278 Mr. F. Smith's Monograph of the 



with thick black pubescence ; the thorax rounded behind ; 

 wings brown-black, with a splendid purple iridescence, and 

 tinged with bright blue, and green tints, at their base. 

 Length one inch. 

 Hub. — Java. 



66. Xylocopa phalothorax. 



Xylocopa phalothorax, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 194, $ ; 



Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., 

 Apidffi, ii. 363. 



This very distinct species is black, and its pubescence 

 also black ; that on the vertex of the head, on the thorax 

 above, also down the sides of the thorax anteriorly, is 

 Avhite ; Avings brown, with a violet iridescence. Length 

 10 lines. 



Hab. — Sumatra. 



*67. Xylocopa sonorina. 



Female. — Black ; head and thorax closely and mode- 

 rately punctm-ed ; the mesothorax smooth, impunctate 

 and shining on the disk ; metathorax rounded behind ; 

 abdomen shining, rather finely punctured, most closely so 

 at the sides above ; the pubescence entirely black, except 

 that on the anterior tarsi beneath, Avhich is ferruginous ; 

 the claws of the tarsi ferruginous ; wings fusco-hyaline, 

 with a darker cloud beyond the enclosed cells, and adorned 

 wdtli a bright purple and coppery iridescence. Length 

 ten to eleven lines. 



Hah. — Sunda Islands. 



68. Xylocopa volatilis. 



Xylocopa volatilis, Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. vi. 

 61, S. 



Clothed with yeUow pubescence ; that on the abdomen 

 has a greenish tinge; on the tarsi it is fulvous; on the 

 margins of the abdomen and on the posterior tarsi it is 

 ferruginous ; wings fusco-hyahne, their apical margins 

 beyond ^ the enclosed cells darker, with a coppery and 

 violet iridescence; the antennje beneath, the anterior 

 margm of the clypeus, and a hne down its centre, as well 

 as a spot at the base of the mandibles, reddish-yellow. 



//a*. — Celebes (Menado). 



