270 Mr. F. Smith's Monograph of the 



the middle ; it may prove to be a distinct species. Length 

 nine to eleven lines ; of the specimen from China, six and 

 a quarter. In this species the second submarginal cell is 

 frequently wanting. 



Hab. — New Caledonia; China; India; Java; Singa- 

 pore; Celebes; New Guinea. 



'- — ■ — 46. Xylocopa collaris. 



Xylocoim collaris, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 189, $ ; Smith, 



Cat Hym. Ins., Apidffi, ii. 353 ; 



Journ. Linn. Soc. \\. 8. 



Xylocopa Dejeanii, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 209, $ ; Smith, 



Cat. Hym. Ins., Apid^e, ii. 357 ; 



Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 8. 



The sexes Avere forwarded from Siam by . M. jNIouhot ; 

 the female has the head, thorax in front and at the sides 

 clothed with white ])ubescence ; the abdomen is black Avith 

 a blue tinge, the wings fuscous, with a violet iridescence. 

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

 antennae, and the sides, a little above their insertion, white; 

 the pubescence on the cheeks, thorax above and at the 

 sides, and also the two basal segments of the abdomen, the 

 anterior legs, intermediate tarsi, and posterior tibira outside, 

 clothed with griseous pubescence ; that on the disk of the 

 thorax usually has a slight fulvous tint ; wangs fusco- 

 hyaline, with a co})pery iridescence. 



Hab. — Java ; India ; Sumatra ; Siam ; Borneo ; 

 Celebes. 



47. Xylocopa: auripennis. 

 Xylocopa auripennis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 181, $ , $ ; 

 Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidge, 

 ii. 356. 

 Both sexes are black, more oblong and narrow than the 

 majority of the species ; the head closely punctured ; the 

 disk of the mesothorax shining and impimctate ; abdomen 

 shining, not very closely punctured ; the pubescence black. 

 The male has_ the posterior femora incrassate and sub- 

 dentate ; the wings are splendidly iridescent ; purple at the 

 base; the anterior Avings have a golden lustre toAvards 

 their apex, ar.d tints of green adorn them in certain lights ; 

 length of the species ten to tvrelve lines. 

 Hab. — Calcutta : China. 



