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and anterior margins and a narrow line in the middle, a transverse 

 line above the clypeus angulated in the middle, the labrum, and 

 mandibles, pale yellow; the basal margin of the labrum black, 

 the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; wings subhyaline, the ner- 

 vures dark fuscous, the tegulse pale testaceous ; the posterior tibiae 

 with white pubescence above, beneath with black, the calcaria 

 black. Abdomen with short black pubescence, the apical margins 

 of the first to fourth segments with narrow white pubescent fasciae ; 

 beneath they are margined with fulvous pubescence in the middle 

 and with white at the sides. 



Male. Closely resembles the female, but has the scape of the 

 antennae pale yellow in front. 



Hob. Natal, Sierra Leone. 



4. Anthophora rapida. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black ; the vertex and thorax above with 

 dull ochraceous pubescence tipped with black ; that on the face, 

 cheeks, thorax beneath, and on the femora and tibiae above, 

 whitish ; that on the legs beneath and on the tarsi black ; the an- 

 terior margin of the clypeus narrowly, a central longitudinal line, 

 a transverse one above it, the labrum and mandibles, white ; the 

 latter black at their apex ; wings subhyaline, the nervures black, 

 tegulae dark rufo-piceous. At the extreme base of the abdomen the 

 pubescence is fulvous and on the apical portion black ; the second 

 and third segments with very short black pubescence, on the fourth 

 and fifth it is thin and white, and on the apical segment black ; the 

 apical margins of the first, second, and third segments with narrow 

 white pubescent fasciae. 



Hob. Natal. 



5. Anthophora terminata. 



Male. Length 5|-6 lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the head, 

 thorax, and fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen white. The 

 anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly and a central tapering line, 

 sometimes the lateral margins more or less, a transverse line above 

 it, the labrum and mandibles, yellowish white ; the tips of the 

 latter and two spots at the base of the labrum black. The legs 

 with black pubescence ; the anterior tibiae and tarsi above, the in- 

 termediate tibiae above, and a tuft at the base of the posterior 

 tibiae white ; wings subhyaline, with their apical margins faintly 

 clouded. 



Eab. Natal. 



6. Anthophora modesta. 



Female. Length 6| hues. — Black ; the pubescence black and very 



