the Apida3 in the British Museum. 49 



black pubescence. Joint 3 of antennae short, hardly so long- 

 as -4 + 5. Wings clear hyaline. 

 Length 8 mm. 



15 c? c? . 



Northern Rhodesia : Mid-Luangwa Valley, viii. 1910 



{S. A. Neave). 



Strongly resembles A. pygmcea^hxxt has fulvous pubescence, 



Anthophora oldi^ sp. n. 



2 . Xigra ; clypeo apice, labro mandibulisque basi hiteis ; tegulis 

 ferrugineis ; capite, thorace abdoniinisque segmentis 1, 2 t'ulvo-, 

 sogmentis 3, 4 et 5 (laterals) pedibusque plerumque griseo- 

 hirtis ; segmentis 1-4 apice fasciatis ; alis liyalinis. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Black ; the apical margin of clypeus, labrum, and 

 mandibles at base yellow ; head (except beneath) and thorax 

 covered with a fulvous pubescence, paler on the face, denser 

 and darker on the thorax (on the mesonotura some black hairs 

 are intermixed), tergites 1 and 2 with a short, sparse, fulvous 

 clothing; the area behind the eyes, the head beneath, meso- 

 pleura below densely, tergites 3, 4 wholly, and 5 on the 

 sides sparsely clothed with griseous pubescence ; all the 

 tergites have distinct apical fascipe, that on tergite 1 fulvous, 

 the rest griseous, anal timbria dark chocolate-brown. 



Front legs pale with long hair at base of femora, middle 

 and posterior legs with a mixture of dense silvery-brown 

 Jiair on tibiae and tarsi. Teguhe ferruginous. Wings 

 hyaline. 



Length 12 mm. 



9 ? ?. 



Nyasaland : Blantyre {Dr. J. E. S. Old) (type) ; Valley 

 of Bukuru River, 3000 ft., vi. 1910 {8. A. Neave). (JoNGO 

 Free State: Katanga, Kambove, 4-5000 ft. [S. A. Neave), 

 N. Rhodesia: Broken Hill, ii. 1912 (F. V. Bruce-Miller). 



Anthophora rhodes'im, sp. n. 



2 . A. oldi affinis, sed clypeo flavo, duabus maculis subquadratis 

 basi, nigris ; tibiis iii. metatnrsisque iiigro-hirtis ; cajiite, thorace 

 supra, abdominis segment is 1-3 fulvo-, 4-5 grisoo-liirtis ; ano 

 fusco ; labro areaque postoculari infra albo-, mesopleuris pallida 

 flavo-hirtis ; pedibus 1 pallide-, 2 et 3 nigro-hirtis ; antennis 

 plerumque nigris, scapo, art. 3*'° tegulisque ferrugineis ; alis 

 hyalinis. 



Long. 12 mm. 



Ann. & Mug. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xiii. 4 



