526 APiD^. 



with white pubescence; wings fusco-hyaline, paler towards the 

 apical inargius. 



(S similar ; but the white parts on the clypeus broader, the 

 pubescence slightly fulvous on the thorax, the 6th segment of 

 the abdomen with a transverse pubescent white band on its 

 apical margin ; wings paler. 



Var. 5 <^ with a pubescent white lateral spot on abdominal 

 segments 2 and 3. 



Hab. AUababad ; Calcutta ; Bangalore ; Madras. $ . Length 

 12-13 ; e.vjy. 24 mm. cJ slightly smaller. 



923. Anthophora crocea, n. sp. 



cJ . Head and thorax densely pubescent, finely and closely punc- 

 tured, the scutellum more sparsely punctured; abdomen impunctate, 

 the bases of the segments broadly and more or less densely pubescent, 

 the apical margin of the first segment smooth and shining, of the 

 2nd to the 5th with broad pubescent bands. Black ; the mandibles 

 at base and the labrum pale yellow, the latter with an obscure 

 fuscous spot at each basal lateral angle ; clypeus darker yellow, 

 •with two divergent abbreviated black lines at base ; a transverse 

 triangular spot above the clypeus, and the front of the scape pale 

 yellow ; the head and thorax above with dense griseous pubescence ; 

 the pubescence on the anterior legs pale ochraceous, on the inter- 

 mediate and posterior legs and abdomen jet-black ; the apical 

 margin of the 1st segment narrowly testaceous, of segments 2-5 

 with broad transverse bands of fine pale yellowish green scale-like 

 hairs, 6th and apical segments with entirely black pubescence ; 

 wings fusco-hyaline. 



Hab. Pegu Hills, Burma. J • Length 12 ; exp. 24 mm. 



924. Anthophora cingulata. 



Andrena cingulata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 378. 

 Podalirius cingulatus, Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 263. 



2 c? • Head and thorax densely, clypeus, face below the antennae 

 and the bases of the abdominal segments thinly pubescent, the 

 head and thorax finely punctured underneath the pubescence ; 

 bases of the abdominal segments finely aciculate. Black; the 

 labrum (except a lateral spot at base and the apical margin very 

 narrowly), a spot at base of the mandibles, a subapical line on the 

 clypeus, a medial line broadening from above downwards at right 

 angles to the subapical Hue, and a small triangular spot above the 

 base on each side of the clypeus, pale yellowish white ; the head 

 and thorax with bluish-grey pubescence having an admixture of 

 black hairs ; a tuft of white pubescence on each side of the median 

 segment ; the legs covered with bluish-white pubescence above, 

 black beneath, the posterior tibiae with long snow-white pubes- 

 cence above and an abbreviated line of black pubescence above 

 near its base ; abdomen clothed with thin black pubescence, the 

 apical margins of segments 1-4 ( § ), 1-5 ( cJ ) with broad trans- 



