338 HYMENOPTERA. 



95. ANTHOPHORA BICINCTA. B.M. 



Apis bicincta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 338. 101. 

 Centris bicincta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 358. 16= 

 Anthophora bicincta, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 34. 9. 



Hob. India. 



96. ANTHOPHORA VIOLACEA. B.M. 

 Anthophora violacea, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 80. 47. 



Hob. India. 



97. ANTHOPHORA VILLOSULA. B.M. 



Male. Length 6 lines. Black, densely covered with hoary 

 pubescence, the tips of the hairs on the vertex and thorax fus- 

 cous ; the scape in front, the clypeus, labrum and mandibles 

 yellow ; on each side at the base of the clypeus a large rounded 

 black spot, a similar fuscous spot on each side at the base of the 

 labrum, the apical half of the mandibles ferruginous. Thorax, 

 the wings subhyaline, the tegulse and nervures rufo-piceous ; the 

 intermediate legs elongate, the basal joint of the tarsi clavate, 

 having towards the apex in front a little fuscous pubescence 

 intermixed with a few long pale hairs, behind ciliated with very 

 long pale fuscous hairs ; the apical or claw-joint has on each side 

 a similar pubescence, that in front and behind on the intermediate 

 and posterior tibiae is yellowish ; the tarsi have beneath a short 

 dense dark brown pubescence ; the apical joints of the tarsi fer- 

 ruginous ; the apical margins of the segments testaceous. 



Hob. North China (Shanghai). 



98. ANTHOPHORA ABRUPTA. 



Anthophora abrupta, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. i. 409. 1 < . 

 Hob. North America (Indiana). 



99. ANTHOPHORA BOMBOIDES. 



Anthophora bomboides, Kirby, Faun. Boreal. Amer. 271. 1. 

 Hob. North America. 



100. ANTHOPHORA FUSCIPENNIS. 



Female. Length 4J lines. Black, the pubescence black, on 

 the head it is sparing, the clypeus strongly punctured. Tho- 

 rax moderately punctured, the wings fuscous, the apical joints of 

 the tarsi ferruginous, their pubescence beneath ferruginous. 



