120 APIDJE. 



hyaliiio, tho ncrvuros black ; tho tarsi ferruginous ; the apical 

 luargins of Ibo segments oithe abdomen broadly rufo-tcstaceous. 



lUih. (Juatemala. 



ANTHOPHORA, Latr. 



1. Anthophora vivida. 



Male. Lengtb 6 lines. — Black ; the abdomen with four blue pu- 

 bescent fascije. Head with, a mixture of blue and black pubescence 

 above, that on the cheeks white; the mandibles and labrum, tho 

 anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly, a central line, not extend- 

 ing to the base, a narrow abbreviated line on each side, a minute 

 central line above it, and a spot on the scape in front, yellow ; two 

 black spots at the base of the labrum. The mesothorax with a 

 mixture of blue and black pubescence ; on the metathorax it is 

 entirely black ; the legs with black pubescence, the anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi with blue pubescence above : wings fusco-hyaline, the 

 nervures black. Abdomen with a little black pubescence at the 

 base ; the second and three following segments with pale blue 

 pubescent fasciae on their apical margins ; beneath black, 



Eab. Sierra Leone. 



2. Anthophora torrida. 



Female. Length 5| lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the head and 

 thorax above fulvous ; the abdomen with pale pubescent marginal 

 fascia?. The labrum, mandibles, the anterior and lateral margins 

 of the clypeus narrowly, a central longitudinal line, and also a 

 line above the clypeus, yellowish-white ; the antennae fulvous in 

 front ; the tips of the mandibles black ; the cheeks with white pu- 

 bescence. The sides of the thorax, and also beneath, much paler 

 than above ; the anterior legs with pale pubescence, that on the 

 intermediate and posterior tibite fulvous, and that on their tarsi J 

 black ; the posterior tibiae with a tuft of white at their apex above j 

 wings subhyaline, their nervures black, the teguloe rufo-testaceousJ 

 The fascia on the basal segment fulvous, that on the two following 

 paler, and the fourth white ; the fourth and fifth segments spa- 

 ringly clothed with thin short white pubescence, that at the apei 

 fuscous. 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



3. Anthophora fallax. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black ; the head and thorax above wit! 

 ochraceous pubescence tipped with black, that on the face, checksJ 

 and on tho thorax beneath whitish. The clypeus with the lateral 



