Genus Xylucoi^a. 255 



Xylocopa trepida, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 340. 



A large species readily distinguished ; both sexes are 

 black, with the thorax above, and the tip of the abdomen, 

 fulvo-rufous ; the wings dark-brown, and with a green and 

 violet iridescence. Length eleven to thirteen lines. 



Hab. — Guinea ; Cape of Good Hope ; Knysna ; Natal ; 

 Angola. 



^ 9. Xylocopa comhrista. 



— Xylocopa combusta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apida?, ii. 



350, $, $. 



A common large black species, the female readily known 

 by having a little bright ferruginous pubescence at the 

 extreme apex of the abdomen. The male has the clypeus, 

 two minute spots on the labrum, and the scape of the 

 antennas in front, yellowish-white ; the flagellum fulvous 

 beyond the basal joint ; the anterior legs with the lower 

 margin more or less ferniginous, also the tibias beneath ; 

 the anterior coxffi Avith a tuft of ferruginous p^^bescence 

 between them ; the anterior and intermediate tarsi fringed 

 with fulvo-ferruginous pubescence, the basal joint of the 

 intermediate pair fringed with black behind at their base ; 

 the apical joints of all the tarsi rufo- testaceous ; the wings 

 in both sexes blackish-brown, with green and purple iri- 

 descence. Length one inch. 



Hab. — Congo ; SieiTa Leone ; Angola ; Fernando Po. 



10. Xylocopa modesta. 



Xylocopa modesta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidas, ii. 

 352, $. 



This small species has the thorax and basal segment of 

 the abdomen clothed with yellow pubescence ; the extreme 

 tip of the abdomen has a little feiTuginous pubescence ; 

 the Avings dark fliscous beyond the second submarginal 

 cell, the basal portion being subhyaline ; the AAangs have a 

 purple iridescence. Length of the female six and a half 

 lines. 



The male resembles the female, but has the fiice clothed 

 with cinereous pubescence, and the legs are rufo-piceous 

 beneath. 



Hab. — The Gambia. 



