III.—New Records of Natal Bees (Second Contribution), 
by 
T. D. A. Cockerell, University of Colorado. 
ANTHOPHORA ADVENA, Smith. 
9. Umbilo, 2nd Oct., 1915 (L. Bevis; 1706); ¢. Umbilo, 9th 
May, 1915 (L. Bevis), and 17th Oct., 1915 (lL. Bevis; 1709). I find 
that a male from Durban (1025), collected by Mr. H. M. Millar, 
which I reported as advena, is a variety of A. acraénsis, having a 
sprinkling of white hair on the fourth abdominal segment. In true 
advena male, the fourth segment is densely covered with white hair. 
The variety requires investigation ; could it be a hybrid between the 
two species ! 
ANTHOPHORA ACRAENSIS, Fabricius. 
Go wUmbile, Mth Oct, 1915 Gu. Bevis; 1709, in part). This 
species has been confused with A. advena, but appears to be un- 
questionably distinct. The hair of the pleura is black. 
ANTHOPHORA VESTITA, Smith. 
2. Umbilo, 17th Oct., 1915 (L. Bevis; 1708), five specimens, 
of which four have a yellow marginal band on clypeus, while the fifth 
has only a spot on each side. 
g. Umbilo, 17th Oct., 1915 (L. Bevis; 1709, in part). Compared 
with a male from Willowmore, Cape Colony (Brauns) this is smaller, 
with the black marks on upper part of clypeus larger. Possibly a 
good series would indicate a racial difference between the Umbilo and 
Willowmore forms, but they have the same essential characters and 
certainly represent one species. The type of A. vestita was from Natal. 
Among the Natal species of Anthophora, vestita will be known by 
the abdomen being covered with red or fulvous hair. The male has 
the face-markings lemon-yellow, and when the abdomial segments are 
extended, the abdomen appears more or less distinctly banded; the 
fifth and sixth segments have black hair at the base, which is almost 
entirely concealed when the segments are contracted. 
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