﻿the 
  Apidse 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  53 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  pseiidobomboides, 
  sp. 
  ii. 
  

  

  2 
  . 
  Yariegata 
  ; 
  antennis, 
  capite, 
  thorace, 
  terg. 
  1-3 
  nigris 
  ; 
  maii- 
  

   dibulis, 
  terg. 
  4-6, 
  sterno 
  omnino, 
  pedibusque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  labro 
  

   maculaque 
  clypeali 
  triangular! 
  pallide 
  flavis 
  ; 
  vertice 
  thoraceque 
  

   nigro-, 
  segmento 
  mediano 
  ochraceo-, 
  genis 
  pleurisque 
  albo-hirtis 
  ; 
  

   terg. 
  1, 
  2 
  (lateribus 
  exceptis), 
  4-6 
  fulvo-, 
  terg. 
  2 
  (lateribus) 
  et 
  3 
  

   nigro-pubescentibus 
  ; 
  pedibus 
  nigro-hirtis, 
  tibiis 
  posticis 
  apice 
  

   penicillis 
  ochraceis 
  ; 
  alis 
  pallide 
  fuscis. 
  

  

  Loug. 
  15 
  mm. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  A 
  variegated 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae, 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  

   tergites 
  1-3 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  tergites 
  4-6, 
  the 
  sternum 
  

   altogether, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  ferruginous. 
  Pubescencti 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  thorax 
  bh\ck, 
  witli 
  a 
  

   brownish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  canary 
  -yellow 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  jowls 
  and 
  pleura 
  white 
  ; 
  tergites 
  1, 
  2 
  (with 
  exception 
  of 
  

   sides), 
  and 
  4-6 
  fulvous, 
  tergite 
  2 
  laterally 
  and 
  3 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   black-haired, 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  apically 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  

   tufts. 
  Wings 
  faintly 
  fuscous. 
  Mandibles 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  insect 
  otherwise 
  almost 
  impunctate; 
  joint 
  3 
  of 
  

   antennge 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  joints 
  4 
  and 
  5. 
  

  

  Assam 
  {W. 
  F. 
  Badgley), 
  1 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  A 
  most 
  distinct 
  species, 
  the 
  canary-yellow 
  pubescence 
  on 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  and 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  and 
  black 
  abdomen 
  

   giving 
  a 
  very 
  Bombiform 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  sicula, 
  Smith, 
  (^ 
  (nee 
  ? 
  ). 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  sexes 
  of 
  A. 
  sicula, 
  

   Smith. 
  The 
  name 
  will 
  stand 
  for 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  specimen 
  

   labelled 
  and 
  described 
  as 
  A. 
  sicula, 
  $ 
  (the 
  label, 
  in 
  Smith's 
  

   handwriting, 
  appears 
  as 
  "A. 
  sicilia^''), 
  is 
  A. 
  acervoru7n, 
  var. 
  

   pennata, 
  Lep. 
  A 
  $ 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  

   Collection, 
  originally 
  from 
  the 
  Smith 
  Collection, 
  bears 
  

   Dr. 
  Friese's 
  determination 
  " 
  A. 
  acervorum, 
  var." 
  The 
  true 
  

   A. 
  sicula 
  lacks 
  the 
  dilated 
  tuft 
  of 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   tarsi 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  cilise 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  joints, 
  so 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  

   males 
  of 
  A. 
  acervorum. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  [Amegilhi) 
  villosula, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  AnthopJiora 
  villosula, 
  Smith, 
  Catal. 
  Hymen. 
  Brit, 
  Mus. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  338 
  

  

  (1854). 
  S. 
  

   Ayithophora 
  Jlorea, 
  Smith, 
  Descr. 
  New 
  Spec. 
  Hymen, 
  p. 
  123 
  (1879). 
  § 
  . 
  

   Anthophora 
  pinysldangeims, 
  Strand, 
  Archiv 
  fiir 
  Nature'. 
  Abt. 
  A, 
  

  

  Heft 
  3, 
  pp. 
  105-107 
  (1913). 
  cS 
  ■ 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  A.florea, 
  Sm,, 
  is 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  

  

  