﻿the 
  Apidaj 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  51 
  

  

  hair; 
  pubescence 
  on 
  abdomen 
  somewhat 
  more 
  reddish 
  to- 
  

   wards 
  apex, 
  tergites 
  2 
  witli 
  a 
  transverse 
  fascia 
  of 
  dark 
  liair. 
  

   Antennas, 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  labrum 
  black, 
  the 
  labrum 
  with 
  a 
  

   covering 
  of 
  golden-brown 
  hairs 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  faintly 
  ferrU" 
  

   ginous. 
  Legs 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  pubescence 
  golden 
  brown. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  and 
  mandibles 
  at 
  base 
  finely 
  and 
  evenly 
  punc- 
  

   tuied, 
  vertex 
  subnitidulous, 
  almost 
  impunctate. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline. 
  

  

  Length 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  cJ 
  . 
  Similar 
  ta 
  $, 
  differing 
  ojily 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  clj^peus 
  

   totally 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  The 
  scape 
  is 
  black 
  beneath, 
  not 
  yellow, 
  

   as 
  is 
  so 
  prevalent 
  in 
  males 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  

  

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  Assam': 
  Shillong, 
  viii. 
  1903 
  {R. 
  E. 
  Turner), 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  pleasure 
  in 
  naming 
  after 
  its 
  

   captor, 
  is 
  apparently 
  near 
  to 
  A, 
  (Habropida) 
  hkasimia, 
  Cam. 
  

   (=:fulvipes, 
  (-am., 
  Ann, 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat, 
  Hist, 
  (7) 
  xiii. 
  p, 
  211, 
  

   1904), 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  entirely 
  

   black 
  clypeus, 
  without 
  any 
  keel. 
  Cameron 
  describes 
  his 
  

   species 
  as 
  having 
  the 
  "face 
  tuberculate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  " 
  ; 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  such 
  character 
  in 
  A. 
  rowlandi, 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  fulvohirta, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  5 
  , 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  capite, 
  thorace, 
  pleuris, 
  terg, 
  1-4, 
  pedibus 
  plerumque 
  

   fulvo-hirtis 
  ; 
  area 
  postoculari 
  pilis 
  longis 
  et 
  albidis, 
  vertice 
  pilis 
  

   nigris 
  tesCaceisque 
  intermixtis 
  ; 
  terg, 
  5 
  nigro, 
  fascia 
  apicaU 
  

   njetatarsisque 
  iii. 
  (basi 
  excepto) 
  nigro-pilosis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  nigris 
  

   supra, 
  scapo 
  albido 
  infra, 
  art, 
  9-12 
  ferrugineis 
  infra 
  ; 
  tegulis 
  

   ferrugineis 
  ; 
  raaudibulis 
  (apice 
  excepto), 
  genis 
  clypeoque 
  apice 
  

   linea 
  longitudiuali 
  flavidis 
  ; 
  alis 
  subhyalinis, 
  venis 
  nigris. 
  

  

  Long, 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Black 
  ; 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  pleura, 
  tergites 
  1-4, 
  and 
  legs 
  

   for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  clothed 
  with 
  fulvo-ferrugitious 
  hair, 
  that 
  on 
  

   the 
  vertex 
  intermixed 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  and 
  testaceous 
  hairs 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  jowls 
  with 
  long 
  and 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  tergite 
  5 
  black, 
  

   with 
  an 
  apical 
  fascia 
  of 
  black 
  hair, 
  metatarsus 
  iii. 
  (except 
  

   basally) 
  black-haired 
  ; 
  tegula 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  (the 
  

   apex 
  excepted), 
  cheeks, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  apically, 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   longitudinal 
  line 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  band 
  yellowish. 
  

   Wings 
  subhyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  black. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  and 
  hibrum 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  and 
  evenly 
  punctured, 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  finely 
  ; 
  joint 
  3 
  of 
  antennae 
  equal 
  in 
  

   length 
  to 
  joints 
  4, 
  5, 
  and 
  6. 
  

  

  Length 
  15 
  mm, 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  More 
  slender, 
  otherwise 
  differing 
  only 
  sexually. 
  

  

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