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dense on the head and thorax ; the face with a little griseous 

 pubescence, that on the cheeks white ; the posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi with bright fulvous pubescence ; all the tarsi and the pos- 

 terior tibiae ferruginous; a narrow fascia of snow-white pubes- 

 cence on the apical margin of the basal segment of the abdomen. 



Hah. St. Yincent, Cape-Yerd Islands. 



7. Anthophora advena. 



Male. Length 6| lines. — Black ; the thorax with rufo-fulvous pu- 

 bescence ; the fourth and following segments of the abdomen 

 with white pubescence. The anterior margin of the clypeus 

 broadly, the lateral margins narrowly, a central longitudinal line, 

 and a transverse line above, the clypeus and mandibles, white, the 

 tips of the latter black ; the cheeks and thorax beneath with gri- 

 seous pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, the nervures black, the 

 tegulae testaceous ; the anterior legs with pale pubescence. 



Hah. Lake Nyassa. 



8. Anthophora fimbriata. 



Female. Length 8 j lines. — Black ; a large ovate spot at the lateral 

 angles of the anterior margin of the clypeus, the margin between 

 the spots, a central elongate angular macula, a narrow line at the 

 sides, a transverse spot above the clypeus, three large spots on the 

 labrum, and the basal half of the mandibles, white ; the pubescence 

 on the vertex white, tipped with black. Thorax clothed with 

 short bluish-white pubescence, tipped with black ; the metathorax 

 and posterior margin of the scutellum with longer, snow-white 

 pubescence ; wings dark fuscous, with a violet iridescence ; the 

 anterior legs with similar pubescence to that on the mesothorax ; 

 on the other legs it is black. Abdomen slightly shining and finely 

 punctured, the fifth segment with a little white pubescence. 



Hah. Silhet. 



9. Anthophora Candida. 



Female. Length 5 lines. — Black, and densely clothed with pale 

 ochraceous pubescence. The clypeus, labrum, and mandibles 

 white, the latter ferruginous at their tips ; the antennae fulvous. 

 The wings clear hyaline, the tegulae and nervures rufo-testaceous ; 

 the intermediate tibiae and tarsi with black pubescence beneath ; 

 the posterior tibiae beneath and the tarsi entirely covered with 

 black pubescence. The abdomen with black pubescence at the 

 apex. 



Hah. Punjaubc 



