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with short, whitish pubescence ; beneath, clothed with fulvous pu- 

 bescence. 

 Hab. Singapore. 



8. Megachile rotundiceps. M. nigra opaca; alis fulvo-hyalinis, 

 nervuris ferrugineis ; abdomine subtus fulgido-argentato vestito. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Opake-black : very closely and rather finely 

 punctured; the labrum fringed with ferruginous pubescence; the 

 head nearly orbicular. Thorax : the metathorax clothed with pale 

 fulvous pubescence ; the wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures and tegulae 

 pale ferruginous. Abdomen with a little fulvous pubescence at the 

 base ; beneath, clothed with ghttering silvery pubescence. 



Hah. Malacca (Mount Ophir). 



Subfam. Soopulipedes. 

 Q-en. Ceeatina, Latr. 



1. Ceratina hieroglyphica. Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. 2. p. 226. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



2. Ceratina flavopicta. C. atra; capite thoraceque flavo-pictis ; 

 abdomine fasciisque flavis. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Black : the face, inner orbits of the eyes, clypeus, 

 labrum, mandibles, cheeks, scape, and a minute spot above the eyes, 

 yellow. Thorax : the prothorax, two longitudinal lines on the disk of 

 the mesothorax, an epaulet over the tegulae, a line on each side of the 

 metathorax, a spot beneath the wings, the tubercles and legs, yellow ; 

 the coxae and base of the femora slightly rufo-piceous ; the wings 

 subhyaline, the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen : the basal and 

 apical segments, and the apical margins of the other segments, 

 yellow; the entire insect is shining and the abdomen deUcately 

 punctured. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



This species is closely allied to the Ceratina hieroglyphica from India, 

 but is abundantly distinct. 



Gen. Xtlocopa, Latr. 



\. Xylocopa latipes. 



Apis latipes, Drury, III. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 98. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak), India, Singapore, Ceylon, Philippine Islands, 

 China. 



2. Xylocopa collaris, St. Farg. Hym. ii. p. 189. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak), India, Sumatra, Bengal, Malacca. 



3. Xylocopa ^estuans. 



Apis aistuans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 961 9 . 

 Hab. Singapore, India. 



