120 AP1DJ3. 



hyaline, the nervures black; the tarsi ferruginous; the apical 

 margins of the segments of the abdomen broadly ruio-testaceous. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



ANTHOPHORA, Latr. 



1. Anthophora vivida. 



Male. Length 6 lines. — Black ; the abdomen with four blue pu- 

 bescent fasciae. Head with a mixture of blue and black pubescence 

 above, that on the cheeks white ; the mandibles and labrum, the 

 anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly, a central line, not extend- 

 ing to the base, a narrow abbreviated line on each side, a minute 

 central line above it, and a spot on the scape in front, yellow ; two 

 black spots at the base of the labrum. The mesothorax with a 

 mixture of blue and black pubescence ; on the metathorax it is 

 entirely black ; the legs with black pubescence, the anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi with blue pubescence above; wings fusco-hyaline, the 

 nervures black. Abdomen with a little black pubescence at the 

 base; the second and three following segments with pale blue 

 pubescent f asciae on their apical margins ; beneath black. 



Hob. Sierra Leone. 



2. Anthophora torrida, 



Female. Length 5| lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the head and 

 thorax above fulvous ; the abdomen with pale pubescent marginal 

 fasciae. The labrum, mandibles, the anterior and lateral margins 

 of the clypeus narrowly, a central longitudinal line, and also a 

 line above the clypeus, yellowish-white ; the antennae fulvous in 

 front ; the tips of the mandibles black ; the cheeks with white pu- 

 bescence. The sides of the thorax, and also beneath, much paler 

 than above ; the anterior legs with pale pubescence, that on the 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae fulvous, and that on their tarsi 

 black ; the posterior tibiae with a tuft of white at their apex above ; 

 wings subhy aline, their nervures black, the tegulae rufo-testaceous. 

 The fascia on the basal segment fulvous, that on the two following 

 paler, and the fourth white ; the fourth and fifth segments spa- 

 ringly clothed with thin short white pubescence, that at the apex 

 fuscous. 



Hah, Sierra Leone, 



3. Anthophora fallax. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black ; the head and thorax above with 

 ochraceous pubescence tipped with black, that on the face, cheeks, 

 and on the thorax beneath whitish, The clypeus with the lateral 



