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MB. E. SMITH ON HYMENOPTEROTJS INSECTS 



rufo-piceous at their apex. Thorax finely and closely punctured, 

 and, as well as the head, subopake; the prothorax and scutellum 

 bordered with short, fine, downy, pale pubescence ; the wings subhyaline 

 and iridescent; the tegula; pale rufo-testaceous ; the legs with a pale 

 glittering pubescence, the tarsi pale ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, 

 very convex, and wider than the head and thorax, the apical margins 

 of the segments bordered with short white pubescence, widely inter- 

 rupted on the first and second segments ; the abdomen is shining and 

 very finely punctured. 

 Hab. Gilolo. 



Tarn. APID^E, Lead. 

 Gen. Megachile, Latr. 



1. Megachile Alecto, Smithy Supp. Journ. Proc, Linn. Soc.v. 132. 

 Hab. Gilolo; Dory; Ternate. 



2. Megachile Lachesis, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 133. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Bachian ; Amboyna. 



3. Megachile Clotho, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 134. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Bachian. 



4. Megachile aterrima. M. aterrima, pube nigra dense vestita; 

 thorace transversim rugoso ; alis hyalinis, apice marginalibus fuscis. 



Female. Length 1 1 lines. Black ; the pubescence entirely black ; the 

 head rugose ; the mandibles stout and finely punctured. Thorax ru- 

 gose, transversely so in front ; the posterior margin of the scutellum 

 rounded ; the wings hyaline, the nervures black* the apical margins 

 with a fuscous border. Abdomen with a dense black pubescence be- 

 neath, above bluish black towards the base, finely punctured. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



5. Megachile placida. M. nigro-pubescens ; facie dense flavo- 

 albo pubescente, abdominis segmentis marginibus fulvis ; alis fuscis. 



Male. Length 5 lines. The head, thorax, and legs clothed with black 

 pubescence, that on the face is yellowish white ; the wings slightly 

 fuscous, with their base hyaline. The margins of the first and three 

 following segments of the abdomen fringed with fulvous pubescence, 

 the fifth and following segments entirely fulvous; the auterior tarsi 

 and the femora and tibia) beneath rufo-testaccous, their coxa) armed 

 with a stout spine. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



G. Megaciiilk laiioriosa. M. nigra, pube nigra vestita ; abdominc 

 segmentis apicalibus pube fulva vestitis ; alis nigro-fuscis. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Black, and clothed with black pubescence, the 

 fourth and following segments of the abdomen with fulvous; a tuft of 

 white pubescence between the antennae, and the anterior margin of the 

 clypeni fringed with white pubescence ; the wings dark fuscous. 



Hab. Ternate. 



