288 Mr. F. Smith's Monograph of the 



the abdomen is obscurely tinted with green ; the first seg- 

 ment with black pubescence, and with a band of white in 

 the middle ; beneath \'iolet, with a testaceous spot on each 

 side of the intermediate segments of a triangular shape ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline, with a faint violet iridescence. Length 

 nine lines. 



This is a species I have not seen. 



Hah. — Brazil. 



93. Xylocoj)a pulchra. 



Xylucopa pulchra. Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidffi, ii. 

 361, $. 



This small and well-marked species has the head, 

 thorax and legs black ; the flagellum of the antenna, 

 except the first and second joint, fulvous beneath ; disk of 

 the thorax shining and impunctate ; wings fiilvo-hyaline, 

 the nervures ferruginous; the posterior tarsi have the 

 pubescence within of a mixture of black and. ferruginous ; 

 outside it is nearly white, except at the apex, which is 

 black ; the abdomen is shining and finely punctured, the 

 second and following segments have a broad fascia, inter- 

 rupted in the middle, of ochreous pubescence. Length 

 six and a half lines. 



Hah. — Rio Janeiro. 



94. Xylocopa splendidula. 



Xylocopa splendidula^ St. Farg. Hym. ii. 190, 2 ; 



Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., 

 Apidfe, ii. 360. 



A small species of a nigro-violaceous colour ; the pubes- 

 cence black ; the antenme testaceous beneath, except the 

 three basal segments ; the wings subhyaline, with a green 

 and violet iridescence. Length seven lines. 



Hah. — Brazil; Nicaragua. 



95. Xylocopa virescens. 

 Xylocopa virescens, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 186, 9 ; Smith, 

 Cat. Hym. Ins., Apidse, ii. 362. 

 Female. — Entirely black, with the pubescence black; 

 the flagellum of the antenna?, except the basal joints, 

 pitchy ; wings brown-black, with a violet tint, and having 

 a shining green iridescence. Length thirteen Hnes. 

 Hah. — Cayenne. 



