ARABIAN HYMENOPTERA. 55 



Genus ANTHOPRORA, Latr. 



271. Anthophora niorocincta, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 76. 

 Cairo. Heliopolis. 



272. Anthophora senescens, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 71. 

 Cairo. 



273. Anthophora basalts, Smith, Cat. Hym. ii. 335. 

 Wady Genneh. Wady Ferran. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



274. Anthophora calens, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 49. 

 Hor Tamanib. Massowah. 



275. Anthophora dubia, Smith, Cat. Hym. ii. 323. 

 Cairo. Heliopolis. 



Inhabits South France. 



276. Anthophora annulifera. Female. — Black. Head, pectus 

 and legs with white hairs. Head above yellow, excepting the vertex. 

 Eyes lurid. Mouth tawny. Antennse dark red beneath ; first joint 

 pale testaceous beneath. Thorax with yellowish hairs. Abdoroen 

 with a band of white pubescence on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs with black hairs beneath. Wings cinereous ; veins black. 

 Length of the body 5 lines. 



A. calens, var. ? 



Wady Ferran. 



277. Anthophora SENILIS. Male. — Black, stout. Head, pectus, 

 abdomen and legs clothed with white hairs. Face luteous ; clypeus 

 yellow. First joint of the antennae yellow beneath. Thorax clothed 

 with lutescent cinereous hairs. Abdomen at the base clothed occa- 

 sionally with cinereous hairs. Tarsi tawny, black towards the tips. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black. Length of the body 7 lines. 



Most alhed to A. fulvitarsis, Brulle ; differs rather from that species 

 in the bands of the abdomen. 



Cairo. 



