ANTHIDIUM. 85 



4. Anthidium imitator. 



Male. Length 6 lines. — Extremely like A. diadema of Europe. 

 The clypeus, the face on each side of it as high as the insertion of 

 the antennae, the scape beneath, the mandibles, and a minute spot 

 above the eyes, yellow ; the tips of the mandibles and a spot at the 

 base of the clypeus black ; the face with pale fulvous pubescence. 

 The thorax at the sides and beneath with pale pubescence ; the 

 tibiae in front and the tarsi yellow, and covered with bright pale 

 pubescence ; wings fusco-hyaline ; the outer margin of the tegulae 

 yellow. Abdomen with the basal segment with a lateral yellow 

 macula; the four following segments with a subquadrate lateral 

 spot, from which a narrow line emanates and expands into a cla- 

 vate shape a little before the middle of the segment ; these, as well 

 as two large subovate maculae on the sixth segment, and its lateral 

 margins, are yellow ; the seventh segment trifurcate ; outside the 

 trifurcation is a stout curved tooth, and the sixth segment has a 

 minute tooth at its apical margin laterally. 



Hab. Northern India. 



5. Anthidium ardens. 



Female. Length 4| lines. — Black. A broad yellow line on the face 

 on each side of the clypeus, not extending higher than the insertion 

 of the antennae ; the mandibles and four minute spots on the poste- 

 rior margin of the vertex yellow ; the face with pale pubescence ; 

 the head and thorax both closely punctured. Two transverse spots 

 on the anterior margin of the mesothorax, two abbreviated narrow 

 lines on its disk, a narrow line over the tegulae, and an interrupted 

 one on the posterior margin of the scutellum, pale yellow ; the an- 

 terior and intermediate tarsi pale, and all the tarsi densely covered 

 with pale pubescence ; wings subhyaline, the anterior margin of the 

 fore wings fuscous. The basal margin of the abdomen with four spots, 

 the lateral ones subquadrate, the two inner ones narrow and mi- 

 nute ; the second segment has similar spots, but the inner ones are 

 broader and nearly in the middle of the segment ; the third, fourth, 

 and fifth segments have a narrow transverse line, which is inter- 

 rupted in the middle ; the lines are deeply emarginate, forming a 

 broad spot at the extreme lateral margin ; the sixth segment has 

 two angular maculae ; all are pale yellow ; densely clothed beneath 

 with pale pubescence. 



Hab. Bombay Presidency. 



6. Anthidium rufipes. 



Female. Length 2 J lines. — Black, with the legs and abdomen be- 

 neath ferruginous. The clypeus, as high as the antennae, yellowish 

 white ; the mandibles and a line behind the eyes, which passes 



