﻿the 
  Apidte 
  //* 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  401 
  

  

  The 
  specific 
  name 
  ^^ 
  /uJvi'cornis^^ 
  being 
  already 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  

   tliis 
  genus 
  for 
  a 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Moravvitz 
  (18c*5), 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  necessary 
  to 
  rename 
  Friese's 
  species. 
  

  

  T'elralonia 
  sheffteldt, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  2 
  . 
  Nigra, 
  f 
  ulvo-hirta 
  ; 
  labro 
  clypeo 
  capiteque 
  post 
  oeulos 
  pallide 
  

   hirsutis 
  ; 
  pleuris 
  segmento 
  mediauo 
  pedibusque 
  fusco 
  pubescenli- 
  

   bus 
  ; 
  mandibulis 
  (basi 
  excepto), 
  articulis 
  4-12 
  liagelli 
  infra, 
  

   tegulisque 
  ferrugineis 
  ; 
  alis 
  subhyalinis. 
  

   Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Blaci?, 
  almost 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  long 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  shorter 
  on 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  clypeus, 
  

   labrum, 
  and 
  t!ie 
  area 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  clothed 
  with 
  white 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  pleura, 
  sides 
  of 
  truncation 
  of 
  median 
  segment, 
  

   and 
  legs 
  clothed 
  with 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  pubescence. 
  Abdominal 
  

   sternites 
  bare, 
  with 
  sparse 
  apical 
  fascise 
  of 
  ferruginous 
  hair. 
  

   Mandibles 
  apically, 
  joints 
  4-12 
  of 
  flagellum, 
  and 
  tegula 
  

   ferruginous. 
  The 
  wliole 
  uniformly 
  covered 
  with 
  medium- 
  

   sized 
  punctures, 
  sternite 
  2 
  with 
  a 
  distinct. 
  transversely 
  striate 
  

   area 
  at 
  base, 
  the 
  area 
  being 
  marked 
  otF 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   segment 
  by 
  a 
  bilobed 
  suture. 
  Wings 
  subliyaline. 
  

  

  Ijength 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  ($ 
  . 
  Similar 
  to 
  $ 
  ; 
  antennai 
  short 
  for 
  a 
  <^ 
  , 
  barely 
  reaching 
  

   scutellum. 
  

  

  Nyasaland: 
  Mlanje, 
  iii.-vi. 
  (1913), 
  5 
  ? 
  ? 
  , 
  3 
  c? 
  c? 
  (type). 
  

   Uganda 
  Protectoeate 
  : 
  SemHki 
  Plains, 
  2,200 
  It., 
  2 
  ? 
  ? 
  ; 
  

   Eastern 
  Mbale 
  District, 
  3700-3900 
  ft., 
  1 
  (J. 
  Poktuguewe 
  

   East 
  Africa: 
  Valley 
  of 
  Kohi 
  River, 
  1 
  $ 
  (S. 
  A. 
  JS'^tavc). 
  

   S. 
  Rhodesia 
  : 
  The 
  Lonely 
  Mine 
  {Br. 
  Harold 
  Swale), 
  2 
  ? 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Var. 
  ? 
  . 
  ferrugineipes, 
  var. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Formse 
  typicae 
  similis, 
  sed 
  differt 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  posticis 
  ferrugineo- 
  

   pubescentibus. 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  tibise 
  and 
  tarsi 
  clothed 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  pubescence, 
  

  

  5 
  ? 
  ?. 
  

  

  Uganda: 
  Entebbe 
  (C. 
  C. 
  Gowdey) 
  (type). 
  N. 
  Rho- 
  

   desia: 
  Demba 
  (^Si/yer^ocA- 
  Coll.). 
  Brit. 
  E. 
  AFRICA 
  : 
  Mar- 
  

   sabit 
  {R. 
  J. 
  Stordy). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Harold 
  Swale, 
  who 
  has 
  recently 
  collected 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   the 
  typical 
  form 
  in 
  Northern 
  Rhodesia, 
  has 
  made 
  some 
  

   interesting 
  observations 
  on 
  their 
  habits. 
  He 
  writes 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  An 
  interesting 
  bee 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  I 
  send 
  now. 
  It 
  

  

  Ann. 
  (& 
  Mag. 
  K 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  8. 
  Vol 
  xiii, 
  28 
  

  

  