Records of Bees. 245 



? . — Length about 8 mm. 



Ijiibriiiii wholly black ; yellow clypeal band very Iji-oad, 

 without lateral cxtcnsious ; yellow marks on Icj^s ledueed 

 to a small spot at base of anterior tibiae. The tubercles are 

 not yellow in cither sex. The V has the second s.ni. much 

 broader above. 



T\ \>c { (^) from Island of Piuanj^ (Bakrr) ; ? from Sin^^a- 

 pore {Baker, W2«8). 



15y -the bronzy colour it resembles C. cori/uia, Nurse, but 

 that has yellow ely[)eus and tubi icles. 



Ceratina ridleiji, Cockercll. 

 Island of Peuang, a typical nude (Baker, 9:284). 



Ceratina xunt/iura, sp. u. 



cJ . — Length 8 mm. 



Similar to C. ridlef/i, but dilleriug thus: smaller; no 

 black bands at sides of clyijcus ; supraclypeal area yellow 

 with black corners ; sides of prothorax pale yellow ; meta- 

 thorax all yellow except a br(;a(lly triangular basal area; 

 first abdominal segment yellow with two black marks ; 

 two very broad pale yellow bands occupying bases of second 

 and third segments ami narrower apices of the ones before ; 

 apex weakly tridentate as in C. ridleyi, but broader and 

 reddisii yellow instead of black. The last character al^o 

 distinguishes it from C. kosemponis. Strand, which is closely 

 allied, and agrees in the yellow face. The yellow mark 

 above the eyes is large and fusiform, not minute as in 

 ('. Jlavopicta, Sm. The mesotiiorax has four yellow stripes; 

 the scutellum, axillie, and postscutellum are yellow. 

 Island of Teuang {Baker, 9:285). 



The following table se|)arates a series of species related to 

 Ceratina hieroyltjphica, Smith, but apparently distinct from 

 it and from each other. There is a good deal of confusion 

 concerning hiero<jhjphica ; thus a specimen received as such 

 from Mr. Sladcn, collected in the Khasia Hills, India, 

 proves to be really C. lepida, Smith. This is the si)eeimen 

 referred to in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Dec. 1899, p. 4UG. 

 Smith himself evidently confused more than one species 

 under hieroglijphica, since he gives the distribution as 

 Northern India, Hong Kong, and the Philippine Islands. 



In the table below, C. hiertHjhjphica falls with incerta, 

 and the latter may prove to be nu more than a subs|)ecies, 

 but there is a marked ditferencc in the colour of the legs : — 



Ann. cfc Mag. X. Hist. Ser. '.'. Wl. iii. 17 



