HABROPODA, 119 



3. Habropoda bombyformis. 



Male. Length 5| lines. — Black; the thorax with fulvous pubes- 

 cence above ; the abdomen more or less ferruginous at the apex. 

 The clypeus produced, and, as well as the mandibles, labrum, 

 the scape in front, and a narrow line at the inner margin of the 

 eyes, yellowish-white ; two longitudinal black lines at the base of 

 the clypeus, and two small ovate black maculae at the base of the 

 labrum ; the cheeks and thorax beneath with white pubescence. 

 The wings subhyaline, the nervures fusco-ferruginous, the tegulse 

 rufo-testaceous ; the tarsi ferruginous, with the basal joint black. 

 Abdomen with the three basal segments, and sometimes the base 

 of the fourth, narrowly black, the rest ferruginous. 



Var. The apical margin of the first and second segments and the 

 following segments ferruginous; all the segments fringed with 

 fulvous pubescence. 



Hab. Mexico, Oajaca. 



4. Habropoda terminata. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black; clothed with black pubescence, 

 that on the three apical segments of the abdomen fulvous. The 

 clypeus yellowish-white, also a longitudinal stripe of the same 

 colour on the labrum. The wings subhyaline ; the posterior tibise 

 with white pubescence above ; the tarsi, except the basal joint, fer- 

 ruginous ; the femora and abdomen beneath obscurely ferruginous. 



Male. A little smaller than the female ; the clypeus with a trian- 

 gular spot on each side close to the eyes, the labrum, mandibles, 

 and the scape of the antennae in front, yellowish-white ; the 

 pubescence on the cheeks, thorax, and abdomen beneath white; 

 the last with thin white pubescence on the tip. Otherwise like 

 the female, excepting that the posterior tibiae have black pubes- 

 cence. 



Hab. Mexico, Oajaca. 



This species must be closely allied to Anthophora aurolenta-cau- 

 clata of Dours, which is probably a species of Habropoda ; but his 

 description differs too much from that of our species, particularly 

 that of the male, to be that of H. terminata. 



5. Habropoda fulva. 



Male. Length 5 J lines. — Black ; clothed with fulvous pubescence. 

 The clypeus, labrum, mandibles, a narrow line at the inner orbits 

 of the eyes, and the scape of the antennae in front white ; a black 

 line on each side of tho clypeus at its base, and the tips of the 

 mandibles black ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. The wings sub- 



