S4 Arii).E. 



vollow. The clypous, the face on each siflo of it, and tho man- 

 (libli's, yoUow ; the lips of the latter ferrufjjiuous ; a minute spot on 

 tho posterior marjinn of tho vortex above the eyes yellow. Thorax 

 with a minute aiiixuhited white spot henealh tlie winji^s, and a 

 yellow one on the tegulio in front ; the apical joints of tho tarsi 

 ferruginous ; the tarsi with white pubescence above and fulvous 

 beneath ; wings suhhyaline, the anterior pair dark fuscous on tho 

 fore margin and at the apex of the wings. Abdomen witli the lir.st 

 to fifth si'gments each with an oblong transverse yellow lateral 

 macula; sliiniiig, with the two basal segments finely punctured ; 

 clothed beneath with white pubescence, 



Uah. [Sierra Leone. 



2. Anthidium lanificum. 



Female. Length 4 lines.— Black ; the head and thorax closely punc- 

 tured ; abdomen smooth, shining, and punctured only at the basal 

 margins of the segments. A triangular spot on the clypeus, a 

 similar spot on each side of it on the face, the mandibles, and an ab- 

 breviated line on the posterior margin of the vertex above the eyes, 

 yellow ; the flagellum beneath, except two or three of the basal 

 joints, fulvous ; the margins of the mandibles and their apex black. 

 The tubercles and the lateral margins of the scutellum yellow ; the 

 anterior femora and tibiae in front rufb-testaceous ; the tarsi, and 

 the apical joints of the intermediate and posterior pairs, pale testa- 

 ceous, all being densely covered with pale pubescence ; the legs 

 shining and punctured ; wings dark fuscous. The second segment 

 of tlie abdomen with a minute lateral spot at the basal margin ; the 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments with an oblong transverse lateral 

 macula, yellow ; clothed beneath with pale fulvous pubescence. 



Hah. Old Calabar. 



3. Anthidium apicatum. 



Female. Length SI lines. — Black, punctured, with the head and 

 thorax immaculate, abdomen spotted with yellow. The head and 

 thorax closely and strongly punctured ; the sides of the face, below 

 the insertion of the antennse, with pale pubescence ; the tarsi with 

 pale fulvous pubescence above, and bright fulvous beneath ; the 

 scutellum produced over the metathorax ; wings suhhyaline, their 

 apical margins clouded. Abdomen with the first to fourth seg- 

 ments with a small ovate spot at their extreme lateral margins ; 

 the fourth segment has an additional spot within the extreme 

 lateral one ; the fifth and sixth segments entirely pale yellow ; 

 beneath densely clothed with pale fulvous pubescence. 



Hah. Natal. 



