HYMENOPTERA. 32? 



and third segments have in the middle an abbreviated hne of 

 pubescence which unites with the marginal fasciae; the apex 

 of the abdomen fuscous. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to the Saropoda bi- 

 maculata. 



Hah. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



36. Anthophora intermedia. B.M. 



Anthophora zonata, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 331. 737- 



(nee Fabr.). 

 Anthophora intermedia, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 64. 35. 



Hab. Morea; Algeria (Oran). 



37 . Anthophora affinis. B.M. 



Anthophora affinis, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 330. 736. 

 St. Farg. Hym.. ii, 61. 33. 

 Lucas, Expio. Sc. Alger, iii. 148. 15. 



Hab. Morea; Algeria (Oran). 



38. Anthophora rufa. 



Anthophora rufa, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 48. 22 $ . 

 Hab. Dalmatia. 



39. Anthophora Sicula. 



Female. Length 6i lines. — Black, clothed with pale fulvous 

 pubescence, the legs ferruginous, the scopa of a bright fulvous 

 above, beneath short, sparing and fuscous ; the apical joints of 

 the tarsi ferruginous, the calcaria black. Abdomen densely 

 pubescent, the cilia on the margins of the segments being 

 long and dense ; abdomen, beneath fusco-ferruginous, the mar- 

 gins of the segments ciliated with pale fulvous hairs. The 

 wings fusco-hyaline. 



Male. — The pubescence on the head, thorax and abdomen 

 short, dense and fulvous, that on the cheeks, legs and abdomen 

 beneath black ; the scape in front, clypeus and face on each side, 

 also the labrum and a spot at the base of the mandibles white ; 

 wings as in the other sex. 



Hab. Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



40. Anthophora pruinosa. 



Female. Length 6 hues. — Black, the face, thorax above, two 



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