204 hymenoptera. 



28. Anthidium ferrugineum. 



Apis ferruginea, Oliv. Ency. Meth. iv. 74, 75 ? . 

 Anthidium ferrugineum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 367. 11 • 



Latr. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. xiii. 224. 15. 



Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 521. 67. 



Hab. Spain; Arabia. 



29. Anthidium Dufourii. 



Anthidium Dufourii, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 380. 26. 

 Hab. Spain. 



30. Anthidium coronatum. 



Female. Length 4 hues. — Black, the clypeus, inner orbits of 

 the eyes nearly reaching their vertex, a spot in front of the 

 anterior stemma, the mandibles and outer orbits of the eyes 

 yellow, the latter broadly so towards the vertex ; the three basal 

 joints of the flagellum and apex of the scape ferruginous. Thorax, 

 the margin of the scutellum, the tegulse, a line in front, the 

 collar, sometimes interrupted, the tubercles and a spot beneath 

 them yellow ; the disk sometimes encircled with yellow ; the 

 legs yellow ; the coxae, trochanters and base of the femora beneath 

 fusco-ferruginous, the two former have their tips feiTuginous. 

 Abdomen, a transverse yellow band at the basal margin of each 

 segment, the first interrupted and acuminate, the second very 

 slightly interrupted, the three following slightly emarginate on 

 their inferior margin, the sixth segment entirely yellow ; beneath 

 densely clothed with golden-yellow pubescence. 



Hab. Albania. (In the Coll. of W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



31. Anthidium cimbiciforme. B.M. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Head yellow, the anterior margin 

 of the clypeus crenulated, the crenulation, labrum and teeth of 

 the mandibles black, the latter has its margins stained with fer- 

 ruginous ; the front has an oblong black patch extending from 

 the base of the clypeus a little beyond the posterior stemmata, 

 in front of the anterior stemma is a small circular spot and a tri- 

 angular one above the clypeus yellow ; the black patch gradually 

 narrows from the insertion of the antennaj to the stemmata, 

 where it again becomes wider, enclosing them ; antennae ferru- 

 ginous, darkest towards their apex, the scape yellow. Thorax 

 yellow, having a broad black line down the centre, extending to 

 the scutellum, from which on each side a narrower line passes 

 forwards, terminating opposite the tegulse, which ai-e also yellow 



