PLATE XII. —Megachile Anthracina. 
The Black Leaf-cutting Bee. 
!• Part of a series of leaf-cells taken from a hollow branch. 
2. A single cell opened to show the larva feeding on the pollen- 
mass. 
3. Full-grown larva. 
4. Cocoon, after the leaf covering is stripped off. 
5. Cocoon, after emergence of the bee. 
6. Imago, female. 
7. Leaf of Pigeon pea (Cajanus indicus) from which an oval 
side-piece (above) and a round end-piece for the cell have 
been cut. 
8. Complete series of eight cells in a tunnel in a branch ; two 
of last year’s cocoons, without leaf covering, are shown 
beside. 
Imago, male. 
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