HYMENOPTERA. ^^'^ 



femora compressed beneath, and expanded, foi-«ii"g//^"f^^^^^ 

 angular shape, the tarsi a httle dilated, densely cihated on both 

 S with 01 g fulvous pubescence; the posterior tibi^ bent 

 inwards, the ta?si covered exteriorly with long black pubescence : 

 otherwise as in the other sex. 

 Hab. Congo. 



33. Xylocopa ustulata. 



Female. Length 7h lines.-Black, the face densely covered 

 with ffriseous pubescence, the mandibles and antemicC fermgmous, 

 the fltc^ellura obscure above ; the disk of the thorax very glossy 

 and sparingly punctured; in front, clothed with gnseous pubes- 

 cence; the wings dark fuscous, having a violet iridescence, sub- 

 hvaline at their extreme base ; the anterior egs ferrugmous 

 beneath, the intermediate and posterior pairs obscurely terrugi- 

 nous, and clothed above with black pubescence. Abdomen 

 shinino-, very closelv punctured at the sides, sparingly so m the 

 middle", naked ; the apex fringed with black pubescence 



Male —Exactly corresponds with the other sex, but has a 

 little white pubescence on the sides of the thorax beneath the 

 wings, and also a little at the base of the abdomen. 

 Hab. The Gambia. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



34. Xylocopa varipes. ^•^• 



Female Length 9 lines.— Black, the pubescence on the head, 



thorax, basal segment of the abdomen above, ochraceous; that 



on the thorax inclining to fulvous ; the lateral margins of the 



clvpeus slightlv raised, and having also a central raised carina ; 



the wings dark fuscous, and having a pm'ple iridescence; the 



anterior tibifij and tarsi, the intermediate tibiae above, as well as 



the posterior iiair, clothed with fulvo-ochraceous pubescence ; the 



intermediate tarsi have a bright ferruginous pubescence with a 



tuft of ochraceous at their base above, the posterior tarsi have a 



dark fuscous pubescence with a little bright ferruginous at the 



apex, the tibiae have also a little bright ferrugmous at their apex 



above. Abdomen, the second, third and fourth segments frmged 



at the sides with Idack pubescence, the fifth and sixth are fringed 



with fulvo-ochraceous pubescence, the apex with bright terru- 



ginous. 



Hab. South Africa (Fernando Po) ; Sierra Leone. 



35. Xylocopa imitator. ^-^ 



Female. Length 9 lines.— Black, the face has a griseous pu- 

 bescence, that on the cheeks snow-white; the flagellum except 

 the three basal joints testaceous beneath. Thorax, smooth and 



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