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Gen. Crocisa. 
1. Crocisa nitidula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 386. 2. 
Hab. Gilolo; Ternate; Aru Islands; Amboyna; Australia; Menado. 
2. Crocisa emarginata, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 449. 3, 
Hab, Ternate; Port Praslin (New Ireland). 
Gen. XYLOCOPA. 
1. Xylocopa coronata, Smith, Supp, Journ. Proc. Linn, Soc. v. 135, 1. 
Hab. Gilolo; Kaisaa. 
2, XYLOCOPA VOLATILIS. X. virescenti-flava, tibiis posticis intus 
rubro-hirtis ; alis obscuro-hyalinis, violaceo tinctis, apice nigro minute 
et regulariter crebre punctatis. 
Male. Length 11 lines. Black, and densely clothed with short greenish- 
yellow pubescence ; the scape in front and the flagellum beneath yel- 
low; a yellow line down the middle of the clypeus, and its anterior 
margin narrowly yellow. The wings subhyaline, with the margins 
broadly fuscous, and having a beautiful violet iridescence ; the tip of 
the abdomen and the posterior tarsi within rufo-fulyous pubescence. 
Hab. Menado. 
3. XYLOCOPA DIVERSIPES. X. capite, thorace, abdominis basi, pe- 
dibus anticis et medianis fulvo-hirtis, abdominis dorso medio, pedibus 
posticis nigris ; abdominis apice rufescenti-fulvo hirto; tibiis posticis 
apice rufo-hirtis ; alis obscure hyalinis apice fuscis et violaceo irides- 
centibus. 
Male. Length 12 lines. Black ; the head, thorax, base of the abdomen, 
and the anterior and intermediate legs clothed with fulvous pubes- 
cence ; that on the intermediate tarsi rufo-fulvous, and forming a long 
fringe ; the clypeus, a spot above it, the scape in front, and flagellum 
beneath, yellow; the wings subhyaline; the margins of the wings 
fuscous, with a beautiful violet iridescence, the nervures ferrugi- 
nous. The apical half of the second segment of the abdomen, and the 
third, fourth, and fifth, clothed with black pubescence ; the apical seg- 
ments with bright fulvous-red pubescence ; the posterior legs clothed 
with black pubescence the tarsi beneath with bright rufo-fulvous. 
Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 
4, XYLOCOPA PERFORATOR. X. nitida nigra; alis nigro-fuscis viola- 
ceo splendide micantibus (femina). Thorace antice pube cinerea 
tecto; tarsis anterioribus dilatatis (mas). 
Female. Length 14 lines. Black, and slightly shining; the face with 
scattered punctures; the thorax finely punctured anteriorly, and 
with a longitudinally impressed line which terminates at the middle 
of the disk ; the wings dark brown, with a splendid violet iridescence ; 
