1927] 
New Megachilid Bees 
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hind tarsi beneath; front coxae dark, with stout spines, the apices 
of which are rounded and with a small patch of golden pubescence, 
a patch of reddish bristles at the base of the spines on the outer 
side; front femora somewhat keeled apically, posterior face very 
closely and finely punctured along the edge of the keel, densely 
pubescent, that and the upper face reddish-piceous, antero-in- 
ferior face polished testaceous; front tibiae dark on outer face, 
testaceous apically, punctate and white pubescent, the other two 
faces reddish-testaceous, the ridge between them with some short 
dense pubescence and a long, thin, posteriorly directed fringe of 
white hair; front tarsi dilated but not widely so, ivory-yellow, 
dark along posterior border of the first three joints, this more 
noticeable beneath, the first joint hollowed out in front and both 
anterior margins fringed with short yellowish pubescence, the 
second and third joints less widely dilated, the fourth not at all, 
the fifth joint yellow basally, ferruginous apically, tarsal fringe 
fairly long, white exteriorly, dark brown beneath; middle and 
hind femora considerably swollen, the mid tarsi not much mod- 
ified, but with a white posterior fringe and densely white pubes- 
cent without on the first joint; spurs reddish-testaceous, those 
on the front legs somewhat paler; claws reddish-testaceous basal- 
ly, ferruginous apically, deeply cleft, without basal teeth. 
Abdomen broad, gradually narrowed apically, pubescence 
entirely ochraceous except for some short black hairs on disc of 
segment 5, segments 1-5 with dense broad whitish apical fasciae, 
that on segment 1 narrow and inconspicuous; punctures very 
fine and close on basal segment, more coarse and well separated 
on apical segments; segment 5 with a median longitudinal ridge 
at base; segment 6 very closely punctured above carina, broadly 
triangular, and somewhat downcurved in profile, very coarsely 
punctured beneath and with a ventral longitudinal furrow, 
around and in which the punctures are very fine and close, apical 
margin of the segment conspicuously carinate on either side of 
the middle, each carina narrowing to the lateral minute teeth, 
abrupt on the inner side; segment 7 quite conspicuous, very 
closely and finely punctured, somewhat excavated above, tri- 
angularly pointed apically; four ventral segments visible, these 
