B.M. 



^^^ HYMENOPTERA. 



29. Xylocopa flavo-rufa. 



Apis flavo-rufa, De Geer, Mem. vii. 605 t. 45 f 1 



Ohv. Ency. Meth. iv, 6*3. 3. 

 Xylocopa trepida, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 340. 10. 

 Hab. South Africa (Port Natal). 



30. Xylocopa calens. g jyr 

 Xylocopa calens, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 196. 40 $ . 



Hab. Africa (Port Natal; Abyssinia); Madagascar. 



31. Xylocopa coNJUNCTA. g jyr 



Male. Length 1 inch 3 lines.-Rufo-testaceous, the scape of 



kleTthrn^'l^ ''\'^' ^J^'"""^ ^" f^'«^^' ^ ^P«^ «^ each 

 side of the vertex touching the eyes, the margins of the civ- 



pens, and a line down the centre, a transverse line above, a hne 

 across at the base of the labmm, and a spot at the base of the 

 mandibles, yellow; the entire insect has a short ochraceous pu- 

 bescence; m parts, the pubescence has a fulvous tinge, as that 

 on the legs and at the apex of the abdomen; the breast, the 

 temora, tibiae, coxa? and trochanters nigro-piceous ; wings fulvo- 

 hyahne, the nervures ferruginous; the abdomen beneath has on 

 each segment a broad yellow stripe. 



Hab. South Africa. 



32. Xylocopa combusta. g ^ 



Female. Length 13 lines.-Black, the clvpeus having the 

 margins a little raised, smooth and shining, also a central smooth 

 hne, forming a trident ; from the base of the clypeus a smooth 

 raised line passes upwards and encloses the anterior stemma • 

 the face densely clothed with short black pubescence. Thorax • 

 the posterior margin of the scutellum slightly raised and acute • 

 wmgs deep friscous, having a brilliant metaUic green iridescence • 

 the legs black. Abdomen elongate, shining, and sparingly punc' 

 tured m the middle closely so at the sides, towards the apex 

 trmged with black pubescence, at the extreme apex a little bright 

 terrugmous pubescence. ° 



Male. Length 12 lines.— Very closely resembling the female • 

 the scape m front, the clypeus and a triangular shSpe above it' 

 a minute spot on each side beneath the anterior stemma, another 

 on each side of the labrum, and a small one at the base of the 

 mandibles, yellow; sometimes a minute yellow spot on the 

 second joint of the flagellum in front; the tarsi beneath have a 

 bright terrugmous pubescence; the intermediate legs have the 



