52 Mr. Gr. Meade-Waldo on 



3 ? $,3 c^c?- 



Malay Peninsula: Singapore, 2 ? ? , 2 t? c? (^Ype ? ), 

 and Kukub, S.W. Joliore {ff. N. Ridley, KR.S.), 1 c? • 

 BOKNEO ; Sandakan, 2S. vii. 1893, 1 ? . 



Anthophora hamtscht, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; capite thoraceque viridi-pubescentibus, pilis nigris iuter- 

 mixtis, abdomiiie supra splendide viridi-pubesconti, i)ilis sparsis 

 et fulvis intermixtis ; terg. 5 fascia apicali fiilvo-pilosa ; pedibus 

 plerumque nigro-hirtis, sed coxis trochanteribusque albo -pilosis, 

 tarsis auticis tibiisque posticis supra fulvo-pilosis ; area post- 

 orbitali pleurisque pallide pilosis; mandibulis basi duabus 

 maculis, labro, clypeo apice lineaque longitudinali fiavis ; alls 

 subhyalinis. 



Long. 16 mm, 



? . Black ; head and thorax clothed with green pubes- 

 cence, with black hairs intermixed, abdomen above clothed 

 witii rich emerald-green pubescence, with fulvous hairs some- 

 what sparsely intermingled ; sternites ferruginous, with 

 sparse apical fascias of fulvo-ferruginous hair; tergite 5 with 

 an apical fascia of fulvo-ferruginous hair. Legs for the most 

 part black-haired, but coxaa and trochanters with white 

 pubescence, anterior tarsi and posterior tibiae above fulvous- 

 haired ; tiie area behind the eyes, the jowls, and pleura 

 clothed with whitish pubescence. Mandibles basally and 

 labrum witii two yellow spots, clypeus at apex and a narrow 

 longitudinal line at rigiit angles to apical line yellow. Wings 

 Bubh) aline. Mandibles and hypopygium impunctate, labrum 

 and clypeus (except the nitidulous yellow longitudinal line) 

 distinctly and evenly punctured; vertex, thorax, and abdo- 

 n.en covered with even fine punctures ; joint 3 of antennai 

 equal to joints 4, 5, 6. 



Length 16 mm. 



Peuak : Maxwell's Hill, 20th Aug., 1908 {Dr. R. Ilanitsch). 



This handsome species is dedicated to Dr. Ilanitsch, Curator 

 of the Singa])ore Museum, by whom it was collected and 

 presented. The only other Eastern rej)resentative of the 

 ^ genus with sinnlar green pubescence is A. ceruginosa, 8m., 

 from Australia, whicii may be immediately distinguished by 

 ils smaller size and the absence of fulvous pubescence on the 

 hind tibiae. Viewed from above the abdominal pubescence 

 has a fulvous tinge; viewed from behind it is emerald-green. 



