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front pubescent, densely so at the sides of the face. The pubes- 

 cence on the thorax above is very short and sparing ; on the me- 

 tathorax it is long, and dense at the sides ; wings hyaline and iri- 

 descent, the tegulae and nervures rufo -testaceous. The basal seg- 

 ment of the abdomen pubescent, densely so laterally ; the apical 

 margins of the segments with narrow pubescent fasciae, two ovate 

 pubescent spots on the apical segment; beneath densely pubes- 

 cent ; the apical segment with a little short black pubescence. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



54. Megachile solitaria. 



Female. Length 5| lines. — Black, with the three basal segments of 

 the abdomen obscurely ferruginous, and their apical margins with 

 bright ferruginous pubescence. The sides of the face with sooty- 

 black pubescence ; a little pale ferruginous pubescence at the sides 

 of the metathorax ; wings bright fulvo-hyaline at the basal por- 

 tion and fuscous beyond the enclosed cells. The pubescence on 

 the three apical segments of the abdomen above black ; beneath, 

 the pubescence on the basal half is ferruginous, the apical portion 

 black. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



55. Megachile elongata. 



Male. Length 6 lines. — Black ; head and thorax opaque and very 

 closely punctured, abdomen shining and finely punctured. The 

 face densely covered with yellowish- white pubescence, that on the 

 cheeks long and white. The pubescence on the thorax and legs 

 white ; all the tarsi pale testaceous, the anterior pair dilated, and 

 thickly fringed behind with white pubescence ; wings subhyaline, 

 their apical margins clouded, a darker cloud beyond the marginal 

 cell. Abdomen oblong ; the apical margins of the segments with 

 narrow pale fasciae ; the sixth segment deeply notched in the 

 middle. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



56. Megachile armata. 



Male. Length 7 lines. — Black. The face densely clothed with 

 bright pale yellowish-white pubescence, on the vertex it is thin 

 and fulvous ; the mandibles very stout, smooth and shining, having 

 a few fine punctures, pale rufo-testaceous at their apex, and armed 

 at their base beneath with a stout tooth. The pubescence on the 

 thorax is pale fulvous above and whitish on the sides and beneath ; 

 the anterior tarsi pale testaceous, nearly white, and broadly di- 

 lated, thickly fringed behind with curled white pubescence ; the 

 femora beneath and the apex of the tibiae pale ; the first joint of 

 the tarsi has its margins fringed with short dark pubescence, the 

 other joints have their margins brown ; the femora thickly fringed 



