

 closely punctured, and having a central longitudinal smooth line ; 

 the cheeks with white pubescence. Thorax closely punctured and 

 opaque ; the pubescence on the sides beneath and on the legs 

 white ; above it is pale yellowish white ; wings hyaline, slightly 

 clouded at their apical margins, the nervures black, the tegulae 

 pale testaceous. Abdomen cordate ; the apical margins of the 

 segments with white pubescent fasciae ; beneath clothed with white 

 pubescence, except that on the terminal segment, which is black. 



Var. The legs entirely ferruginous, the tibiae and tarsi obscurely so. 



Male. Smaller, but closely resembles the female, and has the apical 

 margin of the terminal segment of the abdomen denticulate. 



Hab. Bombay district. 



22. Megachile fulvipennis. 



Female. Length 7^ lines. — Black, the head and thorax very closely 

 punctured, the abdomen clothed above with short pubescence and 

 of a velvety blackness, beneath it is black but longer. The man- 

 dibles stout and with two stout teeth at their apex ; the clypeus 

 densely rugose, with a fine mesial carina, the anterior margin 

 scarcely emarginate. The wings bright fulvo -hyaline, with the 

 nervures rufo- testaceous, the posterior margins very pale fuscous. 



Hab. Mcobar Islands. 



23. Megachile relata. 



Female. Length 7\ lines. — Black, with the metathorax and first 

 segment of the abdomen clothed with white pubescence. The head 

 and thorax very closely punctured and subopaque ; the wings dark 

 fuscous, with their base pale ; the legs usually more or less rufo- 

 piceous beneath. The three basal segments of the abdomen very 

 coarsely punctured, the rest more finely so ; the apical margins of 



