HYMENOPTERA. 



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85. Xylocopa grossa. B.M. 



Centris grossa, Drury, III. Exot. Ent. i. 102. t. 45. f. 3. 

 Apis purpurascens, Fahr. Ent. Syst. ii. 325. 50. 

 Apis iricolor, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Aiigl. ii. 310. 72. t. 17. f. 9. 

 Xylocopa purpurascens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 341. 15. 

 Xylocopa iricolor, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 185. 16. 



Hab. South America. 



86. Xylocopa pulchra. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — Head and thorax black, the face 

 has a little fuscous pubescence, the flagellum beneath fulvo- tes- 

 taceous. Thorax : the pubescence above sooty-black, the wings 

 subhyaline, having a fulvous tinge, the nervures ferruginous ; 

 the anterior legs black, the intermediate tarsi have a mixture of 

 pale pubescence ; the posterior tarsi have the basal half of the 

 first joint clothed above with pale ochraceous pubescence. Ab- 

 domen green, shining and finely punctured, the basal segment 

 has a little ochraceous pubescence on each side, the apical mar- 

 gin of the second and three following segments have a fascia of 

 pale ochraceous pubescence, broadly interrupted in the middle ; 

 the sides thinly fringed with black hairs, the extreme apex fer- 

 ruginous. 



Hab. Rio. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



87. Xylocopa affinis. 



Xylocopa (Schonnherria) affinis^ <S^. Farg. Hym. ii. 210. 62. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



88. Xylocopa aurulenta. B.M. 



Bombus aurulentus, Syst. Piez. p. 351. 42. 

 Xylocopa aurulenta, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 192. 33. 



Hab. South America (Cayenne). 



89. Xylocopa barbata. B.M. 

 Xylocopa barbata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 341. 14. 



Hab. South America ; Cayenne ; Brazil. 



90. Xylocopa Cajenn^e. B.M. 

 Xylocopa Cajennse, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 203. 50. 



Hab. Cayenne. 



