﻿56 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  

  

  Antliophora 
  cincta, 
  F. 
  

  

  The 
  locality 
  (Malabar) 
  given 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  Fabriciu^ 
  

   in 
  liis 
  original 
  description 
  (Spec. 
  Insect, 
  i. 
  p. 
  473, 
  1781) 
  is 
  

   certainly 
  incorrect, 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  without 
  doubt 
  Ethiopian, 
  

   as 
  noticed 
  by 
  Smith 
  (Descr. 
  New 
  Spec. 
  Hymen, 
  p. 
  124, 
  

   1879). 
  Fabricius 
  himself 
  was 
  doubtful 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  date 
  (Syst. 
  

   Piez. 
  p. 
  330, 
  1804), 
  for 
  he 
  queries 
  the 
  locality. 
  

  

  The 
  Anthophora 
  cincta 
  described 
  by 
  Dours 
  (Monogr. 
  Icon., 
  

   Anthophora, 
  p. 
  58) 
  is 
  an 
  Australian 
  species 
  synonymous 
  with 
  

   A. 
  cingulata, 
  F., 
  q. 
  v. 
  

  

  Friese 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  A. 
  cincta^ 
  F., 
  from 
  Africa, 
  but 
  Vachal 
  

   records 
  it 
  from 
  several 
  West-African 
  localities. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  typical 
  series 
  from 
  the 
  

   Uganda 
  Protectorate: 
  west 
  shore 
  of 
  Victoria 
  Nyanza, 
  

   Buddu 
  (3700 
  ft.), 
  Sept. 
  1911 
  {S. 
  A. 
  Neave) 
  ; 
  Entebbe, 
  

   May 
  1912 
  (C. 
  C. 
  Gowdey). 
  SlERRA 
  LeONE 
  : 
  Free 
  Town, 
  

   Sept. 
  1899 
  {E. 
  E. 
  Austen). 
  Northern 
  Nigeria: 
  Dec. 
  

   1912 
  {J. 
  J. 
  Simpson). 
  

  

  Tiie 
  following 
  description 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  

   Banks 
  Collection 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Black; 
  mandibles 
  (except 
  extreme 
  apex), 
  labium, 
  and 
  

   a 
  thin 
  X-shaped 
  majk 
  on 
  clypeus 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  Head, 
  

   thorax, 
  and 
  pleura 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  green 
  

   pubescence, 
  intermixed 
  with 
  a 
  i^vf 
  black 
  iiairs 
  ; 
  pu])escence 
  

   behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  below 
  whitish. 
  All 
  the 
  tergites 
  with 
  apical 
  

   metallic-green 
  fascise, 
  those 
  on 
  tergites 
  3-5 
  widening 
  medially. 
  

   Legs: 
  anterior 
  pair 
  covered 
  with 
  green 
  pubescence, 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  tibise 
  and 
  tarsi 
  green 
  above, 
  black 
  beneath 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

   legs 
  black, 
  the 
  tibige 
  ferruginous 
  above. 
  Antennai 
  black, 
  

   flagellum 
  ferruginous 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  vivida, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Friese 
  (' 
  Die 
  Bienen 
  Afrikas,' 
  p. 
  264) 
  wrongly 
  gives 
  the 
  

   first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  blue 
  fascia; 
  the 
  tirst 
  

   segment 
  is 
  entirely 
  black. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  tnodesta, 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Dalla 
  Torre 
  (Catal. 
  Hymen, 
  x. 
  p. 
  277) 
  gives 
  this 
  species 
  

   as 
  American. 
  The 
  type, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  is 
  

   from 
  St. 
  Vincent, 
  Cape 
  Verde 
  Islands. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  with 
  no 
  more 
  explicit 
  data 
  than 
  " 
  West 
  Africa." 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  most 
  striking 
  insect 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  fascia 
  of 
  

   white 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  tergite, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  inter- 
  

  

  