540 APTD.I. 



Provinces; Burma; Tenasserim ; Ceylon; Celebes. $. Length 

 22-24; ea'p. 4G-oO mm. S • Length 21-22; exp. 44 mm. 



9i6. Xylocopa amethystina, Fair. Eiit. Si/st. ii, p. 325; Da/L Ton-. 

 Cut. X, p. 204. 

 Xylocopa minuta, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 190. 

 Xylocopii ig'nita, Smith, Trans. Eid. Soc. 1874, p. 276. 



5 . Head and thorax anteriorly, and on the sides and apex of 

 the mesonotum finely and closely, abdomen sparsely punctured, the 

 last with long soft thin pubescence on the apical three or four 

 segments ; clypeus medially obscurely carinate ; front between the 

 antennae with a small but acute and prominent tubercle. Black 

 with black pubescence ; wings fuscous, with a deep purple lustre. 



d" similar, smaller ; the clypeus and sides of the face and apex 

 of the labrum yellowish white ; the pubescence on the mesonotum 

 anteriorly, on the sides of the thorax in front, and on the anterior 

 tibia) and tarsi pale brown, almost cinereous on the tarsi ; wings 

 paler than in the female, in some specimens hyaline at base. 



Ilah. Punjab ; North- West Provinces ; Kumaun ; Bombay ; 

 Malabar; Cevlon. 5 • Length 13-17; exp. 37-39 mm. d • Length 

 12-14; exp.'2d-d2\nm. 



947. Xylocopa iridipennis, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 188, $ ; Smith, Cat. ii, 



p. 353; Dall. Ton: Cat. x, p. 213. 

 ? Xvlocopa chloroptera, Home {nee Lepel.), Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, 

 1870, p. 179. 



2 6 • Closelv resembling X. cUssimiTis, but longer and narrov^er 

 in both sexes, the puncturiugs on the head, thorax, and abdomen, 

 especially on the last, liner, closer and deeper ; the male with the 

 front entirely black, and with no lateral yellow lunules ; the pu- 

 bescence on the sides of the abdomen longer and more dense than 

 in X dissimilis. The wings are very different, being deep nietallic 

 blue at base, turning to greenish and deep rosy coppery red 

 tox^ards the apex of the fore wing. 



Var. A line on the pronotum above and the tubercles covered 

 with light brov^'n pubescence. 



ILab. North-West Provinces ; Bengal ; Madras ; Bangalore ; 

 Burma ; Tenasserim ; Sumatra ; China. $ d • Length 25-27 ; 

 exp. 66-69 mm. 



I am not quite certain \vhether I have identified this species 

 correctly. The above description is taken from specimens in the 

 British Museum, probably labelled by the late Mr. F. Smith. 



948. Xylocopa aestuans. 



Apis festuans, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i, ed. x, p. 570, $ . 

 Xylocopa testuaus, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 193, 2 d J Sinith, Cat. ii, 

 p. 353 ; JJall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 202. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely punctured, the thorax 

 above densely pubescent, the disc of the mesonotum smooth and 

 impunctate under the pubescence ; clypeus flat, transverse in 



