XIV, 2 Cockerell: Anthophoridss and Melectidie 199 
with black fringe; upper end of mesopleura covered with pale 
blue hair, and a blue spot on lower part, the interval black ; white 
hair projecting beneath scuteliar notch ; anterior and middle tibiae 
blue on outer side, hind tibiae with only basal half blue; all 
the basitarsi with blue hair on outer side; first abdominal seg- 
ment with basal band having a linear interruption, and the trans- 
verse black discal area with its basal edge straight, its lateral 
corners pointed, and the apical blue band widely interrupted ; the 
other abdominal segments have rather widely interrupted bands ; 
apical segment without blue. 
Penang Island {Baker 9077). Crocisa ridleyi Cockerell, 
from Penang, is smaller, with W-like scutellum, anterior mar- 
gin of pleura entirely covered with light hair, markings much 
paler, and other differences. 
Crocisa reducta sp. nov. 
Female. — Length, about 11 millimeters ; black, with turquoise- 
blue markings, not shining; anterior wings fuliginous, with the 
usual pale spots and areas well marked; scutellum without blue 
spots, its margin , — ^ — ,-like. Allied to C. callura, but smaller, 
and differing thus: Third antennal joint shorter than fourth 
(longer than fourth in callura) ; median mark on mesothorax 
short, not longer than the transverse diameter of anterior mar- 
ginal marks, not closely approaching anterior margin ; spots on 
each side of disk small ; spots on axillae larger ; scutellum polished 
and punctured, the punctures more or less in transverse roAvs; 
first abdominal segment with basal band continuous, but apical 
band extremely widely interrupted, and the lateral lobes of the 
black area very broadly obliquely truncate at end, the upper 
(basal) margin of the black area also concave; pjigidial plate 
broader at end. 
Singapore {Baker 9076). A specimen of C. decora Smith, 
also from Singapore, is very similar, but has much larger spots 
on each side of disk of mesothorax, and the scutellum with very 
minute punctures, those of reducta being strong and very 
distinct. 
