Genus Xylocopa. 251 



Species of Asia, the Islands op the Malay Archipelago, 

 AND OF Australia. 



Div. 1. — Males and females similarly coloured. Species 41 to 53. 

 Div. 2. — Males of a different colour to the females. Species 54 to 59. 

 Div. 3. — Only one sex of the species known. Species 60 to 77. 



Species op South America, Brazil, and the West India 



Islands. 



Div. 1. — Males and females similarly coloured. Species 78 to 80. 



Div. 2. — Males of a different colour to the females. Species 81 to 83. 



Div. 3. — Only one sex of the species known. Species 84 to 111. 



Species of North America. 



Div. 1. — Males and females similarly coloured. Species 112 to 116. 

 Div. 2. — Males of a different colour to the females. Species 117, 118. 

 Div. 3. — Only one sex of the species known. Species 119 to 123. 



Geographical Distribution of the Species. 



Europe, 7. 



Afi-ica, 33. 



India, China and Malay Archipelago, 35. 



Australia, 2. 



South America and West Indies, 34. 



North America, 12. 



Species of Europe. 

 " 1. Xylocopa violacea. 



Apis violacea, Syst. Nat. i. 959, ed. xii., $ ; Scop. 

 Ent. Carn. 305, f5g. 812, $ ; Fabr. 

 Syst. Ent. 379 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 315 ; 

 Schrank. Ins. Aiistr. 394 ; Rossi, 

 Faun. Etrus. il. 99 ; Panz. Faun. 

 Germ. 59, 6, $. 

 Xylocopa violacea, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 159, 



^, 9 ; Fabr. Syst. Piez. 338; 



Westw. Nat. Libr. ( Jardine) En- 



tom. vi. 265, pi. 20, fig. 3, $ ; St. 



Farg. Hym. ii. 183; Lucas, Explo. 



So. Alger, iii. 166 ; Eversm. Bull. 



Mosc. XXV. 125 ; Smith, Cat. 



Hym. Ins., Apida?, ii. 344 ; Gerst. 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. (1872), p. 275. 

 Xylocopa femorata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 339, $. 



Peaum. Ins. vi. pi. v. fig. 1, 2. 



This well knoAvn European species is entirely black, its 

 pubescence black ; its wings brown-black, with a brilliant 

 violet iridescence. Length 10 to 12 Hues. 



Hah. — France; Germany; Dalmatia; Austria; Sicily; 

 Italy ; Russia ; Sweden ; Algeria ; Syria. 



