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159. Xylocopa collaris 



Xylocopa collaris, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. ii, 1841, p. 189, 



Xylocopa dcjeanii, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. ii, 1841, p. 209, 



Bukit Besar. 2 $ 's. 30th August, 1901. 

 Biserat. $. 20th October, 1901. 



A common species in the In do-Malay an region. 



160. Xylocopa caerulea 



Bombus caeruleus, Fabr., Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 345. 



Xylocopa caerulea, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. ii, 1841, p. 200, 



Bukit Besar. 2,500 feet. 



' In branch of dead wood, about two inches in diameter ; found when 

 cutting up sticks for firewood. The gallery in one instance was about nine 

 inches long, and contained four bees. All the specimens, including the one 

 just hatched, were infested with mites, which inhabited a hole in the forepart 

 of the abdomen.' 



Sparsely spread through the Indo-Malayan region. 



161. Xylocopa aestuans 



Apis aestuans, Linn., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i, 1758, p. 579, %. 



Xylocopa aestuans, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Hym. ii, 1 841, p. 193, $, pi. xvii, 



%• 3> ?> fi g- 4, t- 



Patani, Bukit Besar, and Biserat. June to October. 



• Malay name " Kumbang," a general name applied to all species of the 

 genus Xylocopa.' 



A common Indo-Malayan species. 



APIS, Linn. 



162. Apis dorsata 



Apis dorsata, Fabr., Ent. Syst. ii, 1793, p. 328. 



Apis bicolor, Klug., Mag. n. Ent. Ges. Naturk. Berlin, i (1807), p. 264, pi. vii, 

 fig- 3- 



Apis nigripennis, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. i, 1841, p. 403. 



Apis testacea, Smith and Zonata, Smith {nec Guerin\ Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1858), 



p. 49, and iii (1859), p. 8. 



Bukit Besar. Semangko, Selangor. 2,700 feet. 14th May, 1902. 



Spread throughout the Indo-Malayan region. 



