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but first dorsal abdominal segment very bright orange- 

 ferruginous, and ventral surface of abdomen apricot-colour ; 

 bead broad, face grey-pruinose ; flageJlum obscurely brown 

 beneath, and insertion of antennae light reddish ; meso- 

 t borax dull, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by a band of 

 pale greyish-ochreous tomentum ; pleura and sides of meta- 

 thorax grey-pruinose. Wings brownish, stigma and nervures 

 dark brown. Hind tibiae and basitarsi greatly expanded; 

 hair on inner side of hind basitarsi dark fuscous, but shining 

 brilliant coppery red when seen from above. Apical segment 

 of abdomen obscure reddish. 



Hab. P. Princesa, Palawan (Baker coll. 3839). 



Related to T. ventralis, Sm., but easily known by the 

 bright red base of abdomen. It is quite distinct from the 

 numerous Bornean species tabulated by Cameron. 



Mesotrichia philippinensis, Sm., var. chlorina, v. n. 



? . — Length fully 21 mm., anterior wing 18 mm. 



Wings golden green ; thorax posteriorly yellow right 

 across ; cheeks with a good deal of white hair. 



Hab. Los Bafios, Luzon, Philippine Is. {Baker, 2). 



This is much too large for the var. bilineata, Friese. 

 Typical M. philippinensis $ was sent from Malinao, Tayabas 

 (Baker, 3661) ; this has the iridescence of wings rosy purple 

 and the thorax posteriorly yellow only at sides. 



Xylocopa mimetica, sp. n. 



£ . — Length 24 mm., anterior wing 22, width of abdo- 

 men 10. 



Black, with all the hair, including that on legs, black ; 

 mandibles bidentate ; labrum coarsely, confiuently punc- 

 tured, with a basal smooth shining band, which sends a 

 linear process downward in the middle ; clypeus coarsely, 

 confiuently punctured, with a slight median keel ; band on 

 upper border of clypeus, broader contiguous supraclvpeal 

 band, lateral face-marks (tilling space between clypeus and 

 eye, and broadly truncate above some distance above level of 

 antennae), and spot on each side of anterior ocellus all ivory- 

 colour ; antennae black, fiagellum (except first joint, which 

 is shining black) brownish beneath, the segments except the 

 last each with an obscure red spot ; third antennal joint 

 about as long as next three together. Wings very dark 

 fuscous, anterior wings shining bluish green, violet in region 

 of marginal cell, yellowish green in subapical field, and 



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