176 HYMENOPTERA FROM SARAWAK. 
Is not unlike MM. fuceta, Bing., but that species has the 
apex of the clypeus transverse, not incised in the middle of the 
apex. | 
Megachile gadara, sp. nov. 
Black ; the hair on the head, thorax and on the abdominal 
segments, white; the mesonotum closely covered with small, 
round punctures ; the white bands on the abdomen are narrow ; 
the apical segment has a rounded, shallow incision in the middle ; 
the wings hyaline, slightly infuscated at the apex; the stigma 
and nervures dark fuscous. ¢. 
Length 9 to 10 mm. 
Hab. Kuching. 
Head in front thickly covered with long, pale fulvous hair ; 
the clypeus closely and strongly punctured, as are also the front 
and vertex; the outer orbits thickly covered with long white 
hair. Mandibles at the base closely, but not very strongly, 
rugose; the top with irregular, scattered punctures; the teeth 
smooth and shining; the apical tooth is long, narrowed and 
rounded at the apex; the 2nd is shorter and bluntly pointed; 
the 3rd triangular, broad at the base, becoming gradually nar- 
rowed towards the apex and it is distinctly longer than the 2nd. 
Thorax strongly closely punctured ; the median segment finely 
rugose; the thorax is thickly covered with long white hair. 
Legs covered with long white hair; on the under side of the 
tarsi the pubescence is golden ; on the hinder part of the poster- 
ior tibie is a thick line of depressed white pubescence. There 
is a Shallow, curved incision on the base of the fore tibia, the 
part at its base projecting into a small tooth; the incision at the 
base of the tarsi is larger and deeper. Abdomen closely, but 
not strongly, punctured; the basal transverse furrows are 
smooth, the apical closely punctured the last segment has a 
rounded shallow incision on the apex; above it is a large deep 
fovea, which is rounded and narrowed above. The penultimate 
seoment is narrowed at the sides and has a broad, rounded in- 
cision at the base in the middle. 
Nomia violaceipennis, sp. nov. 
Black, shining ; the thorax closely and strongly punctured, 
except on the centre of the median segment; the hair white; the. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
