48 Mr. a. Meade-Walilo on 



ochraceo-pubescentibus, mesonoto pilis nigris iutermixtis, abdo- 

 mine fasciis apicalibus pallidis, fimbria anali brunnea ; segmentis 

 siibtus albido ciliatis, pedibus plerumque griseo-hirtis, tibiis 

 metatarsisque posticis supra albo-, subtus nigro-villosis ; alls 

 hyalinis. 

 Long. 8| mm. 



? . Black ; clypeus (except for two small black maiks 

 near base), an elongate spot above it, labrum and mandibles 

 basally yellow ; mandibles at apex and tegulse ferruginous ; 

 liead and thorax covered with pale pubescence, that on 

 thorax tinged with ochraceous, and on scutellum and meta- 

 notum mixed with black haiis ; pubescence behind the eyes, 

 on the jowls and pleura, white ; tergites 1-3 with apical 

 fasciae o£ pale ochraceous pubescence, tergite 4 with a griseous 

 fascia, anal fimbria chocolate-brown. Front legs with short 

 pale pubescence, the tarsi with black hairs, middle and 

 posterior legs with silvery pubescence, pubescence below 

 black. Wings hyaline. 



Ijcngth 8^ mm. 



(J . kSimilar to the female, but with the usual sexual 

 differences, viz., scape beneath, cheeks, clypeus, labrum, a!ul 

 mandibles at base ivory-white. 



A long series of both sexes. 



North Rhodesia: Lower Luangwa River, ix. 1910 

 (type) ; Mid-Luangwa Valley ; Luwumbu Valley, Upper 

 Luangwa, 2500-3.')00 ft. ; Alamadzi River, vii.-ix. 19 LO 

 {S. A. Neave) ; 80 miles Avest of Kamba Gorge, 1900 

 {0. Silverluck). 



This small and sombrely coloured species is strongly 

 reminiscent of the Palaiarctic A. himacuktta, Panz. 



Anthopliora torrt'della, sp. n. 



cJ . Nigra ; scapo aiiticc, genis, clypeo, labro, mandibularum basi 

 albis; iiagcUo tegulisque ferrugineis; capite, thorace, abdominis- 

 que segmentis i-6 fasciis apioalibus fulvo-hirtis ; pedibus cxtus 

 ochracoo- iiitiis nigro-j)ubesceatibus ; ahs hj-alinis. 



Long. 8 mm. 



^ . Black ; scape beneath, cheeks, clyi)eus, labrum, and 

 n)andibles at base ivory-white ; flagellum and tegula9 ferru- 

 ginous; head and thorax covered with fulvous jmbescence, 

 paler on pleura and sternum ; tergites 1-6 with fulvous 

 apical fasciai of pubescence, tergite 1 with long fulvous hair 

 basally as well as apical lascia3; pygidium acute, striate, 

 fringed with fulvous hair. Legs uniformly clothed on 

 outside with pale ochiaceous pubescence, on the inside with 



