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liind margins of segments wliitish hyaline; whole surface of 

 dorsal segnirnts rather tliinly covered with appressed pale 

 hair, not forming bands ; apex witli a patcli of black hair ; 

 apical plate verv long and narrow. 



Hub. Kotal Main!, S. Persia, Feb. 1906 {Frank Benton). 



A typical Micranthoplwra, looking- jii.-,t like the Californian 

 A. anstrutheri, Ckll., though differing in the face-markings 

 and many other details. It is also related to the Indian 

 A. Candida, Sm., hut the pubescence of the abdomen in that 

 species is much more dense, the face-markings are different, 

 and the fla^ellum is red beneath. 



Anthophora cincta (Fabricius). 

 Axim, Gold Coast, Africa (C. R. Metwel). 



Anthophora antimena, Saussure. 

 Mahanoro, Madagascar, May 5, 181)5 ( TF. L. Abbott). 



Anthophora acraensis (Fabricius). 

 Luebo, Congo {D. W. Snyder). 



Anthophora Jlavi'collis J Gerstaecker. 

 Axim, Gold Coast, Africa (C. R. Mengel). 



Anthophora leucorhi'na, sp. n. 



(J (type). — Length about 15 mm. 



lilack, including flagelluni and legs, except the reddish 

 apical joint of tarsi ; face-marks creamy white, including 

 clypeus, labrum (except large black spot at each basal corner^ 

 and black apical margin), elongate spot on base of mandibles, 

 narrow strij^e along each anterior orbit (beginning at about 

 level of antenna^ but not reaching lower corner of face), and 

 anterior surface of scape ; clypeus prominent, convex ; third 

 antennal joint about as long as next three combined ; face 

 and cheeks with long pure white hair, occiput with yellowish, 

 vertex and front with black hair, but some wdiite on each 

 side of antennse, and some long black hairs at sides of face ; 

 malar space well developed ; thorax with abundant long 

 hair, pale greyish-yellow above and on upper part of sides^ 



