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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Descriptions 
  

  

  and 
  on 
  tlie 
  sides, 
  clothed 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  wings 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  fringed 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  have 
  at 
  their 
  apex 
  a 
  somewhat 
  oblong 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  appendage. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  punctured, 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  bright 
  yellow 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  near 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  Xylocopa 
  rufipcs. 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Black; 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  piceous 
  be- 
  

   neath, 
  the 
  head 
  nearly 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  thorax 
  above 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  fuscous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  metathorax 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  it 
  is 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  basal, 
  and 
  basal 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  fusco-hyaline, 
  

   and 
  having 
  a 
  dark 
  cloud 
  on 
  their 
  apical 
  margins 
  ; 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   and 
  posterior 
  tarsi, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae, 
  densely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  towards 
  

   its 
  apex 
  fringed 
  with 
  pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  

   the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Xylocopa 
  pictifrons. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  pubescence 
  

   very 
  short, 
  and 
  thinly 
  scattered 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  a 
  deep 
  depression 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  its 
  lateral 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  ; 
  the 
  disk 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  sparingly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  fuscous, 
  having 
  a 
  bright 
  iridescent 
  coppery 
  

   reflection, 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  have 
  their 
  medial 
  and 
  discoidal 
  cells 
  

   transparent; 
  legs 
  entirely 
  black; 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   a 
  dense 
  brush 
  of 
  black 
  hair. 
  Abdomen 
  elongate, 
  its 
  disk 
  sparingly 
  

   punctured, 
  its 
  sides 
  densely 
  so 
  ; 
  thickly 
  pubescent 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  

  

  Length 
  10 
  lines. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  clothed 
  entirely 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  

   face 
  has 
  two 
  broad 
  yellow 
  stripes 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  vertex 
  to 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  portion 
  below 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hair. 
  The 
  wings 
  sub-hyaline, 
  slightly 
  

   clouded 
  towards 
  their 
  apical 
  margins 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  within 
  are 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  ferruginous 
  pubescence. 
  Abdomen, 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  is 
  less 
  dense, 
  giving 
  it 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  an 
  obscure 
  

   black 
  line. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Chusan. 
  

  

  