504 



APID^I. 



Var. The longitudinal lines on the mesonotum absent, the 

 fascia on the basal abdominal segment not biemargiuate anteriorly, 

 bat enclosing a black spot on each side. 



(S similar to the $ , but with the yellow markings broader, the 

 scape of the anteunse in front and the antei'ior femora yellow. 



Bab. Mussooree; Dehra ; Barrackpore ; Sikhlm ; Bangalore; 

 Assam ; Burma : Tenasserim ; extending into China and the 

 Malayan region. $ 6 . Lewjih 9-11; exp. 10-17 mm. 



891. Ceratina moderata, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured, the punctures 

 shallow and somewhat distantly placed, on the front of the head 

 and face slightly closer and stronger ; thorax in front and on the 

 sides and apex, and abdomen with a thin soft pubescence ; median 

 segment rounded posteriorly, the enclosed space at base concave, 

 very minutely punctured and rugose. Black ; the clypeus, a broad 

 triangular spot above it, an irregular line on each side along the 

 lower part of the inner orbits, the tubercles, the anterior tibia? 

 above, the intermediate and posterior tibiae in front, lengthened 

 spots on each side of the 2nd and 3rd, and small round lateral spots 

 on the 4th segment of the abdomen, yellow ; the tibiae with some 

 ferruginous stains, and the tarsi fusco-ferruginous ; pubescence 

 fuscous ; wings hyaline, nervures testaceous. 



Hah. Mussooree. $. Length 5; eccjj. 11 mm. Type in coll. 

 Eothney. 



892. Ceratina beata, Cam. Mem. Majicli. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



2 • Head smooth, with a few shallow punctures ; mesonotum, 

 scutellum, postscutellum, and abdomen finely and closely punctured, 

 the punctures very shallow ; mesonotum with an abbreviated longi- 

 tudinally impressed median line anteriorly; median segment short, 

 opaque, rounded posteriorly, M'ith almost a vertical slope to the 

 apex ; the enclosed space at its base contracted, punctured and 

 rugose. Black ; the clypeus, a square mark above it, a Y-shaped 

 mark above that, a line on the inner orbits, a transverse line on 

 the occiput, a broad one on each cheek, the prothorax and tubercles, 

 two short inner parallel and two still shorter lateral divergent 

 lines on the mesonotum, the middle of the scutellum and post- 

 scutellum, the mesopleuree below, the mesosternum, the legs, and 

 broad transverse bands on the abdomen, yellow ; wings hyaline, 

 nervures testaceous, tegulse yellow. 



Var. a. The clypeus and front up to the anterior ocellus 

 yellow. 



Var. b. The mesonotum without the divergent yellow lines on 

 the disc ; the yellow bands on the abdomen narrow, widest in the 

 middle. 



