﻿On 
  the 
  Apidce 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  399 
  

  

  But 
  to 
  multiply 
  further 
  instances 
  is 
  to 
  labour 
  tlie 
  point 
  

   unnecessarily. 
  

  

  Our 
  criticisms 
  may 
  seem 
  unduly 
  fault-finding, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   in 
  our 
  opinion 
  most 
  unfortunate 
  tliat 
  such 
  a 
  group 
  as 
  the 
  

   Primates 
  should 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  treatment 
  so 
  inadequate 
  and 
  

   slipshod 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  admirable 
  works 
  produced 
  on 
  

   the 
  Chiroptera 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Mammals 
  of 
  Western 
  Europe 
  by 
  

   Messrs. 
  Knud 
  Andersen 
  and 
  Miller. 
  

  

  XLV. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Apidpe 
  {TJymenoptera) 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Species. 
  

   By 
  Geoffrey 
  Meade- 
  Waldo, 
  M.A. 
  

  

  (Published 
  by 
  permission 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.) 
  

  

  IV. 
  Subfamily 
  Antrofhominj!:. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  subfamily 
  only 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  described, 
  both 
  

   from 
  Tropical 
  Africa. 
  A 
  new 
  genus 
  of 
  the 
  subfamily 
  Proso- 
  

   pidinse 
  is 
  here 
  described, 
  and 
  proves 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  exceptional 
  

   interest. 
  

  

  All 
  types 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  EuCERA, 
  Scop. 
  

  

  Eucera 
  polllnosa, 
  F. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Eucera 
  jyollinosa, 
  Smith, 
  Calal. 
  Hymen. 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  294 
  (1854). 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Eucera 
  chrysopyga, 
  P^rez, 
  Actes 
  8oc. 
  Linn. 
  Bordeaux, 
  xxxiii. 
  p. 
  157 
  

  

  (1879). 
  $ 
  6. 
  

   Eucera 
  favosa, 
  Mocq. 
  Term^s. 
  Fiizetek, 
  iii. 
  p, 
  240 
  (1879). 
  5 
  (5". 
  

  

  Both 
  Dalla 
  Torre 
  and 
  Friese 
  give 
  Smith's 
  species 
  as 
  

   synonymous 
  with 
  E. 
  cinerea, 
  Lep. 
  It 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  this 
  

   species. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  topotype 
  of 
  E. 
  poUinosa 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  bearing 
  the 
  label 
  " 
  E. 
  chryso- 
  

   fyga^ 
  P^rez, 
  det. 
  Friese," 
  and 
  this 
  identification 
  is 
  doubtless 
  

   correct. 
  

  

  Eucera 
  mgrilahris 
  , 
  Lep. 
  (Perez). 
  

  

  Eucera 
  nigrilabris, 
  Lep. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Insect. 
  Hymen, 
  ii. 
  p. 
  116 
  (1841). 
  c? 
  • 
  

  

  Eucera 
  numida, 
  Lep. 
  ibid. 
  p. 
  117. 
  5 
  • 
  

  

  Eucera 
  terminalis, 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Descr. 
  New 
  Spec. 
  Hymen, 
  p. 
  109 
  (1879). 
  

  

  Perez 
  redescribes 
  both 
  Lepeletier's 
  species 
  (Actes 
  See. 
  

  

  