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INSECTS ABROAD. 



Figures of sotue of these bees may be seen ou page 520 and 

 on Plate X. 



Fig. 500.— Laphria xylucopifonnis. 

 (Blue-black.) 



The specimen from which the figure was drawn was taken at 

 Madras. Its colour is wholly blue-black, just like the female 



of the species described 

 on page 520, or Xyclopa 

 morio, which is given on 

 Plate X. The resemblance 

 in form will be seen at a 

 glance by comparing the 

 two figures. 



The insect which now 

 comes before us is an 

 undescribed species, 

 which I call Laphria 

 consimilis, on account of 

 its remarkable resemb- 

 lance to one of the wood- 

 cutter bees of Southern 

 Africa. Indeed, so close 

 is the resemblance, that if a specimen of these flies were placed 



Fig 601 —Laphria consimilis New Species. 

 (Black and grey.) 



