﻿the 
  Aj)ida} 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  57 
  

  

  mediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  legs 
  richly 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense 
  fulvous- 
  

   red 
  scopa. 
  

  

  Total 
  length 
  15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  fore 
  wing 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  alhigena, 
  Lep., 
  subsp./a/Zo.t', 
  Sm. 
  

  

  AntJiophora 
  fallax^ 
  Sm. 
  New 
  Spec. 
  Hymen. 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  p. 
  120 
  (187SJ). 
  

  

  (S 
  $ 
  . 
  (Sierra 
  Leone,) 
  

   Anthophora 
  lucknoviensis, 
  Had. 
  AViadom. 
  z 
  nauk 
  Przyrodz. 
  Warszowa, 
  

  

  ii. 
  p. 
  76 
  (1882). 
  J- 
  (Lucknow.) 
  

  

  Smith's 
  A.fallax 
  is 
  evidently 
  a 
  subspecies 
  of 
  the 
  widely 
  

   spread 
  A. 
  nlhigeiia, 
  Lep., 
  and 
  specitnens 
  from 
  N. 
  Bengal, 
  

   Bombay, 
  and 
  Ceylon 
  stand 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  series, 
  

   placed 
  there 
  by 
  Smith 
  himself. 
  

  

  A. 
  oU'igaia, 
  subsp. 
  quadi'ata, 
  Ckll.^ 
  recently 
  described 
  

   from 
  Nasik, 
  Bombay 
  Presidency 
  (Cumber 
  Coll.), 
  is 
  also 
  this 
  

   subspecies. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  alhigena, 
  Lep., 
  var. 
  pyramidalis, 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  The 
  Podahrias 
  pyrantidalis 
  described 
  by 
  Kirby 
  from 
  

   Socotra 
  (Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Liverp. 
  Mus. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  24, 
  1900) 
  was 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  by 
  Kohl 
  to 
  be 
  co-specific 
  with 
  A. 
  ulhigena^ 
  Lep., 
  a 
  

   widely 
  distributed 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Palsearctic 
  region 
  ; 
  

   but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  he 
  recognizes 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  

   a 
  variety, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  Kirby's 
  name 
  would 
  stand 
  {' 
  Hymeno- 
  

   ptereii 
  Siidarabiens,' 
  p. 
  4, 
  lOOo). 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  between 
  cj-types 
  of 
  Kirby's 
  insect 
  and 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  typical 
  A. 
  albigena 
  from 
  Algeria 
  shows 
  the 
  

   following 
  differences 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  albigena, 
  Lep. 
  — 
  Scape 
  beneath 
  bare; 
  cheeks 
  white; 
  hair 
  

   on 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  white. 
  

  

  A. 
  albigena, 
  Lep., 
  var. 
  pgramidalis, 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kirby. 
  — 
  Scape 
  

   beneath 
  clothed 
  with 
  short, 
  dense, 
  white 
  pubescence; 
  cheeks 
  

   Hack 
  ; 
  hair 
  on 
  posterior 
  tibias 
  fulvous. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  himahiyensis, 
  Rad. 
  

  

  Anthophora 
  himalayensis, 
  Had. 
  Wiadom. 
  z 
  nauk. 
  Przyrodz. 
  Warszowa, 
  

  

  ii. 
  p. 
  75 
  (1882). 
  

   Anthophora 
  r>roserpina, 
  Grib. 
  Bull 
  Soc. 
  Eut. 
  Ital. 
  xxv. 
  p. 
  286 
  (1893). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  compared 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  A. 
  proserpina, 
  taken 
  by 
  

   myself 
  at 
  the 
  type-locality 
  (Malacca) 
  in 
  1908; 
  it 
  agrees 
  

   perfectly 
  with 
  Gribodo's 
  description. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  certainly 
  

   synonymous 
  with 
  A. 
  himalageusis, 
  Rad,, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  possesses 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  from 
  Middle 
  Tenas- 
  

   serim 
  and 
  Sikkim 
  (Bingham 
  Coll.), 
  

  

  