Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. Author Smith, F. text Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 1857 2 42 88 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/2588/2588.pdf journal article 2588 D09C3FFA-7EB5-4A2D-A55E-A3229619A2A2 6. Megachile architecta . M. nigra, nitida et punctata; abdomine pube laete fulva subtus vestito; alis subhyalinis apice nebulosis. Female. Length 6 lines. Black, shining and punctured: the face, cheeks and thorax beneath, thinly clothed with griseous pubescence, the sides of the metathorax densely so; the wings subhyaline, with a fuscous cloud at the apex of the superior pair; the posterior femora and tibiae with a short fine cinereous pubescence, that on all the tarsi beneath, fulvous. Abdomen subovate and curving upwards, each segment with a deeply impressed transverse line; beneath, densely clothed with long bright fulvous pubescence. Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).