562 APIDiE. 



986. Melipona collina. 



Tvifioua (•ollina, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (1858), p. 51, ^ . 

 Melipona coUiua, Dall. Ton: Cat. x, p. 577. 



9. Head and thorax opaque, sparsely pubescent; abdomen 

 smooth and shining, broad, short, somewhat flat. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen black ; the head in front and clypeus with 

 cinerous pile ; a spot on the latter, the scape and flagelluin of the 

 antennae beneath, and the legs rufo-testaceous ; the basal segment 

 of the abdomen obscurely testaceous, dark brown in some 

 specimens, with a subapical transverse testaceous fascia above ; 

 wings dark brown at base, the apex beyond the stigma in the 

 fore wing milk-white. 



Hub. Southern Teuasserim ; Malacca. ^ . Length 6-7 ; exp. 

 15-16 mm. 



987. Melipona apicalis. 



Trioona apicalis, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (1858), p. 51, § . 

 Melipona apicalis. Dull. Torr. Cat. x, p. 575. 



5. Head and thorax opaque, sparsely covered with erect 

 pubescence ; abdomen smooth, shining, very finely aciculate, a very 

 short deep impression below the anterior ocellus ; abdomen short, 

 broad, flattish. Head and face in front and clypeus testaceous 

 yellow, covered with a thin cinereous pile ; thorax dark brown, the 

 sparse erect pubescence black ; legs rufo-piceous ; abdomen nigro- 

 piceous, in some specimens black ; wings dark brown at base, 

 hyaline beyond the stigma. 



Var. Head and thorax black ; antennsB dark brown ; apex of 

 the abdomen testaceous. 



Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; Borneo. § . Length 6-7 ; exp. 

 15-17 mm. 



This species is the common dammar-bee of Burma and Tenas- 

 serim, and varies considerably in different localities. Specimens 

 from South Tenasserim very closely approach the typical form 

 from Borneo, but are not quite so 'dai'k. 



988. Melipona canifrons. 



Trii^ona canifrons, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (185S), p. 51, ^ . 

 Melipona canifrons. Dull. Torr. Cat. x, p. 576. 



^ . Head above and thorax somewhat thickly pubescent (often 

 bare from abrasion), the front on each side of the ocelli with a 

 few minute scattered punctures ; abdomen highly polished and 

 shiniug. Head, thorax, and abdomen jet-black, the pubescence 

 sooty black ; in certain lights the face shows a thin covering of 

 cinereous pile ; the antennas piceous beneath ; wings hyaline, 

 sometimes shghtly shaded with fuscous, the nervures testaceous. 



Hah. Tenasserim ; Sumatra (Martin) ; Borneo (Smith). ^ . 

 Length 6-8 ; exp. 15-17 mm. 



989. Melipona ventralis. 



Trigona ventralis. Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (1858), p. 50, ^ . 

 "r Trifjona terminata, Smith, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. xlvji, p. 169. 

 Melipona ventralis, Dall. Torr. Cat, x, p. 580. 



