254 Mr. F. Smith's Monograph of the 



6. Xylocopa lanata^ 



Xylocopa lanata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidte, ii. 

 345, $. 



The male only known ; the thorax black, abdomen 

 nigro-piceous, the legs ferruginous, as Avell as the antennae ; 

 the clypeus white ; the head and thorax densely clothed 

 with a whitish woolly pubescence ; on the thorax above 

 faintly tinged with fulvous ; that on the legs and apex of 

 the abdomen is bright fulvous ; the base of the abdomen, 

 and the apical margins of the segments, fringed with pale 

 pubescence ; wings hyaline, with a faint yellow tint, the 

 nervures ferruginous. Length 6 lines. 



Hab. — Turkey in Europe. 



Species of Africa. 

 7. Xylocopa capensis. 



Xylocopa. capensis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 17'J, ^,$ ; Smith, 

 Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidse, ii. 348, $ . 



Xylocopa capitata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidee, ii. 

 348, ?. 



The female is entirely black, the head very large, nearly 

 as wide as the thorax, closely and finely punctured ; the 

 thorax and abdomen smooth, shining, and Avith distant 

 delicate punctures ; wings brown-black, with bright violet 

 iridescence; the basal joint of the anterior tarsi more or 

 less clothed with fulvous pubescence beneath. 



The male has the face, as high as the insertion of the 

 antennae, yellow; the abdomen Avith a tuft of white pubes- 

 cence at the sides of the base ; the posterior coxge and 

 femora much dilated, the latter having the posterior 

 margin compressed and tuberculate in the middle, the 

 fii-st joint of the posterior tarsi swollen at the base ; wings 

 dark brown-black, with a violet iridescence. Length of 

 the female 12 — 14 lines ; of the male 13^ lines. 



Hab. — Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Xylocopa Jlavo-ruf a, 

 Xylocopa jlavo-ruf a, De Geer, Mem. vii. 605, pi. 45, 

 f. 1, $ ; Oliv. Encycl. Meth. 

 iv. 63 ; St. Farg. Hym. ii. 

 177, ^,9; Smith, Cat. Hym. 

 Ins., Apidse, ii. 350 ; Gerst. 

 Peter's Reise Mossamb. 444. 



