92 apid^;. 



2. Ceratina lepida. 



Male. Length 3| lines. — Black and shining, finely punctured, and 

 variegated with yellow markings. The clypeus, labrum, a trans- 

 verse angulated spot above the clypeus, two minute oblique ones 

 before the anterior ocellus, a line on the anterior portion of the 

 inner orbits of the eyes, narrowest above, and a broader line behind 

 the eyes, yellow. A narrow line on the prothorax, a minute one 

 over the tegulae, the base of the scutellum, the tubercles, the an- 

 terior femora at their apex beneath, the tibiae above, the interme- 

 diate pair at their base, and the basal half of the posterior pair, 

 yellow ; the claw-joint of the tarsi pale rufo -testaceous ; wings 

 hyaline and iridescent. The apical margins of the second, third, 

 and fourth segments of the abdomen with a narrow yellow fascia 

 laterally, narrowest within, the fifth segment with a continuous 

 fascia ; the apical segment produced in the middle into a sharp 

 angle or tooth, it is also angulated laterally. 



Hah. Northern India. 



3. Ceratina sexmaculata. 



Male. Length 3| lines. — Bright emerald-green, strongly and closely 

 punctured ; the clypeus and labrum yellowish white. The an- 

 terior femora with a line beneath, the tibiae with a line above, 

 the intermediate tibiae with a spot at their extreme base above, and 

 the posterior pair with nearly half their length above, yellowish 

 white ; wings subhyaline. The fourth and fifth segments of the 

 abdomen with two large, ovate, black maculae, the sixth with two 

 smaller ones ; its apical margin serrated, with a larger tooth in the 

 middle ; the seventh segment produced into an acute point or tooth 

 at its apex. 



Hah. Hong Kong and Celebes. 



Specimens from Celebes only differ in being more strongly punc- 

 tured. The females resemble the male, but are without the black 

 maculae on the abdomen, and have the apical segment pointed at the 

 apex. 



4. Ceratina perforatrix. 



Male. Length 4| lines. — Black and shining, the abdomen finely 

 punctured, sparingly variegated with yellow markings. The cly- 

 peus with a reversed X-shaped macula, a stripe on each side of 

 it on the face, the labrum and mandibles, and a line behind the 

 eyes, yellow ; the tips of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax smooth 

 and shining above, punctured on the sides and beneath ; the meso- 

 thorax slightly punctured anteriorly ; wings subhyaline, the ner- 

 vures fusco-f erruginous ; the legs rufo-piceous, the tarsi palest. 

 The fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen with a yellow fascia 



