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with pale hairs, pubescence of front and of inner orbits largely 
whitish with some black hairs intermixed, pubescence entirely 
black on clypeus and on orbits below. 
Thorax with pubescence whitish above, at sides, and behind, 
fuscous on sternum and on pleura below; mesonotum with punc- 
tures well separated, almost sparse medially, close laterally and 
behind; scutellum closely punctured except for an indefinite 
median longitudinal impunctate line; pleura with punctures 
close and fine above, rather coarse and well separated below; 
propodeum with scattered, fine, indistinct punctures laterally, 
basal triangle finely granular; tegulse somewhat bronze colored, 
varying in different reflections, closely punctate anteriorly and 
posteriorly, sparsely so medially; wings subhyaline, faintly dusky 
apically, nervures brownish, basal nervure beyond transverse 
median, second recurrent nervure entering second submarginal 
cell nearer apex than the first does to base; legs piceous, with 
fuscous pubescence, purplish ferruginous on tarsi beneath; api- 
cal projections of front and middle tibiae piceous, of the same 
general color as the legs, quite prominent; spurs testaceous; 
claws testaceous basally, ferruginous to piceous apically, with 
no basal teeth. 
Abdomen ovoid, shining, punctures very sparse and fine 
apically, closer basally, pubescence black, white on basal seg- 
ment and slightly so at base of second; segments 1-5 narrowly 
white fasciate, the fasciae somewhat thinner medially but cons- 
picuous because of the otherwise black pubescence; segment 6 
short and broad, shining, sparsely punctate, but very slightly 
concave at the sides when viewed from above, and straight in 
profile, pubescence entirely black and erect, subappressed api- 
cally; scopa entirely black. Length 11.5 mm. 
Type: Female (Type No. 15711, Mus. Comp. Zool.); Uma- 
tilla, Oregon, June 24, 1882 (Samuel Henshaw, collector). 
Megachile laurita semilaurita n. subsp. 
9 . Very close to the preceeding species, and answers to 
the description except for the following differences : 
Much larger (14 mm.) ; mandibles but slightly reddish above; 
