﻿Records 
  of 
  Bees. 
  493 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  this 
  scheme 
  the 
  several 
  forms 
  may 
  be 
  

   tabulated 
  thus 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Face-markings. 
  Marks 
  at 
  side 
  Hind 
  basi- 
  Fifth 
  ventral 
  

  

  (Colour.) 
  of 
  clypeus. 
  tarsus. 
  segment. 
  

  

  A. 
  zonata 
  — 
  — 
  (2) 
  -f- 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  korotonensis 
  + 
  — 
  (i!) 
  — 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  calceifera 
  .... 
  — 
  — 
  (1) 
  — 
  + 
  

  

  A. 
  caldwelli 
  + 
  — 
  (1) 
  — 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  subccerulea. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  + 
  + 
  + 
  -+• 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  this 
  plan. 
  A. 
  subccerulea 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   stem-form, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  represent 
  various 
  degrees 
  of 
  

   reduction. 
  A. 
  korotonensis 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  Chinese 
  caldwelli 
  ; 
  while 
  zonata 
  and 
  calceifera 
  may 
  

   represent 
  independent 
  derivatives 
  from 
  subccerulea. 
  It 
  is 
  

   possible, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  forms 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  same 
  region 
  

   (as 
  zonata 
  and 
  calceifera 
  in 
  Formosa) 
  may 
  freely 
  cross, 
  with 
  

   Mendelian 
  results, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  calceifera 
  cannot 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  a 
  valid 
  species. 
  Against 
  this 
  last 
  supposition 
  is 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  the 
  several 
  characters 
  seem 
  to 
  go 
  together, 
  with 
  the 
  

   single 
  exception 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  clypeal 
  marks 
  mentioned 
  

   under 
  calceifera. 
  

  

  Still 
  another 
  form 
  from 
  North-west 
  India 
  may 
  be 
  

   described 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  comberi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Hair 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  above 
  pale 
  reddish 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   black, 
  as 
  in 
  zonata 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  bands 
  very 
  brilliant 
  shining 
  

   turquoise-blue; 
  face-markings 
  light 
  yellow 
  ; 
  size 
  of 
  zonata. 
  

  

  (f 
  . 
  — 
  Lateral 
  markings 
  of 
  clypeus 
  reduced 
  to 
  small 
  pyri- 
  

   f 
  orm 
  sutural 
  spots 
  (a 
  third 
  reduction 
  stage) 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  hairs 
  at 
  extreme 
  base 
  ; 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  segment 
  

   elevated 
  in 
  middle 
  and 
  broadly 
  emarginate 
  (Nasik, 
  = 
  type). 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Clypeal 
  marks 
  large 
  and 
  elongate-quadrate, 
  shaped 
  

   as 
  in 
  subccerulea, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  median 
  yellow 
  band 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   spots 
  at 
  basal 
  corners 
  of 
  labrum 
  small 
  ; 
  hind 
  basitarsi 
  with 
  

   the 
  hair 
  all 
  black 
  ; 
  light 
  hair 
  of 
  legs 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  brown 
  

   stain 
  apically 
  on 
  middle 
  tibiae. 
  Hab 
  River, 
  Karachi, 
  Sept. 
  

   1909. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nasik 
  and 
  Hab 
  Eiver 
  (E. 
  Combe)-). 
  British 
  

   Museum.. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  above 
  scheme 
  this 
  will 
  stand 
  as 
  +, 
  — 
  ■ 
  (3), 
  +?, 
  — 
  . 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  considerably 
  larger 
  insect 
  than 
  A. 
  subccerulea. 
  

  

  