368 HYMENOPTERA. 



1. Epicharis RUSTICA. B.M. 



Apis rustica, Oliv. Ency. Meth. iii. 8 $ . 

 Apis hirtipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii, 325. 49. 

 Centris hirtipes, Fahr. Syst. Piez. p. 355. 4. 

 Epicharis dasypus, Klug, Illig. Mag. vi, 226. 



Blanch. Hist. nat. des his. iii. 405. 



Schomb. Faun. Flo. Brit. Guiana, p. 591. 

 Epicharis rustica, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 170. 1, and type sp. in Coll. 

 Westw. 



Hab. Cayenne; Brazil. 



2. Epicharis Dejeanii. • B.M. 



Epicharis Dejeanii, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 171. 2 $ , and type sp. in 



Coll. Westw. 

 Epicharis fasciata, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 172. 4 <? , and type sp. in 



Coll. Westw. 



Hab. Brazil; Cayenne. 



3. Epicharis analis. 



Epicharis analis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 173. 5. 

 Hab. Brazil? 



4. Epicharis umbraculata. B.M. 



Centris umbraculata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 355. 5. 

 Epicharis umbraculata, Klug, Illig. Mag. vi. 226. 

 Epicharis Cajennae, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 172. 3, and type sp. in 

 Coll. Westw. 



Hab. Brazil (Santarem) ; Cayenne. 



5. Epicharis bicolor. B.M. 



Male. Length 8 lines. — Black, a triangular s])ot at the ante- 

 rior angles of the face, the scape in front and the labrum yellow ; 

 a mle yellow testaceous spot near the apex of the mandibles, 

 sometimes two minute yellow spots at the base of the clypeus ; 

 thorax clothed above with dark cinereous pubescence, that on 

 the sides, beneath, on the femora, anterior and intermediate 

 tibipe, black ; the posterior tibiae and basal joint of the tarsi above 

 yellow, beneath they are black, as well as the apical joints of the 

 tarsi, the claws ferruginous, their tips black ; the wings fuscous, 

 the tegula3 having an obscure yellow spot on each side. Abdo- 

 men orange-yellow, the margins of the segments pale rufo-testa- 

 ceous. 



Hab. Brazil. 



