HYMENOPTERA. 327 



and third segments have in the middle an abbreviated line of 

 pubescence which unites with the marginal fasciae; the apex 

 of the abdomen fuscous. 



This species bears a strong resemblance to the Saropodc bi- 

 maculata. 



Hab. Albania. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



36. ANTHOPHORA INTERMEDIA. B.M. 



Anthophora zonata, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, hi. 331. 737- 



(nee Fabr.). 

 Anthophora intermedia, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 64. 35. 



Hab. Morea; Algeria (Oran). 



37. ANTHOPHORA AFFINIS. B.M. 



Anthophora affinis, Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, hi. 330. 736. 

 St.Farg. Hym. ii. 61. 33. 

 Lucas, Expio. Sc. Alger. hi. 148. 15. 



Hab. Morea; Algeria (Oran). 



38. ANTHOPHORA RUFA. 



Anthophora rufa, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 48. 22 ? . 

 Hab. Dalmatia. 



39. ANTHOPHORA SICULA. 



Female. Length 6* lines. Black, clothed with pale fulvous 

 pubescence, the legs ferruginous, the scopa of a bright fulvous 

 above, beneath short, sparing and fuscous ; the apical joints of 

 the tarsi ferruginous, the calcaria black. Abdomen densely 

 pubescent, the cilia on the margins of the segments being 

 long and dense ; abdomen, beneath fusco-ferruginous, the mar- 

 gins of the segments ciliated with pale fulvous hairs. The 

 wings fusco-hyaline. 



Male. The pubescence on the head, thorax and abdomen 

 short, dense and fulvous, that on the cheeks, legs and abdomen 

 beneath black; the scape in front, clypeus and face on each side, 

 also the labrum and a spot at the base of the mandibles white ; 

 wings as in the other sex. 



Hab. Sicily. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



40. ANTHOPHORA PRUINOSA. 



Female. Length 6 lines. Black, the face, thorax above, two 



