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duced 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 glitter- 

 ing hairs. Abdomen, from the third segment to the apex, gradually 

 more and more strongly and closely punctured. 

 Hah. Aru. 



Gen. Xtlocopa, Latr. 



1. Xylocopa aestuans, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 96L 53 $; St.-Farg. 



Hym. ii. p. 193. 36 c? 2- 

 Hab. Aru; India; Singapore; Celebes. 



Gen. Saropoda, Latr. 



1. Saropoda bombiforrais, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. pt. 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 Isete caeruleis ornato; tibiis posticis ferru- 

 gineo-pubescentibus. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black ; the labrum, a narrow line down the 

 middle and another on each side of the clypeus, a minute spot 

 above it, and the scape in front testaceous yellow, the base of the 

 mandibles of a paler colour ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : 

 the pubescence black; wings subhyaline, the nervures dark rufo- 

 fuscous, tegulae obscurely testaceous. Abdomen with four fasciae of 

 brilliant blue, which is changeable, with pearly tints in diflPerent 

 lights ; the posterior tibiae densely clothed outside with fulvo-ferru- 

 ginous pubescence ; the pubescence inside is black. 



Hab. Key Island. 



Gen. Trigona, Jurine, 



1. Trigona la3viceps. Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins.,Journ. Proc. Linn. -Soc. ii. 



p. 51. 8. 

 Hab. Aru ; Singapore ; India. 



Fam. FOEMICIDiE. 



Gen. Formica. 



1. Formica virescens, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 355. 23 c? $ ^. — Lasius 

 virescens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 417- 8. 



