the Apiilii; in the British Miist'um. 4G3 



segment iinpiiiictiito, trimctitioii of luciliaii segment very 

 sparsely punctured, almost bare of pubescence. Abdomen 

 very finely punctured all over except the apical margins of 

 the tergiles, which are shining and impuuctate ; terminal 

 sttMiiito pointed, shining, impunctate, longitudinally sub- 

 carinate. Tegulte shining, piceous. Wings golden hyaline, 

 the nervures pule ; stigma of medium size ; third cubital cell 

 at least three times as long as second ; first r. n. joining 

 second cubital cell about the middle, second r, n. joining third 

 cubital cell at end of second third ; basal nervure feebly 

 arched. 



Length 17 mm. 



1 ?. 



SiKKiM: Lebong, 5000 t'r., ix. 100^) (//. .1/. Le/roy), ex. 

 Coll. Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, Bengal. 



The superficial resemblance between this species and 

 Anthophora [Ilabropoda) tainaulcola, Strand, is very striking ; 

 the type-locality of A. tainanicola is Formosa, but there are 

 specimens from Assam in the B.itish Museum which certainly 

 appear identical. Like the other Himalayan species ot' 

 MtUtta referred to above, the pubescence is much denser 

 tiian in the well-known species from the Western Paisearctic 

 region, e. g. J7. /uemorrhoidalis, leporina, &c. 



Melilta arrogans (Smith). 

 Andrena arroyans, Smith, Descr. New Spue. Hymen, p. 56 (1879). $. 



This species conies very near M. turneri (Brauns), but the 

 condition of Smith's type is too poor to say whether they are 

 identical. There is a co-type of M. turneri in the British 

 Museum. 



CoUetes negltcta (Smith). 



Andrena neglecta, Smith (nee Uours.), Uescr. New Spec. Hymen, p. 57 



(1879). $. 

 Andrena neyliyenda, D. T., nom. nov. ( 1'59<)). 



The single specimen in poor condition is evitlently a 

 CoUetes. it seems doubtful whether typical Andrena occurs 

 in the Ethiopian Region. 



Subfamily Panurgix.e. 



llilOlMllTlJLUS, Ducke. 

 Jihiiphitulns, Ducke, Zeitschr. Ilym. Dipt. vii. p. 3GU (1907). 



Dueke (^Zool. Jahrb. p. t:<t>, li)12) suggests that tiiis genus 



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