﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees, 
  227 
  

  

  Euaspis 
  (Parevaspis) 
  carbonaria 
  (Smith). 
  

   Salsette, 
  N.W. 
  India 
  (E. 
  Comber). 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Euaspis 
  (Parevaspis) 
  hasalis 
  (Rits.). 
  

  

  Both 
  sexes 
  from 
  Takao, 
  Formosa, 
  Aug. 
  20, 
  1907 
  (Sauter), 
  

   Berlin 
  Museum. 
  These 
  agree 
  with 
  the 
  southern 
  material 
  of 
  

   E. 
  basalis, 
  rather 
  than 
  with 
  the 
  Japanese, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  recognize 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  species 
  (cf. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  

   Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Sept. 
  1904, 
  p. 
  207). 
  

  

  Systropha 
  tropicalis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  <$ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  closely 
  resembling 
  S. 
  curvicornis 
  (Scopoli), 
  with 
  

   the 
  same 
  peculiar 
  antennae, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  are 
  

   considerably 
  shorter, 
  but 
  differing 
  conspicuously 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Wings 
  darker 
  and 
  browner 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  very 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  ; 
  first 
  s.m. 
  much 
  shorter 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  vertex 
  very 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  shining.; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  a 
  broad 
  sharply-margined 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  transverse 
  channel. 
  Abdomen 
  narrower, 
  

   much 
  more 
  delicately 
  sculptured, 
  finely 
  pruinose-pubescent 
  

   (not 
  coarsely 
  hairy) 
  above, 
  at 
  sides 
  with 
  rather 
  abundaiit 
  

   long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  rather 
  narrow 
  ; 
  second 
  

   ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  low 
  transversely 
  elongated 
  

   shining 
  tubercles, 
  third 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  broad 
  conical 
  

   tubercles. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Like 
  S. 
  curvicornis, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  thickened 
  nagellum, 
  

   but 
  wings 
  as 
  described 
  for 
  male; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   more 
  shining 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  granular, 
  but 
  sharply 
  

   margined. 
  • 
  Abdomen 
  more 
  finely 
  sculptured 
  j 
  segments 
  3 
  to 
  

   5 
  with 
  short 
  black 
  hair. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon, 
  1910 
  (E. 
  Comber). 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  from 
  Kandy, 
  collected 
  in 
  February 
  ; 
  

   another 
  male 
  is 
  labelled 
  " 
  Kandy," 
  March. 
  Females 
  are 
  from 
  

   Kandy 
  (February) 
  and 
  Matale 
  (March). 
  Nurse 
  records 
  

   S.planidens, 
  Giraud, 
  from 
  Quetta, 
  but 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   this 
  Palasarctic 
  genus 
  in 
  Ceylon 
  is 
  very 
  remarkable. 
  

  

  Melecta 
  formosana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  stained 
  with 
  reddish, 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  

   of 
  second 
  segment 
  broadly 
  clear 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  with 
  abundant 
  long 
  pale 
  ochreous 
  hair, 
  but 
  very 
  long 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  hairs 
  on 
  vertex 
  and 
  at 
  extreme 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  

  

  15* 
  

  

  