566 Cameron, Description of two undescribed Bees from Borneo. 



of the cellule ; the l st abscissa of the radius a little longer than 

 the 2 nd ; the 2 nd transverse cubital nervure roundly curved towards 

 the front of the l st ; the hair, except on the back of the abdomen 

 (where it is blackish), white. $. — Length 4 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo (John H e w i 1 1). 



Smooth and shining, the clypeus punctnred, the scutellums 

 opaque , shagreened ; the last abdominal segment distinctly , the 

 penultimate less strongly punctured. There is a fine furrow on 

 eitherside of the mesonotum. Labrum brownish , punctured. 

 Tongue rufo-testaceous ; palpi black. 



C er atina P almerii sp. nov. 



Dark green with brassy tints , the basal 3 segments of the 

 abdomen with purple tints , the antennae black , on the lower 

 two-thirds of the face and clypeus is a cream-coloured longi- 

 tudinal mark, narrowed to a blunt point above, becoming gradually 

 widened towards the apex , which is broadly rounded ; wings 

 hyaline, the apex violaceous, the stigma and nervures dark fuscous ; 

 the l st abscissa of the radius as long as the following two united ; 

 the recurrent nervures are received close to the apices of the 

 cellules. $. — Length 7 mm. 



Kuching, Borneo (June). (John Hewitt.) 



Closely, somewhat strongly punctured, the punctures running 

 more or less into reticulatious , the pronotum more finely than 

 the mesonotum ; the propleurae divided into two parts by a 

 curved narrow furrow , the basal part being bluer in tint and 

 less closely and strongly punctured than the apical. Apex of 

 metanotum with a steep slope and surrounded by a stout keel ; 

 the basal are stoutly , irregularly striated ; the apical slope 

 closely, weakly punctured ; apical segment of abdomen more closely, 

 transversely punctured than the penultimate ; it becomes gradually, 

 roundly narrowed to a point. Ventral surface strongly punctured. 

 Legs black , densely covered with white hair ; the apical joints 

 of the fore tarsi rufous , the calcaria whitish , the hinder more 

 rufous in tint. 



A stout species , more strongly punctured than usual. Its 

 nearest known ally seems to be the Javanese C. smaragdina Sm. 



This species is dedicated to Mrs. John Hewitt (nee 

 P a 1 m e r) of the Sarawak Museum. 



