268 HYMENOPTERA. 



10. Epeolus LUCTUOSUS. 



Epeolus luctuosus, Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 189. 3. 



Female. Length 3 lines. — Antennae black, beneath from the 

 third to tenth joints red. Abdomen maculated ; the legs black, 

 the tibiae having two white rings ; wings hyaline, nervm-es black. 



Hab. ChiH. 



11. Epeolus Gayi. 



Epeolus Gayi, Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 188. 2. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black ; the first and second joints 

 of the antennae red ; the metathorax naked in the middle ; ab- 

 domen, the margins of the segments having bands of pale pu- 

 bescence ; the legs reddish beneath. 



Hab. Chili. 



12. Epeolus gigas. 



Epeolus gigas, Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 187- 4. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Labrum, antennae and tegulae red ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen black, the latter having yellowish 

 bands ; the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 fuscous, the base of the wings testaceous. 



Hab. Chih. 



13. Epeolus tristis. 



Epeolus luctuosus, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xxv. 101. 1 (nee Spin.). 

 Hab. Russia. 



14. Epeolus transitorius. 



Epeolus transitorius, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xxv. 102. 3. 

 Hab. Russia. 



Genus 28. CCELIOXYS. 



Apis, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec; Syst. Nat. i. 953 (1766). 

 Anthophora, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 372 (1804). 

 Megachile, pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. 53. sect. 3 (1805). 

 Coelioxys, Latr. Gen. Cr. Ins. iv. 166 (1809). 



1. CCELIOXYS quadridentata. B.M. 



Apis quadridentata, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1703; Syst. Nat. i. 958. 

 29, and Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc. S . 



