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are not specially broadened or modified (their spurs are ferru- 

 ginous and very long), and their inner side, instead of being 

 bare and smooth, is densely covered witli brownish hair. 

 Other salient characters are: — Labrum with a ferruginous 

 spot on each side at base ; greater part of mandibles pale 

 yellowish or cream-colour ; tegulse pale rufo-testaceous; hair 

 on outer side of middle and hind tibiae yellowish white (not 

 bright ferruginous), some black hair near base of tibise; hair 

 on inner side of hind basitarsi dark chocolate ; wings brownish ; 

 nervures dark fuscous (not testaceous) ; iiind margins of 

 abdominal segments broadly pallid ; fifth segment with a pale 

 reddish fringe. 



Simla, 7000 ft., Oct. 1907 {H. M. L.), Fletcher, 2 = type. 

 Mussoorie, 7000 ft., Aug. 1906, also Fletcher, 2. 



Dedicated to the memory of Sir Joseph Hooker. 



AnthopJwra niveoclucta, Smitli. 



Tarn, Pesliawar Dist., N.W. India, Oct. 17-21, 1911: 

 {Fletcher, 1). 



Authophora cyaneotincta, sp. n. 



? . — Length about 11*5 mm. 



Superficially exactly like A. alhigena, Lep., except that the 

 second to fourth abdominal bands are very delicately tinted 

 with blue, though not at all shining. It also differs as 

 follows : — Labrum distinctly larger and more quadrate ; 

 black clypeal patches not so large, leaving a dagger-shaped 

 vertical light mark and broad-tru\iigular lateral light areas 

 (the lateral and supraclypeal marks do not differ, and the 

 scape is entirely black) ; fifth abdominal segment entirely 

 black-haired, except for the long white hair at extreme sides; 

 outer side of hind basitarsi with hair all black. The face- 

 markings are creamy white. 



In Friese's table of Palfearctic species it runs to A. alhi- 

 geua, but in the labrum approaches A. magnilahris, Fedt. 



Abbottabad, Iiulia, June 10, 1916 {Fletcher^ 40). 



Xylocopa phanerocephala, sp. n. 



(J. — Length about 17*5 mm., width of abdomen 7*8 mm. 



Tegument pure black, but lace below level of anteuiise 

 bright lemon-yelluw ; labrum black, strongly punctured, with 

 a smooth median band ; scape long, black ; flagellum, except 

 first j(;int, obscurely brownish beneath ; eyes large, but inner 

 orbits [jarallel ; cheeks and occiput with pale hair, front with 



