340 HYMENOPTERA. 



entirely black, the clypeus strongly punctured ; the thorax above, 

 and the basal segment of the abdomen above, densely clothed 

 with short ochraceous pubescence ; the wings subhyaline ; the 

 second submarginal cell receiving the first recurrent nervure near 

 its apex ; the pubescence of the legs black ; the abdomen smooth 

 and shining, having a little black ])ubescence at the sides of the 

 apical segments. 



Male. — Like the female, with the following exceptions : the 

 clypeus, the face on each side, and a narrow line above the 

 clypeus yellow ; the posterior legs more slender and elongate ; 

 the claw-joints ferruginous. 



Hab. East Florida (St. John's Bluff.) 



106. AnTHOPHORA MELALEUCA. 



Anthophora melaleuca, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 32. 7 c? • 

 Hab. Paraguay. 



107. Anthophora apicalis. 



Anthophora apicalis, Guer. Icon. Reg.Anim. Ins. p. 455. t. 74. f. 4 . 

 Hab. Cuba. 



108. Anthophora Domingensis. 

 Anthophora Domingensis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 32. 6 c? . 

 Hab. St. Domingo. 



109. Anthophora dimidiata. 



Male. Length 6 lines. — Head, thorax and legs black, the 

 clypeus and labrum yellowish-white, immaculate, the labrum 

 having a few scattered black hairs ; the flagellum nigro-piceous 

 beneath ; the pubescence on the thorax very dense, short, and of 

 a sooty-black, that on the legs is of the same colour, the scopa 

 on the posterior legs long and dense; the wings hyaline, the 

 nervures ferruginous. Abdomen violet and having a short scat- 

 tered black pubescence. 



Hab. Chih. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



110. Anthophora Chiliensis. 



Anthophora chiliensis, Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 172. 2. 



Male and female. Length 5 lines, — The pubescence cinereous ; 

 the tarsi of the female testaceous, the pubescence of the head, 

 thorax, the first segment of the abdomen, the legs and venter 



