the Apidaj in the British Museum. 57 



mediate and posterior legs ricliiy clothed with dense fulvous- 

 rcd scopa. 



Total length 15 mm. ; length of fore wing 11 mm. 



AntJiophora albigena, L'^p., subsp./a//<:/.i', Sm. 



Anthophova falla:i\ Sm. New Spec. Hymen. Brit. Mus. p. 120 (lS7t)). 



6 2- (Sierra Leone.) 

 Antlwphora luckyioviensis, Rad. "NViadom. z nauk Przvrodz. "SVarszo-wa, 



ii. p. 76 (1882). S- (Luckuow.) 



Smith's A.faUax is evidently a subspecies of the widely 

 spread A. nlhigena, Lep., and specimens from N. 13engal, 

 Bombay, and Ceylon stand in the British Museum series, 

 placed there by Smith himself. 



A. nlhigaia, subs|i. quadrata, Ckll., recently described 

 from Nasik, Bombay Presidency (Comber Coll.), is also this 

 subspecies. 



Anthophora alhigena, Lep.^ var. pyramidalis^ W. F. Kirby. 



The Podaliriiis pyramidalis described by Kirby irom 

 Socotra (Bull. Soc. Liverp. Mus. iii. p. 24, 1900) was con- 

 sidered by Kohl to be co-specific with A. alhigena^ Lep., a 

 widely distributed species in the South Palaarctic region ; 

 but at the same time he recognizes that it may be considered 

 a variety, in which case Kirby's name would stand (' Hymeno- 

 pteren Siidarabiens,' p. 4, lUOo). 



A comparison between cj-types of Kirby's insect and 

 specimens of typical A. albigena from Algeria shows the 

 following differences : — 



A. albigena, Lep. — Scape beneath bare; cheeks white; hair 

 on posterior tibioe white. 



A. albigena, I-.e])., var. pyrainidalis, W. F. Kirby. — Scape 

 bi neath clothed with shorty dense, white })ubescence ; cheeks 

 Hack ; hair on posterior libiai fulvous. 



Afifho/ihora hiinal<iye?isis, K.id. 



Anthophora himalayensis, Rad. Wiadom, z nauk. Przvrodz. Warszowa, 



ii. p. 75 (1882). 

 Anthophora proserpina, Grib. Bull Soc. Ent. Ital. .xxv. p. 286 (1893). 



I have com[)ared a specimen of A. proserpina, taken by 

 myself at the type-locality (Malacca) in l'J08; it agrees 

 perfectly with Gribodo's description. The species is certainly 

 synonymous with A. himalayensis, Rad., of which the 

 British Museum possesses a good scries from Middle Tenas- 

 seriin and Sikkim (Bingliani Coll.). 



