276 Mr. F. Smith's Monograjoh of the 



60. Xylocopa indica, 



Xylocopa indica, King, ]\Iag. der Gesell. Nat. fiir zu 

 Berlin, 264 (1807) (var. X. fenes- 

 trata ?) 



Black ; the pubescence black ; the wings violaceous, with 

 some hyaline lines between the nervures at their base more 

 or less observable. Length about ten lines. 



Hah. — Tranquebar. 



Ivlug does not indicate the sex of this species, but there 

 can be little doubt of his description applying to a male ; 

 he indicates the difference between his species and the 

 X. fenestrata to be the absence of a minute ovate impres- 

 sion at the basal, lateral margin of the third segment of 

 the abdomen, which is covered with golden tomentum, or 

 down; this minute spiracular impression is to be distin- 

 guished in many species, but appears to be most observable 

 in X. fenestrata ; in a series, however, of the latter, it 

 will be found to be frequently denuded of the golden down, 

 and such examples I believe must be referred to Klug's 

 X. indica. 



61. Xylocopa lunata. 



Xylocopa lunata, King, Mag. der Gesell. Nat. fiir zu 

 Berlin (1807), 264, tab. vii. fig. 

 2, 2. 



Black, the pubescence black, the wings violaceous ; the 

 posterior pair with a large hyaline semi- lunate spot. 

 Length nine and a half lines. 



Hah. — Tranquebar. 



*62. Xylocopa ignita. 



Female. — One of the smallest species of the genus ; it 

 is black, the head semi-opaque, the thorax and abdomen 

 shining ; the head closely punctured ; a sharp carina in 

 front of the anterior ocellus ; the thorax finely punctured, 

 the mesothorax having a shining impunctate space on its 

 disk ; the metathorax rounded ; the abdomen evenly and 

 rather more strongly punctured. On the clypeus is a short 

 pubescence consisting of a mixture of griseous and black ; 

 on the legs, sides of the thorax, and the fringe of the 

 abdomen, it is black; at the extreme apex of the latter 



