556 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



Xylocopa fulvohirta DeG. 



Two females. Meo, October 25, 1894. 

 Xylocopa cafra Latr. 



One female specirrien. Same locality and date as the preceding. 

 Xylocopa inconstans Sm. 



One female specimen. Sheikh Husein, October 1, 1894. 

 Xylocopa olivacea Fabr. 



One male. Near Lake Stephanie, June 20, 1895. 

 Xylocopa aestuans Fabr. 



Berbera, July 4. One female specimen. 

 Xylocopa Gribodoi Magr. 



Sheikh Husein, October 10; Meo, October 25, 1894. Three fe- 

 male and one male specimens. The latter sex is apparently imde- 

 scribed. 



<? . — Black ; head, thorax, anteriorly and beneath, dorsal seg- 

 ments at the sides, particularly segments 1, 4, 5, 6, and ventrals 3- 

 6, with pale pubescence, that on the clypeus white ; the legs with 

 black pubescence, the anterior pair in addition with a streak of 

 white pubescence, which is more evident at first joint of tarsi; 

 wings hyaline at base, the apical third fuscous with purplish irides- 

 cence ; nervures black throughout ; antennie entirely black ; eyes 

 large ; face narrow ; the ocelli are an equilateral triangle ; dorsulum 

 sparsely punctured medially, as are likewise dorsal segments 2-4, 

 which at the sides are closely punctured ; dorsal 5 and 6 closely 

 punctured throughout ; the sixth segment medially, and the last at 

 the sides with black pubescence, that on the fore-tarsi beneath 

 slightly brownish. Length, 20 mm. 



With the exception of the wings and pale color of the pubescence 

 on anterior part of thorax, the male is, superficially, similar to the 

 female. 



Ceratina fastigiata n. sp. 



9 . — Blue-green, the head and thorax slightly the darker ; legs 

 black ; the base of the hind tibiae externally and a broad oblong 

 spot on the clypeus yellowish ; head with large, deep and more or 

 less confluent punctures, which on the clypeus are separated and 

 rather sparse; mandibles and labrum black, the latter convex and 

 coarsely rugose ; antennae black, the flagellum clavate and slightly 

 testaceous beneath ; pronotum not dentate laterally, rather sharply 



