A]!TTHIDIUM. 495 



876. Anthidium latipes, n. sp. 



2 • Head and thorax somewhat coarsely and very closely and 

 strongly punctured, giving them an opaque granular look ; abdomen 

 shining, more lightly and sparsely punctured ; clypeus nuich broader 

 than high, anteriorly arched and margined ; sciitellum lunate, 

 slightly convex, and notched posteriorly in the middle. Black ; a 

 spot at the base of the mandibles, the clypeus except its anterior 

 margin narrowly, and two spots at its base, the face on each side 

 below the base of the antennae, a line on the cheeks, a line above 

 the tegulte, a medially interrupted short line on the posterior 

 margin of the scatellum, a square spot on each side of the 1st 

 abdominal segment, au elongate spot on each side of the 2ud, a 

 broadly interrupted transverse fascia across the 3rd and 4th, an 

 entire transverse fascia on the 5th, and the whole of the 6th seg- 

 ment above, bright yellow : legs black, variegated with yellow and 

 ferruginous ; the posterior tibiae and basal joints of the tarsi 

 flattened and covered with glittering golden hairs ; pollen-brush 

 golden : wings hyaline, faintly fuscescent along the costal margin 

 of the fore wing ; nervures testaceous, tegulae black narrowly 

 edged with yellow. 



Hah. Eangoon, Burma. $ . Length 9 ; exp. 17 mm. 



877. Anthidium fraternum, n. sp. 



$ . Allied to and resembling A. latipes : differs in the posterior 

 tibiae and basal joint of the tarsi not being dilated and flat ; 

 the head and thorax more densely punctured and granular ; the 

 abdomen by contrast much more finely punctured and shining; 

 scutellum rounded posteriorly. Black ; the head, thorax, legs, and 

 basal abdominal segment immaculate ; an elongate lateral spot on 

 the 2nd, a transverse band broadly interrupted in the middle on 

 the 3rd, another transverse band narro\^■ly interrupted on the 4th, 

 an entire transverse band on the 5th, and the whole of the 6th 

 segment above, yellow ; head in front, the thorax, and legs sparsely 

 covered with silvery pubescence ; pollen-brush white ; wings light 

 fusco-hyaline, darker along the costal margin of the fore wing. 



Hah. Tenasserim. $ . Length 9 ; exp. 17 mm. Type in the 

 British Museum. 



878. Anthidium orientale, n. sp. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and very densely punc- 

 tured, slightly shining ; clypeus anteriorly transverse, fringed with 

 somewhat stiff pubescence ; scutellum rounded posteriorly : abdo- 

 men slightly curved, strongly convex above. Black ; the base of 

 the mandibles, the clypeus, the face on each side of it, a narrow 

 stripe broadening above along the inner orbits almost to the top 

 of the eyes, a spot below the anterior ocellus, a broad stripe on each 

 cheek, nearly meeting on the posterior margin of the vertex, a 

 stripe on each side of the mesonotum anteriorly, bent almost at a 

 right angle and passing by the tegula;, a spot on the tegidai in 

 front, a broad stripe on the posterior margin of the scutellum, 



