334 HYMENOPTERA. 



fulvous ; the wings dark fuscous, having a purple iridescence ; 

 the coxae and femora fusco-ferruginous, the pubescence of the 

 legs black, the posterior tibiae and the basal joint of the tarsi 

 have a dense fringe of that colour. Abdomen shining, finely 

 punctured and having a little black pubescence at the sides and 

 apex, beneath obscurely ferruginous towards the base. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



82. Anthophora vestita. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, the head covered with a 

 dense white pubescence, the labrum covered with the same ; the 

 mandibles have their tips and a minute spot at their base yellow. 

 Thorax densely pubescent, that on the disk is a mixture of black 

 and pale ochraceous, on the metathorax it is very pale fulvous, 

 and beneath it is white, the legs ferruginous ; the femora beneath, 

 and the posterior tibias and basal joint of the tarsi above, clothed 

 with white pubescence, that on the anterior and intermediate 

 legs above is of a yellowish- white, on the tarsi beneath it is fulvo- 

 ferruginous; the calcaria ferruginous; the wings subhyaline, 

 having a fulvous tinge, the nervures black, the tegulae pale tes- 

 taceous. Abdomen densely clothed above with a short fulvo- 

 ochraceous pubescence. 



Hab. Port Natal. 



83. Anthophora plumipes. B.M. 



Apis plumipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 326. 55, and Cab. Mus. Bom. 



Banks. 

 Centris plumipes, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 356. 7 ? • 

 Anthophora atrocincta, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 35. 10 J . 



Fabricius has given the habitat for this insect India, but this 

 must be an error ; it appears to be a common African species. 



Hab. Senegal ; the Gambia. 



84. Anthophora nivea. 



Anthophora nivea, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 52. 26 $ . 

 Hab. Senegal. 



85. Anthophora calens. B.M. 

 Anthophora calens, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 49. 23 ? . 



Hab. Senegal. 



