XYLOCOPA ASSIMILIS. 221 



The abdomen covered witli large punctures , each punct- 

 ure bearing a black hair; the sides of the abdomen very 

 densely punctured and fringed with black hairs. 



Three female specimens from the Cape of Good Hope 

 (Horstock). 



2. Xylocopa assimilis , sp. n. (^. 



Much resembling the South-American Xylocopa Augusti 

 Lepel, but at once to be distinguished from that species 

 by the sharply edged hind border of the scutellum , which 

 is rounded in the American species. 



Length 34 mm.; alar expanse 62 mm, — Black, with 

 the apical margin of the ventral segments of the abdo- 

 men ferrugineous. The pubescence black, with exception 

 of that on the second and following segments of the ab- 

 domen , which is ferrugineous. 



The head glossy, not densely covered with irregular punct- 

 ures ; its pubescence black ; the clypeus with a fiaint lon- 

 gitudinal impression on the middle, and a more distinct 

 one on each lateral margin ; the front margin of the cly- 

 peus impressed ; the furrowed keel between the antennae 

 much raised ; behind each posterior ocellus a deep im- 

 pression. 



The thorax anteriorly and laterally densely covered with 

 black pubescence ; the middle of the disk naked , shining 

 and covered with some large punctures. The hind border 

 of the scutellum sharply edged , and slightly curved up- 

 wards. The legs densely covered with black pubescence. 

 The wings dark brown with a bright green and purple 

 iridescence. 



The upper surface of the abdomen closely punctured on 

 the third and following segments; more sparingly punct- 

 ured on the first and second segment, especially on the 

 first; the apical margin of the segments impunctate, and 

 a smooth and shining longitudinal line on the middle of 

 the third, fourth and fifth segments. The pubescence of 



JN'otes from tlie Leyden Museum, Vol. II. 



