Descriptions and Records of Bees. 323 



with a distinct central longitudinal carinate line; lateral 

 areas of the abdomen above macularly black ; face mode- 

 rately compressed, medially centrally longitudinally cariuate, 

 the lateral areas finely transversely striate; posterior tibise 

 with a strong spine at about one-third from apex. 



Var. — With the legs bronzy oehraceous. 



Long., excl. tegm., 6 mm. ; exp. tegrn. 19 mm. 



Hub. Tanganyika (Brit. Mus.). Transvaal ; Water val- 

 Onder (Ross, Coll. Dist.). 



Locris subrnaryinata, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black ; 

 coxal spots and apices of femora sanguineous ; abdomen 

 above sanguineous, the lateral margins and apex black ; 

 tegmina testaceous red, a curved fascia before apical area, 

 some large spots in the cells of apical area, and the 

 apical margin, which is strongly subdentately produced 

 inwardly, black ; wings very pale fuliginous, subhyaline, 

 basal area piceous, extreme base sanguineous ; pronotum 

 punctate, not rugose ; face compressed, strongly centrally 

 longitudinally carinate ; posterior tibise with a strong spine 

 at about one-third from apex; tegmina densely finely punc- 

 tate, the veins on apical area moderately prominent. 



Long., excl. tegrn., 8 mm. ; exp. tegm. 22 mm. 



I lab. N.W. Rhodesia; Lualaba R. (Neave, Brit. Mus.). 



XXXVI. — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XX. 

 By T. 1). A. CocKEiiELL, University of Colorado. 



Anthophora melfordi, sp. n. 



Represented by the head, thorax, and first abdominal 

 segment, with tlie mouth-parts extended and the wings well 

 preserved. Black ; wings dusky hyaline, with black or very 

 dark brown nervures. Bead almost 4 mm. long, and the same 

 in width; thorax about 5 mm. long and broad; anterior wing 

 just over 8 mm. long; extended mouth-parts about 4^ mm. 

 Legs robust, hairy; claws deeply cleft, the outer tooth much 

 longer than the inner ; anterior basitarsus with a lateral fringe 

 of long hair, of which the first hairs arc longest and the others 

 successively shorter ; middle tibial spur stout, very finely and 

 minutely pectinate, like the hind spur of Centris (from the 



