58 FASCICULI MALATENSES 



163. Apis indica 



Apis indica, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Supply 1798, p. 274. 

 Apis unicolor, Lair. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. v, 1804, p. 168. 

 Apis perottetii, Guer. Icon. Regne. Anim. Ins., 1829, p. 461. 

 Apis nigrocincta, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. v, 1861, p. 93. 



Bukit Besar. 31st August, 1901. 

 Biserat. 20th October, 1901. 



Telom. 19th January, 1902. 



As common, or more common, than the last form throughout the Indo- 

 Malayan region. 



164. Apis florea 



Apis florea, Fabr., Mant. Ins. i, 1787, p. 305. 



Biserat. 17th August, 1901. 



Telom. 4,000 feet. 19th January, 1902. 



'Taken on flowering shrub.' 



Not so plentiful as the last two but spread generally through the same 

 region. 



MELIPONA, Illiger. 

 (Trigona) 



165. Melipona thoracica 



Trigona thoracica, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 50. 



Melipona thoracica, Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ins. Hym. i, 1897, p. 564, pi. iv, fig. 13, 



Biserat. 15th September, 1901. 



Telom. 4,000 feet. 17th January, 1902. 



Described by Smith, from Malacca. Found also in Tenasserim and the 

 hills of Lower Burma. 



166. Melipona canifrons 



Trigona canifrons, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 51, $ . 

 Melipona canifrons, Bingh., Faun. Brit. lnd. Hym. i, 1897, p. 562. 



Jeram Kawan, South Perak. February. 



Found also in Tenasserim, Borneo, and Sumatra. 



167. Melipona nitidiventris 



Trigona nitidiventris, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 50, £ . 



Biserat. October, 190 1. 



Telom. 4,000 feet. 22nd January, 1902. 



Described originally from Malacca. I have seen specimens also from 

 Sumatra. 



