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13. Anthophora atroalba (?). 



Anthophora atroalba, St.-Farg. Hym. ii. p. 73 (1841). 



In the British Museum, from the Canaries ; it is likewise recorded from S. Europe and 

 Algeria. 



Sab. Hari-rud and Badghis. 



[This species (and, I think, Micera clypeata) was found in the sheathing leaf-stalis of 

 the Assafoetida plant, in a semiunconscious state. — J. E. T. A.] 



14. Anthophora liturata (?). 



Anthophora liturata, St.-Farg. Hym. ii. p. 74 (1841). 



Four specimens, apparently belonging to this species, but hardly determinable, having 

 been soaked in spirit. A. liturata was originally described from Oran (Algeria), but 

 has likewise been taken in Turkestan by Eedchenko. Not previously in the collection of 

 the British Museum. 



Sab. Hari-rud valley and Badghis. 



15. Xtlocopa hellenica. 



Xylocopa hellenica, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. France (2), i. p. 144 (1843). 



Previously recorded from the Balkan Peninsula, Kirghis Steppes, Caucasus, Asia 

 Minor, Bagdad, and Turkestan. 

 Sab. Hari-rud valley. 



In addition to the above there are several other specimens of Bees in bad condition 

 in the collection, which I cannot at present determine. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



By W. F. Kirby, 



Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. 



As in the case of the Symenoptera, the species of Orthoptera represented in this 

 collection belong principally to distinctly Mediterranean types, and many of them were 

 already recorded to possess a very wide range. Eew or none exhibit well-marked 

 affinities with the Indian fauna. The materials at my disposal have not been sufficient 

 to enable me to identify all the species with positive certainty. 



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