532 APiD^. 



935. Anthophora brookiae, Binyh. Jmir. Bomb. N. H. Soe. \, 1890, 



p. 250, $. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen finely and closely punctured 

 and pubescent, the pubescence dense and somewhat long on the 

 head and thorax above, \ery sparse on the clypeus and front, and 

 very short, fine, pile-like, and thin on the abdomen ; clypeus 

 strongly convex, and with a short median longitudinal carina. 

 Black ; the base of the mandibles, the labram, clypeus, and a 

 transverse broadly triangular spot above it pale yellow ; the 

 anterior margin and a lateral basal spot on the labriim, and two 

 large quadrate maculae at the base of the clypeus black ; the vertex 

 of the head, the cheeks, and the thorax above with rich fulvous 

 pubescence ; the thin pile on the abdomen and the pubescence on 

 the outside of the legs pale fulvous in. some specimens, fading to 

 white on the apical margins of the abdominal segments ; the 

 pubescence on the inside of the legs and the antennae black : wings 

 hyaline, fusco-hyaline in some specimens ; uervures and tegulse 

 testaceous. 



Bah. Kumaun ; Ivarennee, 3000 feet. $ . Length 15-16; exp 

 28 mm. 



93G. Anthophora himalayensis, Bad. Wiadom. z nauk Przyrod. 

 1882, pt. ii, p. 74; Ball. Torr. Cat. x, p. 272. 



5 , Head above and the cheeks, the thorax, and the legs 

 exteriorly densely pubescent, the pubescence on the front and 

 clypeus thin and scanty ; the clypeus closely punctured anteriorly, 

 margined, and bearing a medial vertical carina very smooth and 

 shining; basal trt'o abdominal segments covered with a dense 

 short pubescence, apical four segments pruinose velvety ; inside of 

 the femora and tilDise smooth and shining, without pubescence. 

 Head and thorax under the pubescence fulvous, the pubescence 

 rich fulvous ; legs and abdomen black, the pubescence on the legs 

 outside and on the basal two abdominal segments rich fulvous ; 

 antennae testaceous ; wings flavo-hyaline, their apical margins 

 broadly fuscescent. 



S similar ; legs longer and more slender, antennae longer ; 

 wings more suffused with a fuscescent shade. 



Hah. The Hiinalavas, from Simla to Sikhim, at low elevations ; 

 the hills of Burma and Tenasserim. Common. $ S ■ Length 

 16-18 ; exp. 32-35 mm. 



937. Anthophora pnlcherrima, n. sp. (PI. IV, fig. 5.) 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pubescent, finely punctured 

 under the pubescence ; abdomen broader and flatter than in the 

 majority of species. Black ; the front and vertex of the head, the 

 thorax aljove, the posterior tibiae on the outside, and the basal 

 abdominal segment covered with pale golden yellow, the remaining 

 abdominal segments above with rich flame-red pubescence ; the 

 pubescence on the thorax and abdomen long, soft, and silky, on 



