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282. Anthophora pauperata. Female. — Black. Head, thorax, 

 pectus and legs with cinereous hairs. Elyes piceous. Mouth tawny. 

 Antennae tawny beneath. Abdomen with a hoary testaceous-bordered 

 pubescent band on each dorsal segment. Legs with black hairs 

 beneath. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Ijcngth of the body 



5 lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



283. Anthophora tllepida. Female. — Black. Head, thorax, 

 pectus and legs with cinereous hairs. Face and clypeus prominent, 

 forming a transverse ridge. Eyes piceous. Abdomen with a pale 

 luteous band on the hind border of each segment. Tibite and tarsi 

 partly clothed with luteous hairs. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; 

 tegulae tawny, large. Length of the body lines. 



Wady Ferran. 



284. Anthophora bimaculifkra. Female. — Black. Head, 

 pectus, tibice and tarsi with cinereous hairs. Face, clypeus and 

 mandibles yellow ; face with a large subquadrate black spot on each 

 side; mandibles with black tips. Eyes ferruginous. Antennae 

 dark red, black towar'ds the base ; first joint yellow beneath. Thorax 

 with ochraceous hairs. Abdomen with a band of cinereous tomen- 

 tum along the hind border of each dorsal segment ; hind borders of 

 the ventral segments tawny. Tibiae and tarsi with black hairs 

 beneath. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Length of the body 



6 lines. 



Harkeko. 



285. Anthophora punctifrons. Female. — Black. Head, 

 pectus, tibiae and tarsi clothed with white hairs. Face, clypeus 

 and mandibles yellow ; face with a black point on each side ; 

 mandibles with l)lack tips. Mouth tawny. Eyes reddish. Antennae 

 red; first joint yellow beneath. Thorax with ochraceous hairs. 

 Abdomen with a band of white pubescence on the hind border of each 

 dorsal segment. Tibiae beneath and tarsi with black hairs. Wings 

 cinereous ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines. 



A. bimaculifera, var. ? 



Massowah. 



286. Anthophora pulverea. Female. — Black. Head, thorax, 

 pectus and the tibiae and tarsi of the four anterior legs with white 

 hairs. Face and clypeus yellow, the former divided from the latter 



