Genus Xylocopa. 265 



32. Xylocopa tarsata. 



Xylocopa tarsata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidje, 

 ii. 348 $. 



Black ; head closely punctured and with a short carina 

 between the antennre ; the metathorax rovinded behind ; 

 wings dai'k broAvn, with a purple and violet iridescence ; 

 the apex of the posterior tibia? and the tarsi clothed with 

 bright fulvous pubescence ; abdomen fringed with black 

 pidiescence. Length 7 lines. 



Hab. — Cape of Good Hope. 



33. Xylocopa carinata. 



Female. — Length 9 lines. Black ; the head closely 

 punctured and semi-opaque ; an elevated shining carina 

 runs from the anterior ocellus to the insertion of the an- 

 tenna?, where it terminates in a slight tubercle. The thorax 

 and abdomen shining and punctured, not very closely, and 

 sparingly so on the disk of the former ; the abdomen 

 fringed with black pubescence at the sides ; wings dark 

 brown-black, with a bright piu-ple iridescence intermixed 

 with shades of green ; the flagellum of the antennae, except 

 the two basal joints, ochraceous beneath. 



This is the A", frontalis of Ferret and Galinier (Voy. 

 en Abyssinie), but not of Olivier and Fabricius ; I have 

 therefore changed the name. 



Hab. — Angola ; Abyssinia. 



34. Xylocopa albiceps. 



Xylocopa albiceps, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 341, $ ; St. Farg. 

 Hym. ii. 189 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. 

 Ins., Apida?, ii. 349. 



This small species is readily distinguished ; it has been 

 hitherto described as having the antennae entirely black, 

 but the flagellum is pale beneath ; the wings are very dark 

 towards their apex, but are usually paler towards their 

 base, and have a violet iridescence. Length 6 to 7 lines. 



Hah.— Guinea ; Sierra Leone ; Congo. 



35. Xylocopa apicalis. 



- Xylocopa apicalis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apida?, ii. 

 349, ?. 

 This insect is coloured the same as A', olivacea, but it 

 differs as follows: it is larger, the head proportionately 



