﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  II. 
  49 
  

  

  rowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex; 
  its 
  centre 
  itself 
  has 
  a 
  furrow, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  obscurely 
  transversely 
  striated. 
  Pleurae 
  somewhat 
  

   infuscated 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  meso- 
  above; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  black. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  

   rufo-testaceous, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  paler 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  coxae 
  black 
  

   beneath; 
  the 
  fore 
  femora 
  slightly, 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  more 
  

   broadly, 
  lined 
  with 
  black 
  beneath. 
  Wings 
  hyaline; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  cloud 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  dark 
  in 
  the 
  radial 
  

   cellule, 
  more 
  obscure 
  in 
  the 
  cubital 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  blackish; 
  

   the 
  stigma 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  darker 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  border. 
  

   Petiole 
  with 
  a 
  distinct, 
  narrow 
  neck, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  becomes 
  

   gradually 
  wider 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  narrow, 
  pale 
  

   border; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  the 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  or 
  

   so 
  obscure 
  black, 
  except 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  

   third 
  segment 
  is 
  blackish 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  laterally, 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair. 
  On 
  the 
  ventral 
  side 
  the 
  apical 
  four 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  black. 
  

  

  ANTHOPHILA. 
  

  

  COLLETID/E. 
  

  

  COLLETES 
  DEN 
  TATA, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

   Long. 
  11 
  — 
  12 
  mm. 
  $ 
  et 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Hab. 
  Poona, 
  Bombay 
  ( 
  WrougJitoii). 
  

   The 
  only 
  Indian 
  species 
  of 
  Colletes 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  

   from 
  the 
  present 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Vertex 
  with 
  "a 
  few 
  fine 
  punctures": 
  the 
  median 
  

  

  segment 
  at 
  base 
  longitudinally 
  rugose, 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  sides 
  smooth. 
  C. 
  dudgeonii 
  Bng. 
  

  

  Vertex 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  strongly 
  

  

  reticulated; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  transversely 
  striated. 
  

  

  C. 
  dentata. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  apparently 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  

  

  punctured, 
  but 
  the 
  surface 
  cannot 
  be 
  properly 
  observed 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  matting 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

  

  