102 apid^:. 



the tibiae and tarsi with white pubescence outside ; wings f usco- 

 hyaline, with hyaline spots beyond the submarginal cells. The 

 apical margins of the first, second, and third segments of the ab- 

 domen with broad pubescent lateral fasciae, which are continued up 

 the outer margins ; the fourth and sixth segments with uninter- 

 rupted fasciae ; the fifth segment covered with brown pubescence ; 

 the abdomen shining and finely punctured. 



Hah. Port Natal. 



2. Epeolus fervidus. 



Female. Length 3| lines. — Black, variegated with white pubes- 

 cent markings. The front, below the ocelli, with silvery white 

 pubescence ; the anterior margin of the clypeus subtruncate ; the 

 tips of the mandibles ferruginous. The mesothorax and scutellum 

 very closely punctured ; a line on each side of the collar, the 

 tubercles, two lines on the mesothorax anteriorly, and another 

 passing over the tegulae, of white pubescence ; a large patch on the 

 sides, before the wings, and the coxae outside with white pubes- 

 cence ; a little white pubescence at the sides of the metathorax ; 

 wings hyaline, with a broad fuscous border at their apex. The first 

 segment of the abdomen with white pubescence at its extreme 

 base, curving round at the sides and continued a short distance on 

 the apical margin of the segment ; the following segments with 

 white pubescence on their apical margins laterally ; the second, 

 third, and fourth segments beneath have white marginal fasciae. 



Hah. Bombay district. 



3. Epeolus intrepidus. 



Male. Length h\ lines. — Black, with white pubescent markings ; 

 wings with brown stains ; tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. The front, 

 before the antennae, with white pubescence ; on each side it has a 

 golden lustre ; the labrum, mandibles, scape of the antennae, and 

 basal joint of the flagellum ferruginous. The thorax with a line 

 on the margin of the prothorax, the margins of the tubercles, the 

 sides of the metathorax, the intermediate and posterior coxae and 

 trochanters beneath, with white pubescence ; the tegulae and ner- 

 vures of the wings ferruginous ; the marginal, submarginal, and 

 first and second discoidal cells of a brown colour, mottled with two 

 or three hyaline spots; the tibiae, tarsi, and apical half of the 

 femora ferruginous. Abdomen with a band of white pubescence on 

 the apical margin of the first segment, interrupted in the middle, 

 the white band recurves laterally towards the middle of the seg- 

 ment ; the second, third, and fourth segments with white pubes- 

 cent marginal fasciae, the first slightly interrupted ; beneath, the 

 apical segments are fringed with bright rufo-fulvous pubescence. 



Hah. Mexico. 



