﻿On 
  the 
  ApitljB 
  tn 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  45 
  

  

  Skull. 
  Much 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  c. 
  planiceros, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  smaller. 
  

   Orbits 
  moderately 
  projecting 
  ; 
  rostrum 
  slender 
  ; 
  occiput 
  

   i)road 
  and 
  low. 
  

  

  Horns. 
  Distinguished 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  B. 
  c. 
  p/aniceros 
  and 
  

   B. 
  c. 
  beddingtoni 
  by 
  the 
  palm 
  being 
  directed 
  more 
  backwards 
  

   than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  them. 
  Palm 
  not 
  depending, 
  almost 
  erected 
  ; 
  

   tips 
  long, 
  stout, 
  strongly 
  bent 
  inwards, 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  in 
  

   planiceros 
  and 
  beddingtoni, 
  and 
  backwards 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   end, 
  scarcely 
  erected 
  at 
  all. 
  Greatest 
  width 
  of 
  horns 
  very 
  

   small 
  comparatively. 
  

  

  This 
  well-marked 
  buffalo 
  has 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  B. 
  c. 
  

   brachyceros 
  of 
  Lake 
  Chad, 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  identified 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Lydekker 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Ungulates.' 
  Specimen 
  

   4. 
  7.9. 
  13 
  of 
  the 
  Britisli 
  Museum 
  belongs 
  to 
  this 
  I'ace. 
  As 
  

   a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  B. 
  c. 
  brachyceros 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  various 
  races 
  have 
  been 
  mixed 
  up. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  

   hand, 
  specimens 
  referable 
  to 
  B. 
  c. 
  brachyceros 
  are 
  treated 
  as 
  

   different 
  species. 
  

  

  VI. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Apidaj 
  {Hgnienoptera) 
  in 
  the 
  Colkction 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  loith 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  neio 
  Species. 
  

   By 
  Geoffrey 
  Meade-Waldo, 
  M.A. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

  

  III. 
  Subfamily 
  Anthofrobinj!:. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  paper 
  deals 
  solely 
  with 
  the 
  genus 
  Antho- 
  

   phora^ 
  Latr. 
  Nine 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  two 
  new 
  varieties 
  are 
  

   described, 
  and 
  some 
  notes 
  on 
  described 
  species 
  added, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  certain 
  points 
  on 
  synonymy. 
  

  

  The 
  types 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  IMuseum. 
  

  

  Anthophora, 
  Latr. 
  

   Key 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  Species 
  here 
  described. 
  

  

  1. 
  (2) 
  First 
  recurrent 
  nervvu-e 
  in 
  fi)re 
  wing 
  

  

  received 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cell, 
  interstitial 
  with 
  second 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  uervure 
  (subg. 
  Haln-o- 
  [(Assam.) 
  

   poda) 
  rowlandi, 
  sp. 
  u. 
  

  

  2. 
  (1) 
  First 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  at 
  

  

  middle 
  of 
  second 
  cubital 
  cell. 
  

  

  3. 
  (4) 
  Pubescence 
  of 
  abdomen 
  emerald-green. 
  [(Perak.) 
  

  

  Length 
  10 
  mm 
  Jianitschi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  