348 hymenoptera. 



18. Xylocopa Amed^i. 



Xylocopa Amedsei, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 188. 23. $ 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 167- ^3. t. 4. f. 9. 



Hab. North Africa (Tlemcen) ; Algeria (Oran ; Constantine). 



19. Xylocopa Capensis. B.M. 

 Xylocopa Capensis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 1 79. 8. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



20. Xylocopa albifrons. 



Xjdocopa albifroas, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 191. 31. J 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



21. Xylocopa capitata. B.M. 



Female. Length 13 lines. — Black, the head nearly as wide 

 as the thorax ; the face clothed with short black pubescence, and 

 having a short tubercle between the antennae ; the flagellum be- 

 neath rufo-piceous. Thorax: the disk smooth and shining, having 

 a few scattered fine punctures ; the sides of the disk have a short 

 black pubescence, the metathorax rounded; wings very dark 

 fuscous, having a rich purple iridescence; legs entirely black. 

 Abdomen very smooth and shining, and having a few scattered 

 fine punctures, the sides fringed with black pubescence. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



22. Xylocopa amethystina. B.M. 



Apis amethystina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 325. 51. 

 Andrena amethystina, Latr. Ins. iii. 375. 

 Xylocopa amethystina, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 341. 16. 

 St. Farg. Hym. ii. 182. 12. 



Hab. India ; Cape of Good Hope ? 



23. Xylocopa tarsata. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Black, the head very closely punc- 

 tured, having an elevated short carina between the antennaj ; the 

 thorax shining, closely punctured, except in the middle of the 

 disk ; the metathorax rounded behind ; wings very dark violet ; 

 the posterior tarsi and apex of the tibise densely clothed with 

 bright fidvous jjubescence. Abdomen closely punctured, shining, 

 the apex fringed with black hairs. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



