492 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell — Descriptions and 



Hab. Piura, Peru (C. H. T, Townsend). 

 The varieties or races of X. varians may be separated 

 thus : — 



Tegulse red ; hair on inner side of hind tarsi black. 



(S. Brazil.) varians, Sm. 



Tegulee black 1. 



1. Hair on hind tarsi all red. (Peru.) incarum, Ckll. 



Hair on outer side of hind tarsi cream-colour .... 2. 



2. Hair on inner side of hind tarsi black. (Ecuador.) ecuadorica, Ckll. 

 Hair on inner side of hind tarsi red. (Peru.) .... piurensis, Ckll. 



Xylocopa eplendidula charapensis, subsp. n. 



$ . — Agrees with X. splendidula, Lep. (Mendoza specimen 

 compared) , except that the abdomen is more closely punc- 

 tured and the hair on outer side of hind basitarsi (except at 

 apex) is brilliant orange-ferruginous, while the middle basi- 

 tarsi have a band of hair of the same colour. 



Hab. Rio Charape, Peru, 5000 feet, Sept. 12-16 (C. H. T. 

 Townsend). 



Xylocopa brasilianorum (L.). 



^ .— Cosma, Peru, April 6, 1912 (C. H. T. Townsend). 



The yellow clypeus has a large diamond-shaped black 

 mark, produced above to the margin, which is narrowly 

 black-edged. 



Trigona nigerrima^ Cresson. 



Rio Charape, Peru, 5000 feet, Sept. 12-16 (C. H. T. 

 Townsend) . 



I cannot separate this from Guatemalan specimens. Tlie 

 species is new to Peru. 



Bombus vogti, Friese. 



A worker from Huascaray, Peru, 6500 feet, Sept. 21, 

 1911 (C H. T. Townsend), agrees with Friese's brief 

 description. 



Bombus buttelif Fx'iese. 



Huascaray, Peru, 6500 feet, Sept. 21, 1911, workers and 

 males (C H. T. Toivnsend). 



A peculiar species, apparently nearest to B. funebris, 

 Smith, which also occurs in Peru. 



