524 



APID^. 



1 2 



Fig. 178. — Anfkopkora. 1, maxilla; 

 2, labium. (Much enlarged.) 



Head transverse, not quite so wide as the thorax ; ocelli in an 

 isosceles triangle on the vertex ; antennte short, the scape shorter 



than the 2ud joint of the 

 flagelluui ; clypeus strongly 

 produced and convex ; labrum 

 subquadrate, anterior margin 

 widely rounded, nearly trans- 

 verse ; tongue elongate ; labial 

 palpi 4-iointed, the basal 

 joint three times length of 

 2nd joint, apical two minute ; 

 maxillary palpi 6-jointed, basal 

 joint short, 2nd joint the 

 longest, 3-6 decreasing grad- 

 ually in length, tiliform. 

 Thorax ovate ; tore wing^ with 

 the radial cell broad, rounded 

 at apex and appendiculate, 

 acute at the inner angle ; three 

 cubital cells, the 1st and 3rd 

 subequal, the 2nd narrowed at 

 top, sometimes pentagonal, 

 receiving the 1st recurrent nervure in the middle ; the 3rd cubital 

 cell Vounded outwardly and receiving the 2nd recurrent nervure 

 near its apex ; legs short, posterior tibiae and basal joints of the 

 tarsi in the female densely pubescent ; intermediate tarsi in some 

 species with tufts of hair on the apical joint above the claws. 

 Abdomen broad, vslightly ovate, sometimes densely pubescent, 

 sometimes with only pubescent fasciae on the apical margins of the 

 segments. 



The species of AnUwplwra as a rule make their nests in the 

 ground. I once found a whole colony of A. cinr/ulaia, Pabr., 

 burrowing into the hard beaten earth under a forest bungalow in 

 Burma. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Abdomen with distinct transverse pubes- 

 cent fascife above. 



a. Basal abdominal segment without a 



fascia. 

 a. Abdominal segments 4 and 5 onlj^ 



with a fascia A. bicincta, p. 525. 



b' . Abdominal segments 2-5 with a fascia. A. crocea, p. 526. 



b. Basal abdominal segment with a fascia. 

 a', Fascife of metallic blue scale-like 



hairs. 

 a*. Pubescence on thorax above bluish 



grey A. cingvlata, p. 526. 



6^. Pubescence on thorax dull rufo- 



fulvous A. zonata, p. 527. 



b' . Fasciae of white pubescence. 



a^. Abdomen beneath ferruginous .... A. niveocincta, p. 527. 



