ANTnOPITOKA. 625 



b^. Abdomen beneath black. 



d\ Pubescence on thorax fulvous, or 



cinereous mixed with black hairs. A. confusa, p. 528. 

 63. Pubescence on thor.i x ochraceous, 



often griseous A. fallen; p. 528. 



c . Fasciae of rich fulvous, ferruginous or 

 fulvous-white pubescence. 



«-. Length 16-17 mm A. insularis, p. 529. 



b'-^. Length under 12 mm. 



a^. Abdominal fasciae fulvous white ; 



length 10-12 mm A. qnaclrifasciata, p. 529. 



6'. Abdominal fasciae rich fulvous ; 



length 7-8 mm A.fraterna, p. 529. 



B. Abdomen without distinct transverse 

 pubescent fasciae above. 



a. Pubescence on abdomen quite or nearly 



unicolorous. 



a'. Thorax with grey pubescence above . A.fimbriata, p. 530. 



b'. Thorax with pale ochraceous, almost 



white pubescence above A. Candida, p. 531. 



c' . Thorax with black or fuscous pubes- 

 cence above A. violacea, p. 531. 



d'. Thorax with fulvous pubescence 



above A. brooMce, p. 532. 



b. Pubescence on the abdomen markedly 



not unicolorous. 



a! . Basal two abdominal segments with 

 fulvous, remaining segments with 

 black pubescence A. himalayensis, p. 532. 



b'. Basal (basal two S) abdominal seg- 

 ments with pale ochraceous or pale 

 golden yellow, remaining segments 

 with flame-red (sometimes yellow) 

 pubescence A. pidcherrima, p. 532. 



922. Anthophora Ijicincta. 



Apis bicincta, Fabr. Si/st. Ent. ii, p. 338. 

 Podalirius biciuctus, Dull. Torr. Cat. x, p. 259, 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen minutely and very densely 



punctured ; clypeus somewhat flat, transverse, and margined 



anteriorly. Black ; the base of the mandibles, 



the labrum, a broadish transverse submargiuai 



line on the clypeus, another vertical medial 



line at right angles to it, and a transverse 



broadly triangular spot above its base pale 



creamy white ; the apical margin of the 1st 



abdominal segment broadly, of the 2nd 



narrowly rufo-testaceous ; the vertex of the 



Fie Vi'd—Antho- h^^d, the thorax above, the anterior legs 



phora bicincta, $. {. entirely, the coxae, femora, and tibiae of the 



intermediate and posterior legs, and broad 



transverse bands on the apical margins of the 4th and 5th 



abdominal segments, \\ith the sides of the apical segment, covered 



