258 Mr. F. Smith's Monograph of the 



anterior tibite, and base of the abdomen, densely clothed 

 Avith fulvous pubescence ; the rest of the abdomen with a 

 greenish-yellow pubescence, its apical margin with a fringe 

 of black pubescence. 



Hub. — Isle of Johanna, Mozambique. 



15. Xylocopa africana. 



Apis africana, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 319, $. 



Bomhus africanus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 346. 



Xylocopa africana, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 198; Smith, 

 Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidas, ii. 

 346, $. 



Xylocopa varipes. Smith, Cat. Ilym. Ins., ApidiB, ii. 

 351, $. 



The sexes were sent to the Museum as constituting one 

 species fi-om Fernando Po ; the female has the pubescence 

 on the head, thorax, basal segment of the abdomen, the 

 fringe of the apical segment, the anterior and intermediate 

 legs, and the posterior tibiee, clothed with ochraceous 

 pubescence ; that on the thorax, in very fine examples, is 

 somewhat fulvovis ; wings dark-brown and with a purple 

 iridescence. The male has the pubescence on the vertex 

 black, intermixed with luteous, that on the clypeus and 

 cheeks whitish ; the pubescence on the thorax in front, 

 and on the legs, black ; on the basal segment of the abdo- 

 men, and on the thorax posteriorly, it is bright yellow, 

 the yellow portion being of an angular shape in front of 

 the insertion of the wings ; the wings subhyaline, their 

 margins broadly adorned with coppery iridescence. The 

 abdomen with olive pubescence. 



Length of the female 9 — 10 lines ; of the male 7 — 9 lines. 



Hab. — W. Africa ; Fernando Po ; Angola. 



16. Xylocopa caffra. 

 Apis caffra, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 959, $ ; Fabr. Ent. 



Syst. ii. 319, $. 

 Bombus cnffriis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 346. 

 Xylocopa caffra, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 197, $ , ^ ; Klug, 



IlHg. Mag. vi. 209; Smith, Cat. 



Hym. Ins., Apidas, ii. 346 ; Gerst. 



Insekt. Reise Mossamb. p. 444 ; 



Gerst. Von der Deck. Reise in 



Ost-Africka, iii. pi. 2, Wissensch. 



Theil. 315. 



