XTLOCOPA. 537 



tarsi flattened and yellow, the tibite twisted, the tibia; and tarsi 

 fringed anteriorly and posteriorly with long, thick, somewhat 

 cur.ed hairs ; intermediate and posterior legs longer ia proportion; 

 wings much narrower, the apex of the anterior wing acute. Some 

 specimens have the clypeus aud face below the antennas variegated 

 witii yellowish white. 



IJah. Sikhim ; Barrackpore ; Kumaun Terai ; Central India ; 

 Malabar ; Coonoor ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; extending to 

 China and the Malayan I'egion. $ S . Length 32-35 ; exp. 78- 

 80 mm. 



939. Xylocopa tenuiscapa, Weshv. Jard. Nat. Lib., Ent. vii, p. 271, 



pi. '!'•'>, tig. 2, S ; 'Smith, Cat. ii, p. 353 ; Dall. Torr. Cat. x, 

 p. 219. 

 Xylocopa viridipennis, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 205. 



5 6 . Closely allied to and resembling X. latipes : the female 

 diffex's in being on the whole smaller; the sulcations on the front 

 not extending up to the ocelli, the scape of the antennae not at all 

 dilated at apex, and the abdomen on the whole less densely punc- 

 tured. The male differs from that of X latipes in the scape of 

 the antenna; being cylindrical. 



Hah. Madras; Assam; Burma; Ceylon. $. Length 30-32; 

 exp. 64-70 mm. S • Length 30 ; exp. 08 mm. 



940. Xylocopa acutipennis, Sinith, Cat. ii, p. 355, ^ ; Ball. Ton: Cat. 



X, p. 202. 



2 ■ Head somewhat sparsely punctured ; thorax nearly smooth, 

 with a few very fine scattered punctures along the front and sides 

 of the mesonotum and sides of the sciitellum ; abdomen hnely 

 and densely punctured : clypeus nearly flat, subtriangular, its sides 

 and the front between the base of the antennae raised into a broad 

 A-shaped carina. Black ; the front above the antennae and the 

 mesonotum anteriorly with short dense \elvety sooty-brown pubes- 

 cence ; the sides of the thorax, the legs, aud the sides of the abdo- 

 men with black pubescence ; wings narrow and some\\'hat acute, 

 fuscous with rich metallic coppery, bronze, almost golden tints in 

 certain lights. 



(S . The mesonotum and scutellum more punctured, the punctures 

 very shallow and flne, the disc of the former smooth and shining. 

 Black ; the clypeus, a spot at the base of the mandibles, aud the 

 scape of the antennaj pale whitish yellow ; the pubescence as in 

 the female, with the exception of the anterior tibia) and tarsi and 

 the intermediate tarsi posteriorly, which are clothed with a pale 

 golden pubescence ; wings in the type fuscous, with purple and 

 greenish effulgence, more often, however, as in the female but 

 paler, with the golden metallic tints brighter; the fore wing more 

 acute at apex than in the female. 



JIab. Sylhet ; Khiisi Hills ; Sikliim ; Taoo plateau, 4000 ft,, 

 Tenasserim. $ . Length 2U ; exp. 60 mm. J . Length 23-24 ; 

 exp. 56-58 mm. 



