530 APiD^. 



abdomen finely punctured ; the front bet ween and above theantennse, 

 the sides of the vertex, the thorax above and on the sides, the 

 basal abdominal segment entirely, and transverse bands on the 

 apical margins of segments 2-6 covered with more or less dense 

 pubescence ; legs long, with a thin fine pubescence on the outer 

 side, the intermediate and posterior femora fringed with long hairs, 

 and a brush-like tuft of coarser hairs beneath and spreading out 

 laterally on the apical joint of the intermediate tarsi. Black ; the 

 pubescence rich fulvous, golden yellow on the front and pale on 

 the posterior tibiae, on the anterior and intermediate legs and on 

 the apex of the tibiae and tarsi of the posterior legs it is whitish ; 

 the tuft on the apical joint of the intermediate tarsi jet-black ; the 

 base of the mandibles and the labrum pale yellowisli white ; tlie 

 clypeus and front of the scape of the antennae sulphur-yellow ; 

 ■wings hyaline and iridescent, nervures and tegular testaceous. 

 Uah. Tenasserim. J. Length l-S ; exp. 15 mm. § vuiknown. 



932. Anthophora fimbriata, Smith, Neto Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 122, 2 . 

 Podalirius fimbriatus, Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 268. 



5 . Head and thorax pubescent, closely and finely punctured 

 under the pubescence, which on the clypeus and front below the 



antennae is thin and sparse, and on 

 the vertex of the head and on the 

 thorax dense but not very long ; 

 abdomen smooth, dull, the surface 

 minutely aciculate ; clypeus strongly 

 convex, transverse anteriorly and 

 margined. Black ; the base of- the 

 mandibles, the labrum (except the 

 anterior margin and a large black 

 spot on each side at its base), a spot 

 Fig. 180. at each lateral angle of the clypeus 



Anthophora Jimbriata, $. j. joined by a transverse line, an elon- 

 gate cone-shaped median spot, and 

 a transverse triangular spot above the base of the clypeus white ; 

 the front, vertex of the head, and thorax above with grey, the 

 cheeks, the sides of the thorax in front, the anterior legs, and the 

 median segment with white pubescence, thin and sparse on the 

 legs, dense and long on the median segment ; abdomen with a 

 little black pubescence along the sides, and in fresh specimens 

 with a little hoary pile on the apical two segments ; intermediate 

 and posterior legs with black pubescence, very dense and long on 

 the outside of the posterior tibiae and tarsi ; wings dax-k fuscous, 

 with a slight purple effulgence. 



S similar ; the yellow- white on the labrum and clypeus broader, 

 the legs longer, the wings paler, the apical three segments of the 

 abdomen above with thin white pubescence. 



Hah. Sylhet ; Pegu Hills, Burma ; Tenasserim. $ . Length 

 18-20; ex]). 36-39 mm. J. Length 16; exp. 34 mm. 



