216 HYMENOPTERA. 



in a very deep triangle ; third antennal joint longer and more slender 

 than in festiva ; scape mainly cream-colored beneath ; clypeus, labrum 

 and mandibles pale yellow, marked as in festiva, except that in the 

 middle of the clypeus is a very large semicircular black mark ; hair at 

 apex of labrjim pure white (partly orange in festiva), and basal spots 

 of labrum evanescent ; thorax considerably smaller than in festiva ; 

 tegulae dark rufo-fuscous ; wings as in festiva, but uniformly suffused 

 with reddish-dusky, and the first s. m. shorter, distinctly shorter 

 below than the second ; hair of legs creamy-white ; anterior basitarsus 

 with an immense tuft behind, which when seen from beneath is white 

 and concave basally, followed by a black band, while the long outer 

 hairs are black and fawn-color; anterior femora ferruginous, flattened 

 and twisted, with very long hairs behind, and a curious specialized 

 patch of hair, occupying a lanceolate depression, anteriorly on the 

 apical half ; middle femora deformed, with a great tuft of hair be- 

 neath ; middle tibise with an obtuse red (black-edged) apical tooth ; 

 middle basitarsus flattened, broadened to the apex, with a very obtuse 

 anterior tooth ; hair on inner side of middle tarsus black at base, red be- 

 yond ; hind femora very thick, flat and nude beneath ; hind tibise thick, 

 with a triangular red apical tooth ; hair on upper side of middle and 

 tibiae creamy-white ; hind basitarsus triangular, broad apically, flat- 

 tened, shining, dark reddish, the posterior apical corner briefly denti- 

 form (no strong tooth such as occurs in festiva) ; hair on inner side of 

 hind basitarsus thick, appressed, rich dark red ; last joint of hind tarsi 

 long ; basal segment of abdomen with brilliant orange-fulvous hair ; 

 the bands on remaining segments narrow, that on second pale fulvous, 

 on third paler, on the others practically white ; sides of sixth segment 

 with long black hairs overlapping the white ;.apex with black hair ; 

 subapical ventral hair seal-brown and white. 



Hub.— British East Africa (C. 5". Betton). British Mu- 

 seum. A very ditinct and remarkable species, allied to H. 

 festiva and H. determinata {Anthophora determinata Friese). 

 The marginal cell in these insects is longer than in typical 

 Habropoda. 



Morgania appletoni sp. nov. 



9 . Length a little over 5 mm. ; head and thorax shining black, with 

 minute, well separated punctures ; labrum a little longer than broad, 

 dark reddish ; mandibles ferruginous, simple ; malar space absent ; 

 eyes very pale reddish, very broad below ; face with short silvery- white 

 hair ; scape ferruginous, flagellum dark, except at base ; praeflagellar 

 joint well differentiated, oval ; ocelli as in Pasites maculatus ; sides of 

 thorax, and metathorax except the smooth and shining middle, with 

 much white hair ; tubercles, and a spot on each extreme side of meta- 

 thorax, ferruginous; scutellum moderately prominent, hardly bigib- 



