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nitentibus. Capite in fronte, vertice orbitisque crasse et dense, thorace (in medio dorsi area lata laevi, nitida 

 excepta) abdominisque supra, minus dense et minutius punctulatis. L. 18 mm. 



cf. Black, head, thorax, anteriorly and beneath, dorsal segments at the sides, particularly segments i, 4, 

 5, 6, and ventrals 3 — 6 with pale pubescence, that on the clypeus white; the legs with black pubescence, the 

 anterior pair in addition with a streak of while pubescence, which is more evident at first Joint of tarsi; wings 

 hyaline at base, the apical 3. fuscous with purplish iridescence; nervures black throughout; antennae entirely 

 black; eyes large; face narrow; the ocelli are an equilateral triangle; dorsulum sparsely punctured medially, as 

 are likewise dorsal segments 2— 4, which at the sides are closely punctured ; dorsal 5 and 6 closely punctured 

 throughout; the 6. segment medially, and the last at the sides with black pubescence, that on the fore-tarsi 

 beneath slightly brownish. L. 20 mm. — With the exception of the wings and pale color of the pubescence on 

 anterior part of thorax, the male is, superficially, similar to the female. — Sheikh Husein, October 10; Meo, 

 October 25, 1894. 3 female and 1 male specimens. The latter sex is apparently undescribed. 



?. Außer einigen Exemplaren aus Somaliland vom März bis Mai findet sich im Museum zu Berlin 

 ein Exemplar aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, Delalani vom 14. Dez. (Enderlein). Mir liegen 2 $ vom Somaliland vor, 

 wo sie im Mai gefangen wurden, 1 $ von Usambara, 1 ? von Ikutha. 



Xylocopa capensis Lep. 



1841 Xylocopa capensis Lepeletier, tf?! Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen., T. II, p. 179 (nee Spin.). 



1854 „ capitata Smith, $>, in: Catal. Hymen Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 348. 



1874 „ capensis Smith, d$>, ' n: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 254. 



1874 „ oblongata Smith, <??, in: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 256. 



1879 „ armata Taschenberg, ?, in: Zeitschr. ges. Naturw., Bd. LH, p. 574. 



?. Black, oblong, thorax and abdomen shining, head semiopaque and closely punctured, carina in 

 front of the ocelli forming a slight tubercle between the antennae, flagellum of the latter testaeeous beneath, 

 excepting the 2 basal joints. Thorax finely punctured above, disk of the mesothorax impunetate, pubescence on 

 the sides and legs black, that on the anterior tarsi obscure ferruginous beneath; wings brown-black, with a 

 rieh purple iridescence, tinted with green at the apical portion of the anterior pair, metathorax rounded. Ab- 

 domen finely and distantly punctured, the sides fringed with long black pubescence. L. 15 lines (= 32 mm). 



<? of the same oblong form as the ?, clypeus except its anterior margin, the sides of the face as high 

 as the anterior ocellus and a ring which surrounds them, white, antennae black. Thorax: a little griseous 

 pubescence in front, a little beneath the wings and a tuft at the base of the posterior coxae, posterior femora 

 incrassate, their hinder margin thin and sinuated with a minute tubercle at the base, legs elongated. L. 12Y2 lines 

 (= 2672 mm) bis 30 mm. 



Kap. c?2 von Willowmore durch Brauns erhalten. Dr. L. Schultze brachte 1 kleines ? vom Tafel- 

 berg mit, wo es im Februar 1904 flog. 



Xylocopa erythvina Grib. 



1899 Xylocopa erythrina Gribodo, <Jj in : Bull. Soc. ent. Ital., Vol. XXVI, p. 296. 



1903 „ „ var. fülleborni Enderlein, ,3, in: Berlin, ent. Zeitschr., Bd. XLVIII, p. 62. 



o'. Submagna, elongatiuscola, nigra, sat nitida, facie usque ad antennarum basim et ultra eburnea vel 



flava, labro nigro medio, basi eburneo maculato; antennis ubique nigerrimis; capite thorace abdominisque segmento 



dorsali 1. dense (praesertim in thoracis dorso velutino) et laete fulvo-ferrugineo villosis, pectore autem pallidiore; 



abdominis lateribus et apice pedibusque quatuor posticis sat dense nigro villosis vel fimbriatis; abdominis dorso 



parce breviter nigro-hirsutulo ; pedibus duobus anticis nigro villosis et fimbriatis, postice pilis pallidis intermixtis; 

 Jenaische Denkschriften. XIV. 19 Schultze, Forschungsreise in Südafrika. IL 



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