346 HYMENOPTERA. - 



8, Xylocopa LATERITIA. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Black, the face having a raised 

 tubercle in front of the anterior stemma, between the antennae ; 

 the margins of the clypeus slightly raised; the antennae dark rufo- 

 testaceous, the flagelhim beneath palest ; the thorax above and 

 the first segment of the abdomen densely clothed with a short 

 brick-red pubescence ; wings very dark browna, having a violet 

 iridescence; the legs entirely black; the abdomen very finely 

 and closely punctured, towards the apex fringed at the sides with 

 short black pubescence. 



Hab. Isle of Johanna (Mozambique). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, 

 Esq.) 



,9. Xylocopa Caribea. 



Xylocopa caribea, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 202. 49. 



Hah. Isle of Guadaloupe. 



10. Xylocopa Caffra. B.M. 



Apis caifra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 959. 39. 



Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 319. 19. 

 Bombus caffrus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 346. 17. 

 Xylocopa cafra, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 197- 41. 



Hab. Africa. 



11. Xylocopa crassa. B.M, 

 Xylocopa crassa, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 204. 52. 



Hab. Africa. 



This is probably the female of torrida, both having been sent 

 together from Fernando Po on more than one occasion, with a 

 note to this effect. 



12. Xylocopa Africana. B.M. 



Apis africana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 319. 20. 

 Bombus africanus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 346. 18- 

 Xylocopa africana, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 198. 43, 



Hab. Africa. 



13. Xylocopa rufitarsis. B.M. 

 Xylocopa rufitarsis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 191. 32. 



Hab. Africa (Cape). 



