nce.

_Hab._ Aru.

3. MEGACHILE INSULARIS. _M._ nigra, nitida, delicatule punctata, facie
pube pallide fulva vestita, abdomine subtus pube laete ferruginea
vestito, alis hyalinis.

_Female._ Length 5-1/2 lines. Black; the head and thorax finely and
closely punctured, the abdomen delicately so; the face clothed with pale
fulvous pubescence, the mandibles with two blunt teeth at their apex;
the clypeus shining and strongly punctured. Thorax: the wings subhyaline
with a slight cloud at their apex; the basal joint of the posterior
tarsi with a dense dark ferruginous pubescence within. Abdomen: the four
basal segments with transverse impressed lines in the middle; beneath,
clothed with bright ferruginous pubescence; the abdomen has an obscure
aeneous tinge above.

_Hab._ Aru.

Gen. CROCISA, _Jurine_.

1. Crocisa nitidula, _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ p. 386. 2.

_Hab._ Aru; Key Island; Australia; Amboyna.

Gen. ALLODAPE, _St.-Farg._

1. ALLODAPE NITIDA. _A._ nitida nigra, clypeo flavo, alis hyalinis,
abdomine ad apicem punctato.

_Female._ Length 3 lines. Black and shining; the clypeus yellow,
produced in front; the sides of the face depressed; the ocelli
prominent and reddish. Thorax very smooth and shining; the wings
colourless and iridescent, their extreme base yellowish, the nervures
and stigma brown, the tegulae pale testaceous-yellow; the posterior tibiae
with a scopa of glittering white hairs, the tarsi ferruginous and with
glittering hairs. Abdomen, from the third segment to the apex, gradually
more and more strongly and closely punctured.

_Hab._ Aru.

Gen. XYLOCOPA, _Latr._

1. Xylocopa aestuans, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ i. p. 961. 53 [Symbol: female];
_St.-Farg. Hym._ ii. p. 193. 36 [Symbol: male] [Symbol: female].

_Hab._ Aru; India; Singapore; Celebes.

Gen. SAROPODA, _Latr._

1. Saropoda bombiformis, _Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins._ p. 2. p. 318. 6.

_Hab._ Aru; Australia (Richmond River).

Gen. ANTHOPHORA, _Latr._

1. Anthophora zonata, _Linn. Syst. Nat._

_Hab_. Aru Island; Celebes; Ceylon; India; Borneo; Hong-Kong; Shanghai;
Philippine Islands.

2. ANTHOPHORA ELEGANS. _A._ nigra, pube capitis thoracisque nigra,
abdomine fasciis quatuor laete caeruleis ornato; tibiis posticis
ferrugineo-pubescentibus.

_Female._ Length 6 lines. Black; the labrum, a narrow line down the
middle and another on each side of the clypeus, a minute spot above it,
and the scape in front testaceous yellow, the base of the mandi