XTLOCOPA. 



543 



953. Xylocopa COllaris, Lepel Hym. ii, p. 189, ?; Smith, Cat. ii, 



p. u53 ; Uall. Turr. Cat. x, p, 208. 

 Xylocopa dejeaiiii, Lepel. Hym. ii, p. 209, d"- 



2 ' Head, thorax, and abdomen punctured, very finely and 

 closely on the head and abdomen, less closely on the disc of the 

 mesonotum and on the scutellum ; a distinct tine medial vertical 

 carina from the apex of the clypeus to between the base of the 

 anteanoD, continued as a furrow to the anterior ocellus. Black, 

 with black pubescence ; the prouotum, the sides of the thorax 

 anteriorly, and the front of the mesonotum clothed with erect 

 dense white pubescence ; wings dull fuscous, with a moderate 

 purple effulgence. 



d" . The frontal carina abbreviated, not coming below the base 

 of the clypeus. Black ; the clypeus, sides of the face, the front 

 below the anterior ocellus, a broad line by the eyes over the vertex, 

 and the scape of the autenuce pale yellowish white ; the pubescence 

 on the vertex, the pronotum, sides of the thorax anteriorly, front 

 of the mesonotum, anterior legs, and the basal one or two se"-ments 

 of the abdomen ochraceous ; wings subhyaline, lightly fuscous with 

 purple effulgence. 



Var. The whole thorax covered with ochraceous pubescence; 

 in some specimens the c5rd abdominal segment also covered with a 

 thin ochraceous down ; very variable in size. 



Hub. Sikhim ; Allahabad ; Kumaun ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; 

 Ceylon; extending into the Malayan region and Siam. $. Length 

 18-19 ; ed'p. 40-42 mm. c^ • Leiujth 14-19 ; e.vj}. 32-44 mm. 



954. Xylocopa rufescens, Smit/», Trcms. Ent. Soc 1874, p. 271, $; 



Biiiy/i. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1893, p. 388,'pl. i, fic^ 2: 

 Ball. Ton: Cat. x, p. 217. ' i ^ o . 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen more 

 or less densely pubescent and finely and 

 closely punctured imder the pubescence. 

 Eufo-fuscous, with golden-brown pu- 

 bescence varying in depth of colour and 

 brightness; antenna? rufous brown, the 

 flagellum paler beneath ; wings fulvo- 

 hyaline, paler along the apical and pos- 

 terior margins. 



d similar, with the pubescence paler 

 but brighter and more dense on the 

 abdomen ; the clypeus and face yellow *. 



J/ah. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tennsserim ; 

 Java, Sumatra, Borneo. $ d" . Length 

 28-30 ; e.rp. 57-60 mm. 



Fig. 182. 

 Xylocopa rtifescens, (^ . 



* The following species, described by Lepeletier St.-Fargeau from India 

 I nave been wholly unable to identify ; so far as 1 know, it has not been procured 

 of late years, and may not bo Indian : — 



Xylocopa FKUKUfiisKA.— " Antennaj nigrre. Caput et thorax nigra, nigro 

 TJllosa. Abdomen nigrum, totuni ferrugineo subvillosum margincquo ciliat.uui. 

 Pedes nigri, nigro villosi. Alas violaceo-fusiai."— Lepel. IJym. ii, p. 187, 6. 



