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margin of tlie clypeus, immediately beneath is a white spot on the labrum, which is covered with short griseous 

 pubescence, as well as the sides of the head and the cheeks. Thorax densely pubescent above, the anterior 

 portion as far as the tegulae black; posteriorly fulvous; wings dark fuscous, having a purple iridescence; coxae 

 and femora fusco - ferruginous, pubescence of the legs black, tibiae III and the basal Joint of the tarsi have a 

 dense fringe at that colour. Abdomen shining, finely punctured and having a little black pubescence at the 

 sides and apex, beneath obscurely ferruginous towards the base. L. 772 lines (= 16 mm). 



Natal. 



Ich erhielt $ von Shilouvane (Nord-Transvaal), Kapland und von Mulang'o (Britisch-Ostafrika) ; Kilimandjaro 

 (SjÖSTEDT.). 



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Anthophora nubica Lep. 



1841 Anthophora nubica Lepeletiee, q*, in: Hist. nat. Ins. Hyin., T. II, p. 33. 



1845 Megilla nubica Klug, <J$: in: Symb. physic., Dec. 5, tab. 49, fig. 8 — 9. 



1869 Anthophora nubica Doues, <J§, in: Monogr. icon. Anth., p. 85. 



1898 Podalirius somalicus Magebtti, $, in : Ann. Mas. St. nat. Grenova, (2) Vol. XIX, p. 30. 



1841. <J. Nigra; antennis subtus a quarto articulo ad extremum ferrugineis, labro (puncto utrinque baseos 

 nigro), clypeo (macula utrinque ad basin subsemicirculari margineque infero nigris), genis, macula supra clypeum 

 triangulari mandibularumque basi lata albis, antennarum articulo extremo fusco-ferrugineo ; capitis vertice thora- 

 cisque dorso albo-villoso, pilis intermixtis nigris: subtus, lateribus et parte postica albo-villosis. Abdominis supra 

 segmentis 1 — 3 subnudis, nigro parcissime hirtis, 4 — 6 lateribus pilis densis stratis albis fasciatis, horum duorum 

 posticorum dorso nigro-hirto; ani lateribus nigro-vestitis : segmentis subtus in lateribus albo, in medio vix nigro- 

 ciliatis. Pedes nigro-villosi, antici supra femoribus, tibiis tarsisque albo-hirsutis, intermedii tibiis solis supra albo- 

 villosis, postici supra macula tantum e pilis albis in basi tibiarum, metatarso nigro longe-ciliato. Alae subfusces- 

 centes. L. ? mm. 



Nubien. 



Dours diagnostiziert S9- 



„Nigra ; thorace albido-piloso, segmentis 1 — 3 nigris, 4 toto ? albo-piloso, femoribus III nigris, anterioribus 

 extus albo-pilosis, 3 5 — 6 fascia alba interrupta; alis fumatis. L. 18 — 20 mm." 



Senegal. 



var. ? — metathorace longe nigro-villoso, abdominisque segmento 3 toto dense albo-tomentoso, L. 16 mm . . 



var. somalica Magr., Somali, Congo. 

 Mir liegen #9 vom Senegal, Kamerun, St. Thome, Kongo und Sudan vor. 



Anthophora plumipes F. 



1781 Apis plumipes Fabricius, Spec. Insect., Vol. I, p. 480. 



1841 Anthophora atrocincta Lepeletibr, S, in: Hist. nat. Insect. Hym., T. II, p. 35. 



1869 „ „ Doues, d?, in: Monogr. icon. Anthophora, p. 91. 



?. Nigra; capite, thorace, segmentis 3 — 5 fulvo-f errugineo pilosis ; thorace subtus, pedibusque anterioribus 

 albis, posticis compresso-dilatatis, hirsutis, nigris; alis fumato-violaceis. L. 16 mm. 



i ut ?, sed antennarum scapo flavo, segmento 6 fulvo. 



Sehr weit verbreitete, auffallend gefärbte Art: vom Senegal, Caffraria, Eritrea, Mulango, Kigonsera, 

 Lukuledi (Deutsch-Ostafrika), Delagoa-Bai, Algoa-Bai, Kapland (Waterberg), Transvaal, Bothavilie und Grotfontein 

 (Deutsch-Südwestafrika). 



