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of the zonata group. It is about or slightly over 10 mm. long, the 

 abdominal bands shining lilac-blue or purple, the hair on outer side 

 of hind tibiae wholly creamy white. The face markings are pale 

 yellow, and the third antennal joint has a conspicuous ferruginous 

 spot. 



ANTHOPHORA ZONATA BURUENSIS, new subspecies. 



Female. — Length about 13 mm.; like zonata, but abdominal bands 

 entirely purple, as in A. zonata whitelieadi; face-markings whitish; 

 scape with a pale stripe; fourth and fifth antennal joints ferruginous 

 beneath; hair of thorax above pale fulvous; tegulae ferruginous; hair 

 on outer side of hind tibiae and basal two-thirds of basitarsi clear 

 orange-ferruginous (in the manner A. zonata tematensis), the tibia 

 with a whitish apical brush. 



Habitat. — Buru (Moluccas), one female (V. Martens). Berlin 

 Museum. 



ANTHOPHORA CONFUSA Smith. 



Two from the Berlin Museum, one labeled "Himalaya, Hoffm.," 

 the other without locality. The colors of this insect are like those 

 of the African A. niveata Friese, but the white abdominal bands are 

 narrower than in niveata. 



ANTHOPHORA E VERSA, new species. 



Female. — Length 14 mm., anterior wing 9| ; black, with pale creamy 

 or dull white hair, that on the head and thorax above mixed with 

 black; tegument of face wholly black; labrum subquadrate, black, 

 very coarsely rugose, with a smooth brownish spot near each upper 

 corner; mandibles black; malar space exceedingly small, but not 

 entirely obsolete; eyes pale red; head broad; face with greyish hair; 

 clypeus shining, prominent, convex, with distinct rather sparse 

 punctures and a median smooth line; disk of mesothorax shining, 

 with scattered small punctures; tegulae ferruginous, fuscous at base; 

 wings dusky, b. n. meeting t. m. a little on the basad side; legs black, 

 with white hair, that on inner side of tibiae, and especially tarsi, 

 ferruginous; small joints of tarsi clear red; spurs clear orange ferru- 

 ginous; abdomen cordiform, black, the first segment covered with 

 creamy-white hair, the following three with black hair, and broad 

 apical white hair bands, but the disk of the fourth segment with 

 largely pale hair in the middle; fifth segment with pale hair, but the 

 median apical brush dark fuscous; apical plate very narrow; last 

 ventral segment projecting; ventral hair white, with a slight creamy 

 tinge; antennae black, third joint longer than the three following 

 united. 



Habitat. — Lantschou, China (W. Filchner). Berlin Museum. 



Differs from A.jinitima Morawitz by the clear red spurs, the apical 

 brush on the hind basitarsus pale reddish instead of black, and the 



