564 ATIVJE. 



with fuscous pubescence ; the abdomen testaceous, darkening 

 towards the apex ; wings hyaline and brilliantly iridescent. 



Hab. Barrackpore ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Ceylon. ^ . Length 

 3-4; exj). 7-9 mm. 



993. Melipona praeterita. 



Trio-ona pr:T3terita, Walk. A. M. N. H. (3) v, p. 305. 

 Melipona prfeterita, Dall. Torr. Cat, x, p. 582. 



$. Head in front slightly scabrous, with an indistinct abbre- 

 viated furrow below the anterior ocellus ; thorax and abdomen 

 smooth and shining, the lateral margins of the mesonotum and 

 scutellum raised, a deep transverse groove between the two latter. 

 Black ; the antennae, the anterior and intermediate tarsi, posterior 

 tibine and tarsi, and abdomen testaceous, the base gradually dark- 

 ening on the apical segments ; the antennae above fuscous ; the 

 clypeus and front with a thin cinereous pile ; Avings hyaline and 

 iindescent. 



Hah. Burma; Ceylon. ^. Length 5-6 ; •'.r;?. 12-13 mm. 



I am not quite certain whether 1 have rightly identified this 

 species, but specimens from Eangoon and others collected at 

 Trincomali agree fairly well with Walker's description. 



994. Melipona lutea, u. sp. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth ; the head and thorax 

 covered with sparse pubescence ; the abdomen shining. Pale 

 honey-yellow, somewhat darker and browner on the mesonotum 

 and on the tarsi of the legs ; the clypeus and face in front, the 

 cheeks, sides of the thorax and of the median segment, and the coxas 

 and femora of the legs with a thin soft cinereous-white pubescence 

 only visible in certain lights ; the head above and behind, the 

 thorax, legs, and apical 2 or 3 segments of the abdomen studded 

 with erect black hairs ; wings light flavo-hyaline at base, paler 

 towards their apical margins. 



Hah. Northern Tenasserim ; Karennee. ^ . Length 9-10 ; exjj. 

 21-23 mm. 



995. Melipona thoracica. (PL lY, fig. 13.) 



Trigona thoracica, Stnitk, Jour. Linn. Soc. ii (1858), p. 50, ^. 

 Melipona thoracica, Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 584. 



^ . Head and mesonotum very minutely and closely punctured ; 

 median segment and abdomen smooth, polished, the latter narrow, 

 oblong, the sides parallel. Black ; the scape of the antennae at base, 

 the clypeus, and base of the mandibles more or less ferruginous, the 

 latter two sometimes entirely black ; a square mark on the meso- 

 notum obscurely rufo-ferruginous ; the legs in the type specimen 

 slightly ferruginous at base, but in the majority black ; abdomen 

 black, rufo-testaceous at base ; wings flavo-, in some specimens 

 at base fusco-hyaline. 



Hab. Tenasserim; Singapore. ^. Length 7-S; exp. 19-20 mm. 



