96 A PI U.K. 



13. Ceratina longiceps. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Bronze-green ; the head produced before 

 the eyes, ns in species of tlic genus Hnlktus. The head and tliorax 

 strongly imnotured ; the lliro(^ hasal sognicnts of the abdomen 

 closely and liiicly punctured, Ibe three apical HCgments rugose. A 

 8i)ot on the clypeus anteriorly, and another at tlie angles of the 

 face at the lower orbit of the eyes, and a narrow lino behind t.hem, 

 yellow. The mctatliorax and ])ostscutc'lluni closely and finely 

 punctured ; ^^^^gs subhyaline ; legs obscure nigro-ajneous, the 

 apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega. 



14. Ceratina cupreiventris. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Head and thorax dark bronze-green ; 

 the disk of the mcsothorax with a purple tinge ; abdomen bright 

 coppery green. Head strongly punctured ; a spot at the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus, another at the anterior angles of the face, 

 a minute one on the labrum, and a line behind the eyes, yellow. 

 Thorax strongly punctured ; the mctathorax with a smooth shining 

 space on the disk, and with five longitudinal impressed lines, the 

 two lateral ones abbreviated ; the mctathorax very minutelj' and 

 finely punctured ; wings subhyaline, the nervures fusco-fcrruginous ; 

 legs obscurely rufo-iiiceous, with the apical joints of the tarsi pale 

 ferruginous. Abdomen bright coppery green, the four basal seg- 

 ments finely punctured, the following rugose. 



Hah. Amazons, Ega. 



15. Ceratina diligens. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Olive-green, punctured, the abdomen 

 rather more finely so than the head and thorax, the former with 

 yellow maculfe. A transverse line on the anterior margin of the 

 clypeus, a miuute one on the labrum, two on each side of the face 

 (one opposite the insertion of the antennae, the second at the interior 

 angle of the face), and a line behind the eyes, yellow ; the flagellum 

 fulvous beneath. Two oblong spaces on the disk of the meso- 

 thorax smooth and shining ; wings subhyaline and iridescent, the 

 nervures dark fuscous, the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi 

 femiginous. Abdomen evenly punctured, with the two apical seg- 

 ments rugose, the apex pointed. 



Hah. Brazil, Santarem. 



16. Ceratina capitosa. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Head wider than the thorax, longer 

 than broad, obtuse anteriorly ; the head, mesothorax, and scutellum 



