236 HYMENOPTERA, 



first two abdominal segments, apex and base of third, and a small 

 basal mark on each side of fourth, clear orange-ferruginous, but the 

 first segment with a dark mark on each side near the base, and the 

 second with an oval black spot on each side ; pubescence white, faintly 

 yellowish on head and thorax above, white with a slight creamy tint 

 at apex of abdomen ; facial quadrangle a little broader than long ; 

 process of labrum very broad, truncate ; malar space linear ; clypeus 

 shining, sparsely punctured ; front dull ; facial fovese pale, close to 

 eye, not extending below antennae, their width about half distance be- 

 tween eye and antennae ; antennae black, the last seven joints broadly 

 bright ferruginous beneath ; third joint perhaps a trifle longer than 

 next two combined ; mesothorax and scutellum shining, with sparse 

 very small punctures; metathorax dull, the merely granular area 

 scarcely defined ; tegulse pale testaceous ; wings hyaline, very faintly 

 brownish, nervures and stigma sepia, the latter pallid centrally ; sec- 

 ond s. m. broad, receiving first r. n. near its end ; abdomen shining, 

 with excessively minute punctures, thin white apical hair bands on 

 segments 2 to 5, very thin on second. 



cf. Length about 8 mm., more slender; clypeus white with two 

 black spots ; antennae short for a male, last eight joints broadly light 

 yellowish-ferruginous beneath ; base of flagellum beneath very black ; 

 face with much white hair ; abdomen black ; with the apical margins 

 of the first three segments, and the lateral bases of second and third, 

 red. 



Habitat. — Karachi, N. W. India {E. Comber). British Mu- 

 seum. The type is a male. In Schmiedeknecht's table of 

 European species, this runs in both sexes nearest to A. ven- 

 tralis, but is readily separated by the shorter antennae of the 

 males and other characters. In the scarcely defined area of 

 metathorax it resembles A. arima Cam. from Simla. The 

 general appearance of the female recalls A. marginata Fabr., 

 but there is no close affinity. 

 Xylocopa auripeiiiiis Lep. 



Island of Hainan, March, 1909 (//. Schoede) . Berlin Mu- 

 seum. 

 X. bryoruni Fabr. 



Cairns, Queensland {Froggatt) . 

 X. collaris binglianii Ckll. 



Island of Hainan, March, 1909 (//. Schoede). Berlin Mu- 

 seum. 

 X. oriclialcea Lep. 



Formosa {Sauier). Berlin Museum. The localities are 



