﻿the 
  Apldfe 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  49 
  

  

  black 
  pubescence. 
  Joint 
  3 
  of 
  antennae 
  short, 
  hardly 
  so 
  lono- 
  

   as 
  4 
  + 
  5. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline. 
  

   Leno^th 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  15 
  c? 
  c? 
  . 
  

  

  Northern 
  Rhodesia 
  : 
  Mid-Luangwa 
  Valley, 
  viii. 
  1910 
  

   {S. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  

  

  Strongly 
  resembles 
  A. 
  pygmcea,h\x.i 
  has 
  fulvous 
  pubescence, 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  oldi^ 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  2 
  . 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  clypeo 
  apice, 
  labro 
  mandibulisque 
  basi 
  luteis 
  ; 
  tegulis 
  

   ferrugineis 
  ; 
  capita, 
  thorace 
  abdominisque 
  segmentis 
  1, 
  2 
  t'ulvo-, 
  

   segmentis 
  3, 
  4 
  et 
  5 
  (laterale) 
  pedibusque 
  plerumque 
  griseo- 
  

   hirtis 
  ; 
  segmentis 
  1-4 
  apice 
  fasciatis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  clypeus, 
  labrum, 
  and 
  

   mandibles 
  at 
  base 
  yellow 
  ; 
  head 
  (except 
  beneath) 
  and 
  tiiorax 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  fulvous 
  pubescence, 
  paler 
  on 
  the 
  face, 
  denser 
  

   and 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  thorax 
  (on 
  tlie 
  mesonotum 
  some 
  black 
  hairs 
  

   are 
  intermixed), 
  tergites 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  sparse, 
  fulvous 
  

   clothing 
  ; 
  the 
  area 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  the 
  head 
  beneath, 
  meso- 
  

   pleura 
  below 
  densely, 
  tergites 
  3, 
  4 
  wholly, 
  and 
  5 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  griseous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   tergites 
  have 
  distinct 
  apical 
  fascias, 
  that 
  on 
  tergite 
  1 
  fulvous, 
  

   the 
  rest 
  griseous, 
  anal 
  hmbria 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown. 
  

  

  Front 
  legs 
  pale 
  with 
  long 
  hair 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  femora, 
  middle 
  

   and 
  posterior 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  dense 
  silvery-brown 
  

   hair 
  on 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi. 
  Tegulse 
  ferruginous. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline. 
  

  

  Length 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  9 
  ? 
  ?. 
  

  

  NyaSALAND 
  : 
  Blantyre 
  {Dr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Old) 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Valley 
  

   of 
  Bukuru 
  River, 
  3000 
  ft., 
  vi. 
  1910 
  {S. 
  A. 
  Neave). 
  (^ONGO 
  

   Free 
  State: 
  Katanga, 
  Kambove, 
  4-5000 
  ft. 
  (S'. 
  ^. 
  iV^eai'e). 
  

   N. 
  Rhodesia: 
  Broken 
  Hill, 
  ii. 
  1912 
  {F. 
  V. 
  Bruce-Miller). 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  rhodesice, 
  sp, 
  n, 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  A. 
  oldi 
  affinis, 
  sed 
  clypeo 
  flavo, 
  duabus 
  maculis 
  subquadratis 
  

   basi, 
  nigris 
  ; 
  tibiis 
  iii. 
  metatnrsisque 
  nigro-hirtis 
  ; 
  capite, 
  thorace 
  

   supra, 
  abdomims 
  segmentis 
  1-3 
  fulvo-, 
  4-5 
  griseo-hirtis 
  ; 
  ano 
  

   fusco 
  ; 
  labro 
  areaque 
  postoculari 
  infra 
  albo-, 
  mesopleuris 
  pallide 
  

   flavo-hirtis 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  1 
  pallide-, 
  2 
  et 
  3 
  nigro-hirtis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  

   plerumque 
  nigris, 
  scapo, 
  art. 
  3"° 
  teguHsque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  alis 
  

   hyalinis. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser, 
  8. 
  Vol. 
  xiii. 
  4 
  

  

  