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clothed with cinereous pubescence, that on the disk of the thorax and
margin of the scutellum slightly ochraceous. The flagellum fulvous
beneath, the mandibles ferruginous at their apex; the tarsi ferruginous,
wings hyaline, nervures fuscous, stigma testaceous. Abdomen shining,
delicately punctured; the basal margins of the second, third, and fourth
segments with a band of cinereous pubescence, attenuated in the middle.

_Hab._ Celebes.

Fam. DASYGASTRAE.

1. MEGACHILE INCISA. _M._ nigra, rude et dense punctata, facie fulvo
pubescente; alis fuscis, segmentis abdominis marginibus multo depressis.

_Male._ Length 5-1/2 lines. Black; closely and strongly punctured, the
punctures confluent on the abdomen. The face clothed with fulvous
pubescence. The tarsi obscurely rufo-piceous, the claws ferruginous;
wings dark fuscous, their base hyaline. Abdomen: the apical margins of
the segments smooth, impunctate, their basal margins very deeply
depressed; a deep fovea at the tip of the apical segment; the head,
thorax, and abdomen clothed beneath with short cinereous pubescence.

_Hab._ Celebes.

2. MEGACHILE FULVIFRONS. _M._ nigra, delicatule punctata; facie dense
fulvo pubescente; thoracis lateribus abdomineque subtus fulvo
pubescentibus; fasciis marginalibus abdominis fulvis.

_Female._ Length 7 lines. Black; head and thorax closely punctured, the
abdomen delicately so and shining; the mandibles stout, with two acute
teeth at their apex, shining and covered with oblong punctures; the
face, sides of the thorax, and abdomen beneath, densely clothed with
fulvous pubescence; the apical margins of the segments of the abdomen
above with narrow fasciae of short fulvous pubescence; the abdomen in
certain lights has a metallic tinge.

The _male_ is similarly clothed to the female, the margins of the
segments are deeply depressed, and that of the apical segment slightly
notched in the middle.

_Hab._ Celebes.

3. MEGACHILE TERMINALIS. _M._ nigra, capite thoraceque dense punctatis;
abdomine pube nigra vestito; segmentis duobus apicalibus pube alba
vestitis; alis fuscis.

_Female._ Length 9 lines. Black; the face with tufts of black pubescence
above the insertion of the antennae; mandibles very stout, with an acute
tooth at their apex, the inner margin subdentate, and covered with fine
cinereous pubescence. Thorax with black pubescence at the sides of the
metathorax; the wings dark fuscous. Abdomen clothed with black
pub