54 Lieut.-Colonel C. T. Bingham on 
Xylocopa inconstans, Smith. 
Xylocopa inconstans, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. (1874) p. 264; Radoszk. 
Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xii. (1876) p. 128 ; Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Ciy. Gen, 
xvi. (1881) p. 233; Magretti, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (1884) p. 629. 
Twelve females, Pretoria, Waterberg, Masil Nek (Distant) ; 
Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
Mr. Distant notes, under date Pretoria, August 1896, 
‘‘ All procured from one old post.” The specimens from 
Nyasaland have the pubescence on thorax posteriorly and 
basal segment of abdomen yellow, not white. 
Xylocopa olivacea, Spin. 
Xylocopa olivacea (Klug), Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. (1838) p. 519; 
Smith, Trans, Ent. Soe. (1874) p. 259; Gribodo, Amn. Mus. Civ. Gen. 
(1881) p. 231; Sauss. Grandid. Hist. Madagasc. xx. pt. i. (1891) p. 32. 
Xylocopa luteola, Lepel. Hist. Nat. Hym. ii. (1841) p. 199. 
Three females, one male, Pretoria, Waterberg, Delagoa 
Bay (Distant). Sixteen females, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 
(Rendall). 
Xylocopa hottentotta, Smith. 
Xylocopa hottentotta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus, ii. (1854) p. 349 ; 
id. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 256; Gribodo, Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen, xxi, 
(1884) p. 350. 
Five females, Durban (Distant & A. Loss). 
Xylocopa Sicheli, Vach. 
NXylocopa Sicheli, Vach. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. [xvii. (1898) p. 92. 
‘T'wo females, Pretoria (Distant) ; Barberton (Rendall). 
Xylocopa tarsata, Smith. 
Xylocopa tarsata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. (1854) p. 348 ; 
id. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 265. 
A solitary female from Pretoria (Zutrzenka). 
Xylocopa nigrita, Fabr. 
Apis nigrita, Faby. Syst. Ent. (1775) p. 379. 
Aylocopa nigrita, Faby. Syst. Piez. (1804) p. 340; Lepel. Hist. Nat. 
Hym. ii. (1841) p. 179; Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 261. 
Xylocopa conjuncta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. Brit. Mus. ii. (1854) p. 350. 
Aylocopa (Koptorthosoma) nigrita, Gribodo, Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. xxvi. 
(1894) p. 272. 
Five females and one male, Durban (Distant) ; Zomba and 
Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (Rendall). 
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