Records of Bees. 367 



HaUctus tibialis. Walker, 1871. 



S . — Typo in Brit. Museum. 

 Wady Ferran. 



Clypeus strongly produced, shining, with yellow apical 

 band ; second s.m. very broad. 

 Probably male of distinctus. 



Bomhus nasutuSj Smith, 1852. 



Meade- Waldo regarded B. brevicepsy Sni., as a synonym. 

 I examined workers of both in tiie Wilson Saunders collection 

 at Oxford, and, although they are very much alike, I could 

 separate them on the malar space, which in hrevicpps is 

 shorter than its apical width, while in nasutus it is longer 

 than the apical width. 



Flesianthidiumfulvopilosunij Cam., 1905. 



Large and robust; light tegumentary marks only on 

 face; sides of abdomen with fulvous or red hair; maxillary 

 palpi 3-jointed, second joint robust ; pulvilli present; second 

 r. n. going beyond outer t.-c. 



S. Africa. 



On the venation and palpi the genus would fall as a 

 synonym of Paranthidiinn^ T. & W. Ckll., 1001 ; but it is 

 obviously an independent development. 



Protoanthidium, Cam., 1902. 



This is not the same as Prolanthidium, T. & W. Ckll., 

 1901. I saw Cameron's three species (from Borneo) in the 

 British Museum. All have the second b. n. going beyond 

 outer t.-c, and pidvilli present. They may be transferred to 

 JJianthidium, as follows : — 



r>. riifobalteatuyn (Cam.). — Wings dusk}-, bnt not bicoloured; 

 antcnnai long ; clypeus and lateral face-marks chrome- 

 yellow, shining. Male. 



D. rufomaculatum (Cam.). — Smaller than ovatum, witli the 

 stigma clear red, which is not true of the other two. 

 On the other hand, it agrees with ovatum in having 

 the wings bicoloured, the basal hijlf fuliginous, the 

 apical abruptly hyaline, with a rather milky effect. 



D. ovatum (Cant.). 



