﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  491 
  

  

  Megacldle 
  dinura, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  from 
  Foochow, 
  China 
  {H. 
  li. 
  Caldwell), 
  in 
  the 
  

   U.S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  cannot 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  

   Formosan 
  M. 
  dinura. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  poor 
  condition, 
  having 
  

   apparently 
  been 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  

  

  Anthopora 
  zonata 
  (L.). 
  

  

  The 
  Sauter 
  collection 
  from 
  Formosa 
  contains 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  

   of 
  A. 
  zonata, 
  or 
  what 
  has 
  passed 
  everywhere 
  as 
  the 
  Linnean 
  

   species. 
  The 
  females 
  include 
  eleven 
  from 
  Takao, 
  August 
  to 
  

   December, 
  and 
  ten 
  without 
  precise 
  locality. 
  The 
  abdominal 
  

   bands 
  vary 
  from 
  bright 
  blue 
  to 
  pale 
  green, 
  but 
  I 
  cannot 
  

   distinguish 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  species. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  females 
  go, 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  apparent 
  difficulty 
  in 
  assigning 
  them 
  to 
  A. 
  zonata, 
  

   and, 
  according 
  to 
  current 
  usage, 
  the 
  name 
  var. 
  subccerulea 
  

   (Lep.) 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  those 
  with 
  pale 
  bands. 
  An 
  examination 
  

   of 
  the 
  males 
  reveals 
  a 
  curious 
  state 
  of 
  affairs. 
  The 
  colour 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  bands 
  varies 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  females, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  

   other 
  good 
  characters 
  separating 
  the 
  specimens 
  into 
  three 
  

   groups, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  A. 
  zonata 
  proper, 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  Lepeletier 
  and 
  Dours. 
  

  

  Face-markings 
  creamy 
  white 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  black 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  hair 
  of 
  hind 
  basi- 
  

   tarsus 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  black, 
  

   with 
  black 
  hair, 
  its 
  apical 
  margin 
  broadly 
  excavated 
  

   or 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  last 
  ventral 
  keeled. 
  Thirty 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  ; 
  Takao, 
  August 
  to 
  October 
  ; 
  Taihanroku, 
  

   June 
  11. 
  

  

  (2) 
  A. 
  korotonensis, 
  nov. 
  Face-markings 
  light 
  primrose- 
  

  

  yellow 
  ; 
  bands 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  clypeus 
  rather 
  broad, 
  but 
  

   essentially 
  as 
  in 
  zonata 
  ; 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  basi- 
  

   tarsus 
  with 
  much 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  

   very 
  dark 
  reddish, 
  black-haired, 
  with 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  

   white 
  hair 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  (small 
  white 
  tufts 
  also 
  in 
  

   zonata), 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  broadly 
  excavated, 
  but 
  

   also 
  depressed 
  in 
  middle. 
  Koroton, 
  Sept. 
  8, 
  1907. 
  

   One 
  specimen. 
  

  

  (3) 
  A. 
  calceifera, 
  nov. 
  Face-markings 
  coloured 
  as 
  in 
  

  

  zonata, 
  but 
  black 
  marks 
  at 
  sides 
  of 
  clypeus 
  large, 
  

   notched 
  below, 
  having 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  boot 
  (in 
  a 
  

   single 
  specimen 
  the 
  marks 
  are 
  narrower 
  and 
  band- 
  

   like) 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  white 
  hair 
  

   on 
  outer 
  side 
  : 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  coloured 
  like 
  

  

  