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punctured ; the mesopleurge with the punctures much 

 larger, those at the top being more widely separated and 

 larger; the top, base, and apex thickly covered with white 

 hairs. Legs thickly covered with white hairs, especially the 

 tarsi ; the base and apex of the fore femora ; the hinder 

 four femora entirely, the apex of the hind coxae, the 

 apex of the middle trochanters and the hinder trochanters, 

 the hinder tibae and the hinder tarsi broadly at the base, 

 rufous ; the hinder tibiae and base of tarsi strongly punc- 

 tured ; the lower part of the metatarsus covered thickly 

 with long golden hairs; the calcaria pale golden. Abdomen 

 closely punctured ; the segments fringed with silvery hairs ; 

 interrupted on the basal segment ; the abdominal segments 

 strongly punctured ; the scopa pale fulvous. Wings clear 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous. 



Megachile parvula, sp. 110V. 



Nigra, dense albo-pilosa ; alis hyalinis, nervis nigro- 

 fuscis. 2 . Long, fere 6 mm. 

 Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Front and vertex strongly punctured, the former not 

 so strongly as the latter ; the clypeus more closely and 

 not quite so strongly punctured as the front ; the vertex 

 covered with long fuscous hairs ; the inner orbits and the 

 clypeus more thickly with white pubescence, especially 

 the orbits ; the clypeus slightly projecting ; its apex 

 curved ; the labrum thickly fringed with golden hairs ; 

 the mandibles closely punctured ; the apical three-fourths 

 deeply furrowed ; the two stout teeth rufous. Antennae 

 shining, almost glabrous. Thorax strongly punctured ; 

 the pronotum and the sides of the mesonotum fringed 

 thickly with white hairs ; the post-scutellum covered with 

 much longer hairs. The base of the median segment with 

 short stout longitudinal keels all over ; those at the sides 

 more widely separated and a little longer ; the apex 



