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Mir liegen mehrere <?? vom Kap vor, besonders von Willowmore, im Juni und Juli von Brauns 

 gesammelt, auch von Transvaal (Shilouvane im Dezember), Junod leg.; Vachal erwähnt die Art aus dem 

 Kaffernland. 



Xylocopa flavorufa Deg. 



1778 Apis flavorufa Degebe, in: Mem. hist. Insect., T. VII, p. 605. 



1804 Xylocopa trepida Fabricius, in: Syst. Piez., p. 340, n. 10. 



1841 „ flavorufa, Lepeletier, in: Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen., T. II, p. 177. 



?. Antennae nigrae, subtus piceae ; caput nigrum, nigro-villosum ; thorax niger, dorso et lateribus ferru- 

 gineo-villosus ; abdomen nigrum, margine nigro-ciliatum, segmenti 5. margine infero et ano ferrugineo-villosis ; 

 pedes nigri, nigro-villosi ; alae nigrae, basi late violaceo, apice aeneo nitentes. Long. 14 lignes (= 31V2 mm). 



6\ Differt: antennarum articulo 1. antice luteo-albido ; capite sub antennis macula triangulari clypeoque 

 albidis; abdominis segmenti 5. margine infero et ano ferrugineo-villoso ; pedes pilis ferrugineis nigrisque mixti; 

 postici 2 elongati, femoribus crassis basi late appendiculato-dilatatis, appendiculato subtus excavato, rufo-velutino ; 

 tibiis intus in medio unispinosis. L. 30 mm (Lepeletier). 



Caffrerie — Cap. 



Diese über das ganze tropische Afrika verbreitete Art ist kaum zu verwechseln ; sie liegt mir aus Eritrea, 

 Somali, Britisch- und Deutsch-Ostafrika, aus Transvaal und dem Kongogebiet vor. 



Xylocopa combusta Sm. 



1854 Xylocopa combusta Smith, 82, in: Cat. Hymen. Brit. Mus., Vol. II, p. 350. 



1874 „ „ Smith, 8 ¥1 in: Trans. Entom. Soc. London, p. 255. 



1874 „ „ Ritsema, $, in: Tijdscnr. v. Entom., Bd. XVII, p. 206, n. 25. 



$. Black, clypeus having the margins a little raised, smooth and shining, also a central smooth line, 

 forming a trident; from the base of the clypeus a smooth raised line passes upwards and encloses the anterior 

 stemma; face densely clothed with short black pubescence. Thorax: posterior margin of the scutellum, slightly 

 raised and acute; wings deep fuscous, having a brillant metallic green iridescence; legs black. Abdomen elon- 

 gate, shining, and sparingly punctured in the middle, closely so at the sides, towards the apex fringed with 

 black pubescence, at the extreme apex a little bright ferruginous pubescence. L. 13 lines (= 27Y2 mm). 



8. Very closely resembling the ?, scape in front, clypeus and a triangulär shape above it, a minute 

 spot on each side beneath the anterior stemma, another on each side of the labrum and a small one at the base 

 of the mandibles yellow; sometimes a minute yellow spot on the 2. Joint of the fiagellum in front, tarsi beneath 

 have a bright ferruginous pubescence, legs II have the femora compressed beneath and expanded, forming a 

 flattened angular shape, tarsi a little dilated, densely ciliated on both sides with long fulvous pubescence; 

 posterior tibiae bent inwards, tarsi covered exteriorly with long black pubescence: otherwise as in the other 

 sex. L. 12 lines (= 25Y2 mm). 



Kongo, Sierra Leone Angola, Fernando Po. 



Ich besitze <J? von Abessinien und aus dem Kongogebiet. Vachal hat recht, diese Form zu flavo- 

 rufa zu stehen, sie scheint nur eine Lokalvarietät (subspecies) darzustellen. 



Xylocopa mixta Rad. 

 1881 Xylocopa mixta Radoszkowski, 9, in: Journ. Acad. Sc. math. etc. Lisboa, Vol. VIII, p. 199. 

 „$. Nigra; capite thoraceque rufo-hirtis; alis obscure-violaceis. L. 30 mm. 



