Records of Bees. 193 
because it seemed to differ somewhat from Bingham’s 
description. It is apparently quite distinct from the true 
insularis, which was described from Sarawak. It is closely 
related to A. vigilans, Smith, having quite the same 
appearance. 
Xylocopa sigiriana (Cockerell). 
?. Bababuddin Hills, Mysore, 4700 ft., June 1, 1915. 
Described as a subspecies of X.amethystina, but evidently 
a distinct species. 
Xylocopa ignita, Smith. 
2. Dodabetta, Nilgiris, 8000 ft., May 1-3, 1916. 
Larger than the last, with longer second submarginal cell. 
This does not quite agree with Maidl’s description, but I 
think it is Smith’s ignita. Possibly two or more closely 
related species have been coufused under this name. 
Hypanthidium salemense, sp. n. 
3. (Type.)—Length about 11 mm., anterior wing 8°5. 
Black, with cream-coloured markings, the pubescence 
very scanty, pure white ; femora with a red stripe on upper 
side, and hind femora largely reddish behind ; first abdo- 
minal segment with a short red stripe on each side basally ; 
mandibles elongate; antenne entirely black; front and 
vertex very densely punctured; mesothorax and scutellum 
very densely and strongly punctured ; scutellum prominent, 
sharp-edged, rounded, emarginate in middle; tegule punc- 
tured, smooth in middle. Wings dilute fuliginous ; second 
recurrent nervure going far beyond end of second sub- 
marginal cell; hair on inner side of tarsi orange; spurs red; 
no pulvilli; seventh abdominal segment very broadly 
rounded, with a keel down the middle, the hind margin 
might be called truncate ; segments 3 to 6 with lateral 
teeth, that on 3 small. The pale markings are as follows: 
mandibles (except apex), clypeus (except narrow lower 
margin), rest of face except large black triangular area 
above clypeus, a stripe mesad of each antenna, an elongate 
mark below middle ocellus, a finger-like extension along each 
anterior orbit to level of middle ocellus, a broad band on upper 
part of each cheek, and two elongate spots on occiput, ends 
of tubercles, L-shaped marginal stripe on each side of meso- 
thorax, axille, large mark on mesopleura, two crescentic 
marks on each tegula, broad stripe on under side of anterior 
and middle femora, long stripe on anterior and middle and 
