_Female._ Length 5-1/2 lines. Black; the clypeus, mesothorax anteriorly, and the posterior tibiae outside coarsely rugose, the roughness on the thorax consisting of transverse little elevated points; the face with a thin griseous pubescence; the anterior margin of the clypeus fringed with fulvous hairs; the cheeks have a long pale fulvous pubescence. Thorax: the wings hyaline, the nervures black. Abdomen smooth and shining, with black pubescence beneath; beneath, the apical margins of the segments with a fringe of very short white pubescence. _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.