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SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 
18. Xylocopa convexa. 
Eemina.— X. nitida, nigra ; alls nigro-fuscis molaceo splendide micantibus; ahdomine 
convexo. 
Black and shining; the head not closely but rather finely punctured; the front with 
short dense black pubescence; the margins of the clypeus raised and shining, and with a 
central shining carina; the flagellum, except the basal joint, obscurely fulvous beneath. The 
disk of the mesothorax and the base of the scutellum smooth, shining, and impunctate; the 
•sides, beneath, and the legs, with black pubescence ; wings with a beautiful blue, violet 
and green iridescence. Abdomen very convex, with fine distant punctures; the sides 
and apex with black pubescence. Eemale, length 9 to 10 lines. 
B.ab. —Kugiar, 90 miles south of Yarkand. Taken in May and June. 
Xylocopa has an universal distribution; in my monograph of the genus, published in 
1874, one hundred and twenty-three species are registered; the number has been slightly 
increased since that time. In India twenty species have been found. 
Division 2—SOOIALES. 
19. Bombus yallestbis. 
Operaria.— B. hirsutus, ater, thorace supra ahdominisque fascia basali flams, segmento 
secundo et apice ferrugineo-faims. 
Black; the head sub-rotundate, with black pubescence; the thorax above, the sides, and 
beneath the wings, densely clothed with pale yellowish-wdiite pubescence; beneath and on 
the legs it is black ; the four apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous; wings fuscous, the 
nervures black. Abdomen; at the extreme base a fringe of pale yellowish white pubescence, 
on the second segment and also on the three apical ones it is ferruginous. Worker, length 
6| lines. 
Sab. —Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 
The male exactly resembles the worker, having also blaek pubescence on the face. 
20. Bombijs longiceps. 
Operaria.— B. hirsutus, ater, thorace dorso pallide fulvo ; abdominis segmentis analibus 
tribus rufo-fulvis. 
Black; the head elongate, the clypeus smooth and shining; the tips of the mandibles 
rufo-piceous; the flagellum of the antennae obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax above, and 
at the sides beneath the wings, densely clothed with bright fulvous pubescence; beneath, 
and on the legs, it is black; the four apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous; the wings hyaline. 
Abdomen; the three basal segments with black pubescence, usually more or less abraded 
towards the base, which is smooth and shining; the apical segments fulvo-ferruginous. 
Worker, length 9 lines. 
Sab. —Dras, Kargil, and Leh, Ladak. (August and September.) 
The male of this species is clothed exactly the same as the female, the face having 
also black pubescence. 
