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with a clistiuct central longitudinal carinate line ; lateral 

 areas of the abdomen above macularly black ; face mode- 

 rately compressed, medially centrally long'itudinally carinate, 

 the lateral areas finely transversely striate ; posterior tibiee 

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

 Var. — With the legs bronzy ochraceous. 

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

 Hab. Tauganvika (Brit. Mus.). Transvaal; Waterval- 

 Onder {Ross, Coll. Dist.). 



Locris submarginata, 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 fiuely punc- 

 tate, the veins on apical area moderately prominent. 



Long., excl. tegm,, 8 mm.; exp. tegm. 2.2 mm. 



Hab. N.W. Rhodesia ; Lualaba R. {Neave, Brit. Mus.). 



XXXA'L — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XX. 

 By T. D. A. CocKEiiELL, University of Colorado. 



Anthophora melfordi^ sp. n. 



Represented by the head, thorax, and first abdominal 

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

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

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

 in width ; thorax about 5 mm, long and broad ; anterior win"- 

 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 frin"-o 

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

 successively shorter ; middle tibial spur stout, very finely and 

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



