Records of Bees. 1 03 



bocanse it seorucd to dirter somewhat from Bingham's 

 description. It is apparently ((uitc distinct from tin; true 

 insularis, wliieh was described from Sarawak. It is closely 

 related to A. vi(/ilans, Smith, having quite the same 

 appearance. 



Xylucupa sigiriana (Corkcrell). 



? . Rababuddin Hills, Afysore, 4700 ft., June 1, 11) 15. 

 l)eserii)ed as a subspecies of X.anitlhystina, but evidently 

 a distinct species. 



Xtjiucopa iffnita, Smith. 



? . Dodabetta, Nilgiris, 8000 ft.. May 1-3, 1916. 

 Lar<;er than the last, with longer second subniaiginal cell. 

 This does not quite agree with Maidl's description, but I 

 think it is Smitli's iynita. Possibly two or more closely 

 related species have been confused under tliis name. 



Hypanthidium salemense, sp. u. 



(J. (Type.) — Length about 11 mm., anterior wing 85. 



Black, with cream-coloured markings, the pubescence 

 very scanty, pure white; femora with a red stripe on upper 

 side, and hind femora largely reddish behind ; first abdo- 

 minal segment with a short red stripe on each side basally ; 

 mandibles elongate; antennae entirely black; front and 

 vertex very densely punctured; mesothorax and scutellum 

 very densely and .<trongIy punctured ; scutellun) prominent, 

 sharp-edged, rounded, emarginate in middle; teguhe punc- 

 tured, smooth in middle. Wings dilute fuliginous ; second, 

 recurrent nervure going far beyond end of second sub- 

 marginal cell; liair on inner side of tai-si orange; spurs red; 

 no pulvilli ; seventh abdominal segment very broadly 

 rounded, with a keel down the middle, the hind margin 

 might be called truTicate ; segments 3 to 6 with lateral 

 teeth, that on 3 small. The pale markings are as follows : 

 mandibles (except apex), clypeus (except narrow lower 

 margin), rest of face except large black triangular area 

 above clypeus, a stripe mesad of each antenna, an elongate 

 mark below middle ocellus, a finger-like extension along each 

 anterior orint to level of middle ocellus, a broad band on upper 

 part of each cheek, and two elongate spois on occiput, ends 

 of tubercles, L-shapcd marginal stripe on each side of meso- 

 thorax, axiihe, large mark on mesopleura, two cresccntic 

 marks on each tegula, broad stripe on underside of anterior 

 and middle femora, long stripe on anterior and middle and 



