Records of Bees. 4S7 



Apis I'ndica niyrocincla (Smith). 



Dapitai), Mindanao (Baker coll. 3660). 

 This agrees with a (Jhinese specimen Irom Smith's 

 collection. 



XyJocopa fulujinata, Perez. 

 A new locality is Mt. Makiling, Luzon (Baker coll. 5233). 



Mesotrichia homhiformis (Smith). 



Baguio, Benguei (Baker coll. -4995). From the same 

 locality comes a feaiile Xylocopj, faliginata (Baker coll. 

 4994j. 



JVomioides valdezi, sp. n. 



^ . — Length about 4 mm. 



Head and thorax dark steel-blue, abdomen black ; clypeus, 

 labrum, end ot" mandibles, broad but short stripe on scape, 

 tubercles (with extension on sides of prothoracic margin), 

 knees (the anterior broadly), tibise (except large dark mark 

 on hind pair), and tarsi yellow ; abdomen with rather narrow 

 interrupted j'ellow bands at bases of second and third seg- 

 ments ; front dull ; mesothorax and scutellum brilliantly 

 shining. Wings hyaline, nervures and stigma dilute sepia, 

 second s.m. very small. 



Variety a. — Abdomen with interrupted baud only on third 

 segment, and this may be nearly obsolete. 



Uab. Cagayan, Muidanao (Baker coll. 3670). 



Named alter Julian Valdez, Professor Baker's collector. 

 Very close to the Australian jS". jjerditel/us, Ckll., but differs 

 by the much broader head, base of mandibles black, and 

 much darker flagellum. The third antennal joint is not 

 about twice as broad as long, as it is in male perditellus. The 

 wings are not clear white, as they are in the European 

 li. variegatus (01 i v.). 



Noinioides melunogasler, sp. n. 



^ . — Length 4'5-5'5 mm. 



Head and thorax steel-blue ; abdomen broad, black, without 

 marking", the first segment variably bluish ; clypeus (except 

 two rather large black spots), labrum, mo.-st of apical half of 

 mandibles, margin of tubercles, knees, anterior tibiie in front, 

 and all tlu; tarsi yellow ; head broad ; clypeus small, sparsely 

 punctured ; antennie long, tlagellum dark, very obscurely 

 brownish beneath ; sides of fact; greenish ; front blackislij 



