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Gen. Crocisa. 



1. Crocisa uitidula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 386. 2. 



Hab. Gilolo; Ternate ; Aru Islands; Auiboyna; Australia; Menado. 



2. Crocisa ernarginata, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 449. 3. 

 Hab. Ternate ; Port Praslin (New Ireland). 



Gen. Xtlocopa. 



1. Xylocopa coronata, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn, Soc. v. 135. 1. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Kaisaa. 



2. Xylocopa volatilis. X. virescenti-flava, tibiis posticis intus 

 rnbro-hirtis ; alis obscuro-hyalinis, violaceo tinctis, apice nigra minute 

 et regulariter crebre punctatis. 



Male. Length 11 lines. Black, and densely clothed with short greenish- 

 yellow pubescence ; the scape in front and the flagellum beneath yel- 

 low ; a yellow line down the middle of the clypeus, and its anterior 

 margin narrowly yellow. The wings subhyaline, with the margins 

 broadly fuscous, and having a beautiful violet iridescence ; the tip of 

 the abdomen and the posterior tarsi within rufo-fulvous pubescence. 



Hab. Menado. 



3. Xylocopa diversipes. X. capite, thorace, abdominis basi, pe- 

 dibus anticis et medianis fulvo-hirtis, abdominis dorso medio, pedibus 

 posticis nigris ; abdominis apice rufescenti-fulvo hirto ; tibiis posticis 

 apice rufo-hii tis ; alis obscure hyahnis apice fuscis et violaceo irides- 

 centibus. 



Male. Length 12 lines. Black; the head, thorax, base of the abdomen, 

 and the anterior and intermediate legs clothed with fulrous pubes- 

 cence ; that on the intermediate tarsi rufo-fulvous, and forming a long 

 fringe ; the clypeus, a spot above it, the scape in front, and flagellum 

 beneath, yellow ; the wings subhyaline ; the margins of the wings 

 fuscous, with a beautiful violet iridescence, the nervures ferrugi- 

 nous. The apical half of the second segment of the abdomen, and the 

 third, fourth, and fifth, clothed with black pubescence ; the apical seg- 

 ments with bright fulvous-red pubescence ; the posterior legs clothed 

 with black pubescence the tarsi beneath with bright rufo-fulvous. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



4. Xylocopa perforator. X. nitida nigra; alis nigro-fuscis viola- 

 ceo splendide micantibus (faimina). Thorace antice pube cinerea 

 tecto; tarsis anterioribus dilatatis (mas). 



Female. Length 14 lines. Black, and slightly shining ; the face with 

 scattered punctures ; the thorax finely punctured anteriorly, and 

 with a longitudinally impressed line which terminates at the middle 

 of the disk ; the wings dark brown, with a splendid violet iridescence ; 



