AINTHIDIUM. 493 



tubercles, the lateral and anterior margins of the mesonotum, 

 widely interrupted on the latter, two diamoiid-shaped obliquely- 

 placed spots occupying nearly the whole surface of the scutelluui, 

 the legs entirely (except the coxse), and broad linear lateral 

 markings on segments 1-5 of the abdomen yellow ; wings hyaline, 

 the fore wing shaded broadly at apex and along the costal and 

 anal margins with fuscous ; nervures dark brown, tegulse yellow. 

 Hah. Poona. $. Lewjthd; ea'2).llinin. Type in coll. Rothney. 



872. Anthidium pulchellum, Kluff, Si/mb. Phys. dec. 3, pi. xxviii, 



fig. 11, $ ; Dall. Ton: Cat. x, p. 468. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen somewhat coarsely punctured, 

 giving them a granular appearance, the apical margins of abdo- 

 minal segments 1-5 smooth and shining ; scutellum convex, its 

 anterior margin rounded and fringed with pubescence, rounded 

 posteriorly, slightly incised or emarginate in the middle ; abdomen 

 broad, strongly curved, very convex above; anal segment very 

 broad, nearly transverse posteriorly, the margin slightly recurved, 

 a short carina down the middle ending in a rounded short tooth. 

 Ferruginous ; the clypeus, a broad stripe on the cheeks, continued 

 along the occiput, a narrow stripe on each side of the mesonotum 

 anteriorly, bent and passing by the tegulte, a broad stripe on the 

 posterior margin of the scutellum, and the legs pale yellow; the 

 antennae in front fulvous, the space between them and the clypeus 

 with sparse white pubescence ; the legs with pale glittering pubes- 

 cence, turning to golden on the inside of the posterior tibife and 

 tarsi ; wings fusco-hyallne, nervures dark brown, tegulse yellow 

 with a ferruginous spot in the middle. 



Ilab. Bombay ( Wroucjhton) ; Egypt ; Nubia ; Arabia. ^ . Length 

 9 ; eccp. 17 mm. ' 



873. Anthidium imitator, Smith, Neio Sp. mjm. B. M. p. 85, <^; Ball. 



Ton: Cat. x, p. 462. 



(5 . Head and thorax finely and closely punctured, opaque ; 

 abdomen shining, the surface lightly but very minutely and densely 

 punctured ; clypeus very slightly convex, transverse anteriorly ; 

 abdomen somewhat elongate, strongly convex above ; apical seg- 

 ment trifurcate at extreme apex and with a small lateral tooth. 

 Black ; the clypeus and front, the pronotum anteriorly, the sides 

 of the thorax and of the median segment with long pale fulvous 

 pubescence ; the tibiae and tarsi of the legs with more sparse and 

 brighter pubescence ; the clypeus and front below the base of 

 the antennae, the scape of the antennae in front, a minute spot 

 above the eyes, the tibiae and tarsi above, a spot on each side of 

 the basal abdominal segment, two spots (one lateral, one more 

 towards the middle) joined by a narrow line on each side of seg- 

 ments 2-5, and a square spot on each side of the middle of the 

 6th segment, yellow ; wings subhyaline. 



Hah. Punjab, c? • Length 13-15 ; exp. 26 mm. 



