202 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell—Deseriptions and 
Anthophora oldi lusoria, subsp. n. 
? .—Superficially like A. rhodesie, M.-W., but with the 
differential characters of A. oldi, M.-W. It differs from 
typical oldi in having the thoracic hair if anything a little 
richer red than in rhodesie, the very broad clypeal band, 
labrum and base of mandibles white instead of yellow (they 
are extremely pale yellow in rhodesie), and the anterior 
tarsi with much black hair. The wings in this and rhodesie 
are very decidedly dusky, though Meade-Waldo wrote 
“hyaline.” The second submarginal cell is more contracted 
above than in rhodesie, but the difference is slight. 
Gwelo, S. Rhodesia (Miss Skaife). South African 
Museum. 
This seems to connect rhodesie with oldi, but is recognis- 
ably distinct from either. 
Osmia forficulina, sp. n. 
3 .—Length about 15 mm., or 17 if the tail is fully 
extended instead of being curved downward. 
Rather narrow, black, with the hind margins of the first 
five abdominal segments dark coppery red; head and thorax 
with white hair, especially long and abundant on face and 
cheeks; head broad; malar space obsolete; mandibles 
acutely tridentate ; antenne black, the scape robust and very 
finely punctured; front dull and extremely densely and 
finely punctured; mesothorax and scutellum dull, as densely 
and finely punctured as possible; area of metathorax with 
basal half duli and rough, the apical half shining; tegulz 
large, dark brown, with the outer margin whitish. Wings 
translucent, but strongly brownish; b.u. going basad of 
t.-m.; second s.m. long, receiving first r.n. as far from base 
as length of first t.-c. Legs black, with long white hair, 
fulvous on inner side of tarsi; spurs pale reddish. Abdomen 
with little hair, forming white bands at sides of segments 
only (probably more evident in fresher specimens), segments 
very densely. and closely punetured, but glistening ; second 
and third segmeuts with a conspicuous transverse basal 
depression ; sixth segment with the hind margin distinctly 
elevated, subtruncate, shallowly emarginate in middle; 
seventh segment produced into a pair of long stout straight 
divergent spines, about 1°5 mm. long; no ventral tubercles 
or teeth. The pulvilli are large. 
Likhoele, Basutoland (Dieterlin). South African Museum. 
Entirely unique by the large size and earwig-like tail, 
which is curved downward and inward. 
