﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees, 
  3 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  Kind 
  femora 
  Dot 
  incra 
  sate 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  lobe 
  or 
  tooth, 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  Dot 
  arched. 
  

  

  ? 
  .• 
  — 
  Black, 
  with 
  ilic 
  wings 
  very 
  dark 
  fuliginous, 
  very 
  

   brilliantly 
  purple 
  throughout; 
  face 
  black, 
  clypeus 
  stroi 
  

   punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  carina; 
  a 
  strong 
  ding 
  

  

  prom 
  iiinl(ll<; 
  ocellus 
  to 
  level 
  oi 
  antennae; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  

   •hort 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  second 
  a.m. 
  in 
  both 
  s<-xes 
  ihort. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sigiri, 
  .\.\V. 
  [ndia, 
  March 
  1910 
  (#. 
  Comber). 
  One 
  

   male 
  (type) 
  and 
  two 
  females 
  in 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  agrees 
  with 
  X. 
  amethystina 
  as 
  defined 
  by 
  Bingham, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  Hie 
  hair 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  paler 
  wii 
  

   of 
  that 
  sex 
  ; 
  and 
  iii 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  more 
  carinate 
  clypeus 
  

   and 
  front. 
  Bingham's 
  amethystina 
  is 
  presumably 
  tin; 
  ^p< 
  ■ 
  

   of 
  Pabricius, 
  hut 
  it. 
  i- 
  not 
  the 
  amethystina 
  of 
  Lepeletier, 
  

   which 
  has 
  quite 
  different 
  hind 
  Legs 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Bingham 
  

   wrongly 
  placet 
  minuta, 
  Le)jeletier, 
  asa 
  synonym 
  oi' 
  amethys- 
  

   tina, 
  it 
  really 
  belongs 
  to 
  X. 
  cyanescens. 
  X. 
  ipnita, 
  Smith, 
  

   based 
  on 
  a 
  female, 
  is 
  doubtless 
  amethystina. 
  In 
  the- 
  female 
  

   tins 
  Kactly 
  imitates 
  Anthophora 
  viola 
  cea, 
  L< 
  peletier, 
  

  

  which 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Comber 
  at 
  Karachi, 
  N.V\ 
  . 
  India. 
  

  

  Crocisa 
  takaonis, 
  sp. 
  n, 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  white 
  markings 
  ; 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  appearance 
  

   exactly 
  like 
  C. 
  ramosa, 
  Lep., 
  bnt 
  differing 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  BCUtellum 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  apical 
  hair-patch, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  white 
  

   hair 
  projecting 
  from 
  beneath; 
  apical 
  plate 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   strongly 
  keeled 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  more 
  finely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  white 
  L 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  

   thicker, 
  its 
  inner 
  angle 
  rounded. 
  By 
  having 
  the 
  third 
  

   antenna! 
  joint 
  in 
  tin.- 
  female 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  a 
  patch 
  

   of 
  hair 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  C. 
  I 
  ikaonU 
  resembles 
  C. 
  affinis. 
  

   Mor., 
  but 
  the 
  male 
  antennae 
  are 
  not. 
  unusually 
  short 
  or 
  

   thick, 
  the 
  flagellar 
  joints 
  being, 
  as 
  usual, 
  longer 
  than 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  hind 
  femora 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  have 
  rounded 
  compressed 
  lobes 
  

  

  beneath, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  dentate. 
  'I 
  he 
  wings 
  arc 
  ver\ 
  dark; 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  pleura 
  is 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  spot. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Takao, 
  Formosa 
  two 
  of 
  each 
  sex 
  (Sauter). 
  Berlin 
  

   Museum. 
  The 
  dates 
  of 
  capture 
  are 
  Oct. 
  II 
  and 
  30, 
  Nov. 
  2 
  

   and 
  Dec. 
  I, 
  L907. 
  

  

  A 
  Croeisa 
  from 
  Poochow, 
  China 
  (II. 
  R. 
  Caldwell), 
  is 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  C. 
  ramosa. 
  Like 
  ramosa, 
  it 
  lacks 
  the 
  

  

  white 
  hair-patch 
  on 
  tin.- 
  sent' 
  Hum 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  abdomen 
  has 
  a 
  weak 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

  

  are 
  punctured 
  as 
  in 
  takaonis, 
  but 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  

  

  nent 
  is 
  less 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  white 
  markings 
  on 
  first 
  

  

  