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EGYPTIAN AND 



AntennfB reddish. Thorax and pectus black, with tawny hairs ; a 

 line along each side of the thorax and hind border of the scutellum 

 tawny. Abdomen thickly and minutely punctured. Wings cinereous, 

 broadly blackish along the exterior border ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base ; stigma piceous. Var. /3. — Abdomen with three black bands. 

 Length of the body 4 — 4i lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



248. Anthidium signiferum. Male. — Black, thick. Head and 

 thorax with short sHghtly gilded hairs. Head with a transverse 

 interrupted yellow line on the hind border ; fore part testaceous, with 

 whitish hairs. Antennae dark red beneath ; first joint yellow. 

 Thorax with a yellow stripe on each side and with four yellow spots 

 on the hind border of the scutellum. Abdomen with six yellow bands 

 on the hind borders of the segments ; bands from the first to the 

 fourth notched on each side of the fore border and dilated at each 

 end; fifth with a transversely elongated black dot on each side. 

 Legs yellow ; femora striped with red ; tarsi red. Wings blackish 

 cinereous, broadly blackish along the exterior border; veins and stigma 

 black. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Most allied to A. LatreilHi, a European species. 



Hor Tanaanib. 



Genus CERATINA, Latr. 



249. Ceratina mauritanica, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 507. 

 Cairo. Tajura. 



Genus ALLODAPE, St. Farg. 



250. Allodape sYRPHoiDES. Female. — -^neous-green. Clypeus 

 yellow. Eyes red. Antennae black, tawny beneath ; first joint 

 yellow beneath. Abdomen yellow, with four black dorsal bands. 

 Legs yellow ; hind femora black, with yellow tips ; hind tibiae with a 

 black streak on each side. Wings pellucid ; veins and stigma pale 

 yellow. Length of the body 2J lines. 



Tajura. 



Var. Female. — Tawny. Head yellow in front. Eyes piceous. 

 Antennae piceous ; first joint tawny. Thorax with three piceous 

 stripes ; scutellum yellow. Metathorax black. Abdomen yellow, 

 with five black bands. Legs pale tawny. Wings pellucid ; veins and 

 stigma pale yellow. Length of the body 2i lines. 



Tajura. 



