Tiecords of Bees. 555 



Xylocnpa iri/matde, sp. n. 



9 • — Lcnfjth about 32 ram. ; anterior wing St. 



Entirely black, with black liair ; strneture of X. brasilia- 

 norum, but larpjer, the brown-black wings with bluish-jjreeu 

 iridescence; clypeus very broad, with very larj^e punctures, 

 the median smooth line poorly developed : antenna! practi- 

 cally all dark ; tcfjuUc black ; median process of posterior 

 tibia strongly birtd. 



Hub. Guatemala City, Guatemala {IV. P. Cockerel!). 



Xijlocojia wihnattce gualanensis, snbsp. n. 



? . — Length about 29 mm. ; anterior wing 21. 



Wings with the same green iridescence, but the central 

 part also with strong jiurple tints ; apex of scape and of 

 second antennal joint a lively red; median process of poste- 

 rior tibiie with the upper tooth obsolete, represented by a 

 low rounded lobe ; third antennal joint proportionately 

 shorter than in tcilinatt(e. 



Hub. Gualan, Guatemala, Feb. 17, 1912 [W. P. Cockerell). 



True X. brasi/ianontm (L.), which I possess from Jamaica 

 and the Argentine Kepublic, has the wings with strong 

 rosy-purple tints, more or less golden about the middle, but 

 not at all bluish green. The anterior wings are 19 to 20 mm. 

 long. 



Another species, which I have heretofore confused with 

 A', brasilianorum, must now be separated. 



Xylocopa mexicanonim, sp. n. 



? . — Anterior wing 22 mm. long. 



Wings dark fuliginous, with magnificent colours, the basal 

 two-thirds prevailingly violet, the apical third very bright 

 blue-green ; clypeus evidently narrower than in A', ivilmatta, 

 and the teeth of labrum closer together ; flagellum, except 

 at base, obscure coffee-brown beneath; smooth area on 

 clypeus very well developed ; process on hind tibiae as in 

 gualanensis. 



Hub. Rio Nautla, A'era Cruz, Mexico, ]\Iarch 18 ; two at 

 flowers of plant no. 18 (C //. T. Townsend). 



Much larger than A', nasica, Perez, and with the iuter- 

 ocellar space rough and punctured. 



