the Apid^ in the British Museum. 53- 



Anthophora pseudohomboides, sp. n. 



2 . Variegata ; antennls, capite, thorace, terg. 1-3 nigris ; man- 

 dibulis, terg. 4-6, sterno omniuo, pedibusque ferrugiueis ; labio 

 maculaque clj'peali triangulari pallide flavis ; vertice thoraceque 

 nigro-, segmento mediano ocbraceo-, genis pleurisque albo-hirtis ; 

 terg. 1, 2 (lateribus exceptis), 4-6 fulvo-, terg. 2 (lateribus) et 3 

 uigro-pubeecentibus ; pedibus nigro-hirtis, tibiis posticis apice 

 peuicillis ochraceis ; alls pallide fuscis. 



LoDg. 15 mm. 



? . A variegated species ; the antennpe, liead, tliorax, and 

 tergites 1-3 black ; the mandibles, tergites A.-6, the sternum 

 altogether, and the legs ferruginous. Pubescence as 

 follows : — that on the vertex and thorax black, with a 

 brownish tinge ; on the median segment canary -yellow ; on 

 the jowls and pleura white ; tergites 1, 2 (with exception of 

 sides), and 4-6 fulvous, tergite 2 laterally and 3 black ; legs 

 black-haired, the posterior tibiae apically with ochraceous 

 tufts. Wings faintly fuscous. Mandibles finely punctured, 

 the whole insect otherwise almost impunctate; joint 3 of 

 antennse about equal to joints 4 and 5. 



Assam (TT; F. Badghy), 1 ? . 



A most distinct species, the canary-yellow pubescence on 

 the median segment and the ferruginous and black abdomen 

 giving a very Bombiform appearance to the species. 



Anthophora sicula. Smith, ^ (nee $ ). 



Two species are represented by the sexes of A. sicula, 

 Smith. The name will stand for the male. The specimen 

 labelled and described as A. sicula, ? (the label, in Smithes 

 handwriting, appears as "^. sicilia^^), is A. acervoruvi, var. 

 pejinata, Lep. A ? specimen from the Edward Saunders 

 Collection, originally from the Smith Collection, bears 

 Dr. Friese's determination " A. acervorum, var." The true 

 A. sicula lacks the dilated tutt of hair on the intermediate 

 tarsi and the long ciliae on the other joints, so conspicuous in 

 males of A. acervorum. 



Anthophora [Amegilhi) viUosula, SmitI 



Anthophora villosula, Smith, Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 338 



(1854). J. . , 



Anthophora Jlorea, Smith, Descr. New Spec. Hymen, p. 123 (1879). $ . 

 Anthophora pinyshiangennis, Strand, Arcliiv fiir Naturs'. Abt. A, 



Heft 3, pp. 105-107 (1913). d". 



There can be no doubt that A. jlorea^ Sm., is the female of 



