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thed, only incised in the middle, and the apical tooth of the mandibles 
is much longer and stouter, and the apex of the clypeus and the space 
between the antennæ only are covered with pale hair.» 
Gazellen-Halbinsel auf Neu-Pommern. 
Megachile Mertoni Friese. 
1909. — Megachile mertoni Friese, Abhdlg. Museum Senckbg. XXX. p. ? 
Wie M. Annae Friese, aber kleiner, Clypeus gerundet. 5 . Schwarz, 
sparsam weisslich behaart, Kopf und Thorax dicht runzlig punktirt, fast 
matt, Clypeus grober runzlig punktirt, mit glatter Mittellinie, mit schwach 
gerundetem, unebenem Rand, Mandibel ohne auffallende Zähne, nur 
eckig und gewellt, Antenne schwarz, unten braun, Kopf fast breiter als 
der Thorax; Area r fein skulpturirt, matt. Abdomen dicht und fein punk¬ 
tirt, Segment 1—5 mit feiner weisser Haarfranse, Scopa rot, auf Seg¬ 
ment 1—2 weisslich, auf 6 dunkel, die schmal weiss gefransten Seg¬ 
mentränder durch die Scopa scheinend. Beine schwarz, weisslich behaart, 
Metatarsus von Tibienbreite, innen rot beborstet. Flügel getrübt. Adern 
und Tegulæ braun. L. 10 mm. Br. 3 mm. 
5 von Key-Doclah am 18. Juni 1908. 
Insel im Westen von Neu-Guinea. 
Megachile othona Camer. 
1901. — Megachile othona c? Cameron, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I. p. 245. 
«cf. Nigra; abdomine late rufo-vestito ; pedibus anticis rufis; alis 
fusco-violaceis. L. 12 mm. 
The lower part of the front, the face, and clypeus are thickly co¬ 
vered with pale fulvous hair; the front and vertex are strongly punc¬ 
tured. The mandibles are closely punctured, except at the apex ; the 
apical tooth is sharply triangular ; separated from this by a short space 
is a shorter triangular tooth, followed by a much larger, more projec¬ 
ting, rounded one. Thorax closely and distinctly punctured. Legs black 
the anterior femora, tibiæ, and tarsi in front rufous; the femora are 
also rufous above and the tarsi dark testaceous ; the tooth on the front 
coxæ is stout ; the tarsi are thickly covered with pale hair. Wings fus¬ 
cous-violaceous ; the nervures and stigma deep black ; the 2nd trans¬ 
verse cubital nervure has the lower part slightly oblique; the upper is 
sharply oblique, with the top on a different angle from the rest. Ab¬ 
domen above densely covered with brick-red depressed pubescence, ex¬ 
cept on the basal and on the greater part of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 
