Descriptions and Records of Bees. 409 



Pelecorhynchus aurantiacus, Ricavdo. 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v. p. 103, pi. i. fig. 2 (1900). 



This species, also from Chile, is at once distinguished by 

 the dense orange-rufous pubescence on the body. 



All the types are in the British Museum collection, with 

 ihe exception of the Macquart types, which are in the 

 Natural History Museum, Paris. 



LTX. — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XXVI IT. 

 By T. D. A. COCKGRULL, University of Colorado. 



Anthophora darwini, sp. n. 



£ . — Length 10 or 11 mm. 



Black, the hair of head and thorax above mixed bluish 

 white and black, below white. Eyes very large ; facial 

 quadrangle much longer than broad; labrum (except a spot 

 at each basal corner and the linear apical margin), basal two- 

 thirds of mandibles, clypeus (except a larga foot-shaped 

 mark, with long heel, on each side above), space between 

 clypeus and eyes, a broad low triangular supraclypeal mark, 

 and scape in front, all yellow (reddened by cyanide in type) ; 

 flagellum ferruginous beneath. Maxillary palpi 6-jointed : 

 the second joint very large and robust, with a comb of 

 numerous short bristles on its anterior side, and a t'Q\v much 

 longer one3 (two near the middle and two apical), as well as 

 some minute ones, posteriorly; apical joint very slendei-j 

 with a pair of small apical bristles; length of joints in p. : 

 (2) about 595, (3) 270, (4) 185, (5) 85, (6) 100. Tongue 

 long, covered with flattened spatulate hairs, which are about 

 220 /j, long and 30 wide. Tegulae dark reddish ; wings dusky ; 

 legs with white hair on outer side, and black on inner, hair 

 of hind tarsi entirely black. Abdomen with five broad apical 

 bands, which are bright shining blue, reminding one of the 

 colour of some Lycrenid butterflies ; last ventral segment 

 shining, with a strong median keel. 



Much like A. walkeri, Ckll., but the colour of the abdominal 

 bands is quite different, without any tinge of green. The 

 spatulate hairs of the tongue are also found on A. pulchra, 

 Smith (specimen from F. Smith's collection), and doubtless 

 other allied specie?. They are found even in the American 



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