54 Mw G. Meade-Waldo on 



liis A. viUvsala described some years previously. Both 

 specimens come from the same locality (Shanghai). A good 

 description of the female of ^1. villosula is given by Friese 

 (' Die Bienen Europas/ iii. p. 95). Male co-types of A. fing- 

 tthianqeiisis, Strand, from Pingshiang, S. China, are typical 

 A. villosula. 



The following three African species, all rather similar in 

 appearance and belonging to the A. quadn'fasciata group, 

 differ as below : — 



Head and thorax black, witli pale or ' 



fulvous pubesceuce ; abdomen with 

 pale apical fascife of pubescence. 



f lergiles 4 and 5 covered with a sparse 



! but distinct white pubescence .... 2* 

 , J Tergites 4 and 5 covered with a sparse 



'j but distinct black pubescence ; poa- 



I terior tibia; with a pale scopa. [Stn. (Sierra Leone.) 



t_ Length 11 mm alhigena, Lep., suljsp./G//«.r, 



f Clypeus coarsely punctured ; pubes^ 

 cence on head and thorax above 

 ochnceous mixed with black, that 

 on pleura whitish ; tergite 1 with 

 apicid fascia pale fulvous ; posterior 

 tibiee with a whitish scopa. Length 

 „ J 1.5 nnn rapida, Sm. (Natal.) 



) Clypeus more finely punctured; pubes- 

 cence on head and thorax rich orange^ 

 red, tliat on pleura paler ; tergites 

 1-3 with apical fa.sciie pale fulvous, 

 posterior tibiee with bright orange- 

 red scopa, and a tuft of wliite 



L pubescence at apex. Length 13 mm. <wnV/«, Sm. (Sierra Leone.) 



A. torrida may be synon^Muous with A. calens, Lep., from 

 Senegal. The type-specimen agrees Very well with Lepe- 

 letier s excellent description of A. calens. Specimens labelled 

 as " A. calens'''' in Smith's collection are certainly identical 

 with his own A, torrhli. 



AnOiophora hipartitat Smith. 



Avihophnrd fii'parfifd, Sm., vav.Jhicicol/ts, Gerst. 

 Anthophora hip(trtita, Sm., var, nvjrofhjpeuta^ Fr. 



It seems highly probable that this species and A, Jlavicollis^ 

 Gerst,, are varieties of the same .ipecies ; and since Smith's 

 Hpecies has priority of jxiblication, A.Jlavicollis must be con- 

 Bidcrcd the variety. 'J'he difference is exactly similar to 

 liiat existing between A, annata, Fr., and the var. cliiellu 



