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  Mr, 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  

  

  liis 
  A. 
  villosuln 
  desciibed 
  some 
  years 
  previously. 
  Botli 
  

   specimens 
  come 
  from 
  tlie 
  same 
  locality 
  (Shanghai). 
  A 
  ^ood 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  A. 
  villosula 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Friese 
  

   (' 
  Die 
  Bienen 
  Europas/ 
  iii. 
  p. 
  95). 
  Male 
  co-types 
  of 
  A. 
  ping- 
  

   ahiangensis, 
  Strand, 
  from 
  Ping-shiang, 
  S. 
  China, 
  are 
  typical 
  

   A. 
  villosula. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  three 
  African 
  species, 
  all 
  rather 
  similar 
  in 
  

   appearance 
  and 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  A. 
  quadrifasciata 
  group, 
  

   differ 
  as 
  below 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black, 
  with 
  pale 
  or 
  

   fulvous 
  piibesceuce 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  

   pale 
  apical 
  fasciae 
  of 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  f 
  lergites 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  sparse 
  

  

  ! 
  but 
  distinct 
  white 
  pubescence 
  .... 
  2. 
  

  

  J 
  Tergites 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  sparse 
  

  

  'j 
  but 
  distinct 
  black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  pos- 
  

  

  I 
  terior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  scopa. 
  [Sni. 
  (Sierra 
  Leone.) 
  

  

  l^ 
  Length 
  11 
  mm 
  albiyena, 
  Lep., 
  subsp. 
  /a//«.r, 
  

  

  fClypeus 
  coarsely 
  punctured; 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  above 
  

   ochraceous 
  mixed 
  with 
  black, 
  that 
  

   on 
  pleura 
  whitish 
  ; 
  tergite 
  1 
  with 
  

   apical 
  fascia 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

   tibife 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  scopa. 
  Length 
  

   jj 
  i 
  15 
  mm 
  rapida, 
  Sm. 
  (Natal.) 
  

  

  j 
  Clypeusmore 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  rich 
  orange- 
  

   red, 
  that 
  on 
  pleura 
  paler 
  ; 
  tergites 
  

   1-8 
  with 
  apical 
  fascifo 
  pale 
  fulvous, 
  

   posterior 
  tibise 
  with 
  bright 
  orange- 
  

   red 
  scopa, 
  and 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  white 
  

   pubescence 
  at 
  apex. 
  Length 
  13 
  mm. 
  torrida^^m. 
  (Sierra 
  Leone.) 
  

  

  A. 
  torrida 
  may 
  be 
  synonymous 
  with 
  A. 
  calens, 
  Lep., 
  from 
  

   Senegal. 
  The 
  type^specimen 
  agrees 
  very 
  well 
  with 
  Lepe- 
  

   letier's 
  excellent 
  description 
  of 
  A. 
  calens. 
  Specimens 
  labelled 
  

   as 
  " 
  A. 
  calens''^ 
  in 
  Smith's 
  collection 
  are 
  certainly 
  identical 
  

   with 
  his 
  own 
  A. 
  torrida. 
  

  

  Antliophora 
  bipartita, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  bipartita, 
  Sm., 
  y&v.JlavicoUis, 
  Gerst. 
  

   A7ithopkora 
  bipariita, 
  Sm., 
  var. 
  nigrodypeata, 
  Fr. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  A. 
  JlavicoUis, 
  

   Gerst., 
  are 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  ; 
  and 
  since 
  Smith's 
  

   species 
  has 
  priority 
  of 
  publication, 
  A.JlavicolUs 
  must 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  the 
  variety. 
  The 
  difference 
  is 
  exactly 
  similar 
  to 
  

   that 
  existing 
  between 
  A. 
  armata, 
  Fr., 
  and 
  the 
  var. 
  clitelli- 
  

  

  