Hab. Aru.
3. Megachile insularis. M. nigra, nitida, delicatulè punctata, facie pube pallidè fulvâ vestitâ, abdomine subtùs pube lætè ferrugineâ vestito, alis hyalinis.
Female. Length 5½ 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 æneous 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 tegulæ pale testaceous-yellow; the posterior tibiæ 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.