114 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
so much so that when first seen I thought it was some queer 
Geometer, and was surprised, after I had netted it, to find out 
what it was. Unfortunately, the photograph is rather blurred, 
and does not show the markings very clearly. The submarginal 
rows of black spots on both wings are much larger than usual, 
and those of the hind wings reach the apex of the marginal 
black chevrons. The disc is paler and not so heavily marked as 
in ordinary specimens. The markings on the under side are 
almost similar. 
No. 2 is a beautiful variety of A. villica. The first example 
of this striking form was taken here more than twenty years 
ago. It was discovered by Colonel A. J. H. Ward, D.L., V.D., 
sitting on a bush in his garden; and he was so struck by its 
beauty that he sent and asked me to come and look at it, as he 
thought it might be of use to me. Of course I was delighted 
when I saw it, and boxed it at once! Since then I have bred a 
few, and nearly always of the same type; as it seems to be 
peculiar to this neighbourhood, I think it deserves a varietal 
name, and I have therefore called it wardi in honour of its finder. 
There is no need to give a description as the figure is so clear. 
It seems to be a very uncommon variety, for I have not bred 
many out of the hundreds of larve I have reared year after year. 
In addition to this form, I have bred one or two nice specimens 
having the basal spots of upper wings united. 
No. 8 is an extremely beautiful and asymmetrical variety, 
and was the only variety bred out of some two hundred larve I 
reared last season. 
Lee House, Dovercourt, February 7th, 1914. 
NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN BEES. 
By T. D. A. CockeRreELu. 
Anthophorula brunert (Crawford). 
Dallas, ‘'exas, on Helianthus, September 22nd, 1905, four 
males (I. C. Bishopp). 
Anthophorula morgant, sp. nov. 
@. Length 6 mm. or slightly over; black, closely related to 
A. brunert, but differing thus: smaller (size of male brunerz) ; wings 
greyish, nervures and stigma dull dusky reddish (stigma in brunerz is 
clear amber); hair on inner side of hind basitarsus dark fuscous ; 
abdominal hair-bands whiter. The dusky stigma, dark tegule and 
well punctured mesothorax readily separate it from A. texana (Friese). 
The well punctured mesothorax separates it at once from A. coquilletts 
(Ashm.). From A. compactula (Ckll.) it is known by the less brightly 
coloured flagellum, the black or piceous tegule, and the broad, 
