Genus Xylocopa. 277 



there Is a little ferruginous pubescence ; wings dark brown, 

 with A'ivid purjolc iridescence. Length six lines. 

 Hah. — Bombay ; Canara ; Tarancore. 



63. Xylocopa Jlavo-nigrescens. 



Xylocopa Jlavo-nigrescens, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., 



Apida3, ii. 354, $ . 



This insect is unique in the British Museum ; no second 

 sjjecimen has fallen under my notice. It is black ; the front 

 of the head, the thorax, and tegula3 of the wings, and also 

 the base of the abdomen, are clothed with bright yellow 

 pubescence ; the anterior and intermediate tarsi have a 

 long fringe behind, of the same coloiu- ; the rest of the 

 abdomen has an olive puljescence, which deepens gradually 

 into black at the apex of the abdomen ; at the base of the 

 fourth and fifth segments are narrow bands of bright yellow 

 pubescence, and there is a little Avhite in the middle of the 

 base of the seventh ; the legs have black pubescence ; wings 

 brown, with purple uidescence. Length 11 lines. 



^a^>.— Silhet. 



64. Xylocopa acutipennis. 



Xylocopa acutipennis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins.jApidse, ii. 



355, $. 



This male is black ; the clypeus, scape in front, and a 

 minute spot at the base of the mandibles, yellow ; the an- 

 terior tibiffi and tarsi thickly clothed above mth pale ful- 

 vous pubescence, the intermediate and posterior tarsi 

 fringed with ferruginous ; the thorax has, anteriorly, a 

 little pale-ftilvous pubescence intermixed with the black ; 

 wings pale brown, with a purple iridescence ; the head 

 small, the eyes large, the apex of the abdomen with a tuft 

 of long brownish-black pubescence ; the wings pointed at 

 their apex. Length 10 lines. 



^a§.— Silhet. 



*Q5. Xylocopa pictipennis. 



Female. — Entirely black ; head closely punctured and 

 semi-opaque ; thorax above finely punctured, with the 

 disk impunctate and shining ; abdomen punctured, the 

 basal segment finely and distantly so ; the middle of the 

 apical margins narrowly impunctate ; the sides fi'ingcd 



