288 H. Friese, 206 



either sidc of the top, the mandibles, except at the apex, yellow; the apices of the abdominal segments broadly 

 bandcd vvith pale yellow. Wings hyaline, the apex slightly infuscated. Head and thorax thickly covered with 

 long white hair; the hair on the top of thorax broadly tipped with black. The hair on the under side of the 

 four posterior tarsi rufous. Scape of antennae broadly yellow below. Tegulae pale testaceous. L. 10 mm. 



Clypeus sparsely, the labrum closely punctured; the apex of the latter distinctly roundly projecting. 

 Front and vertex closely, but not strongly punctured; a smooth line between the ocelli. The yellow abdominal 

 bands are thickly covered with long white pubescence ; the hair on the base of the segments sparser and darker ; 

 anal spines longish, stout. Ventral surface broadly brownish in the middle. 



What I take to be the female is in the Collection of the Albany Museum. It has the apices of the 

 abdominal segments pale yellow as in the male, but covered by fulvous instead of white pubescence; the second 

 cubital cellule as in it is distinctly shorter than the third in front; the apex of the clypeus is pale yeUow and 

 there is a pale yellow mark on the base of the mandibles; the ventral scopa is white and the sides and apices 

 of the segments are testaceous; the hair on the base of the tarsal basal Joint is rufous as in the male. Its length 

 is 12 mm. It was taken in June by Dr. Penther. 



Kapland — Stellenbosch — Grahamstown ? 



AntJiophora pyrojiyga DouRS. 

 1869 Anthophora pyropyga S9, in: Monogr. icon. Anthophora, p. 117. 



?. Nigra, cinerescenti-villosa ; ano ferrugineo. 



?. Noire, entierement recouverte de poils cendres noirätres, herisses; bord de tous les segments abdo- 

 minaux cilie d'une bände plus pale tranchant sur la pubescence cendree du fond, 5. — 6. segments ornes de poils 

 d'un beau ferrugineux; pattes cendrees, ferrugineuses, ayant quelques poils de cette couleur aux articulations des 

 hanches, des cuisses et des jambes; tarses ferrugineux, leur dernier article noir; alles enfumees, point caUeux, 

 cote et nervures noires. L. 14 mm. 



S — dessous du i. article des antennes noires, sans doute par exception; chaperon noir, avec une tache 

 ronde ä la partie inferieure; labre jaune, 2 points noirs tres grands sur les cotes; mandibles noires au bout; 

 pubescence comme dans la ?; les poils sont plus herisses, plus blancs, surtout en dessous sur les pattes; en 

 rcvanche, les cils des segments sont un peu roux. 



Tres voisine de VA. lanata. 



Coli. DoURS. 



Anthophora raplüa Sm. 

 1879 Anthophora rapida Smith, ?, in- Descr. new spec. Hymen., p. 121. 



S. Black ; the vertex and thorax above with duU ochraceous pubescence tipped with black ; that on the 

 face, cheeks, thorax beneath, and on the femora and tibiae above, whitish; that on the legs beneath and on 

 the tarsi black; the anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly, a central longitudinal line, a transverse orie above 

 it, the labrum and mandibles, white; the latter black attheirapex; wings subhyaline, the nervures black, tegulae 

 dark rufo-piceous. At the extreme base of the abdomen the pubescence is fulvous and on the apical portion 

 black; the second and third segments with very short black pubescence, on the fourth and fifth it is thin and 

 white, and on the apical segment black ; the apical margins of the first, second, and third segments with narrow 

 white pubescent fasciae. L. 6 lines (= 12V2 nim). 



Natal. 



BiNGHAM erwähnt 7 Exemplare {S ?) von Pretoria, Watervaloudcr, Fort Johnston. 



Südafrika. 



