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10. Anthophora florea. 



Female. Length 7 lines. — Black ; the thorax with fulvous pubes- 

 cence ; the coxae and femora ferruginous ; the apical margins of 

 the second, third, and fourth segments of the abdomen with narrow 

 white pubescent fasciae. The anterior and lateral margins of the 

 clypeus, a central longitudinal line, a transverse line above it, and 

 the labrum and mandibles, white ; the latter rufo-piceous at their 

 apex. The wings pale fulvo-hyaline, the nervures black, the 

 tegulae pale rufo-testaceous ; the tibiae with fulvous pubescence, 

 that on the tarsi black. On the first and second segments of the 

 abdomen there is a thin short fulvous pubescence, on the following 

 segments it is black ; the abdomen obscurely ferruginous beneath. 



Hab. Shanghai, 



11. Anthophora hilaris. 



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

 white, that on the thorax above and on the base of the abdomen 

 rufo-fulvous. The nagellum of the antennae beneath, except the 

 three basal joints, fulvous. The pubescence on the thorax above 

 is very bright; on the tibiae above it is white, and on the tarsi 

 black ; the legs rufo-piceous beneath ; the apical joint of the tarsi 

 ferruginous ; wings hyaline, the nervures black, the tegulae rufo- 

 testaceous. The first segment of the abdomen with bright rufo- 

 fulvous pubescence ; the second, third, and fourth segments with 

 thin white pubescent fasciae, usually more or less interrupted in 

 the middle ; beneath, the third, fourth, and fifth segments have 

 their apical margins fringed laterally with white pubescence, the 

 fifth with black in the middle. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



12. Anthophora emendata. 



Anthophora cincta, Hours (nee Fabr.), Mon. du Gen. Anthoph. 58. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black ; the head, thorax, and legs with 

 bright fulvo -ferruginous pubescence, that on the cheeks and thorax 

 beneath white ; the flagellum beneath, except the basal joint, ful- 

 vous ; the clypeus, labrum, and mandibles reddish yellow ; the 

 clypeus thinly sprinkled with black hairs ; tips of the mandibles 

 ferruginous. The apical margins of the segments with fasciae of 

 pale blue pubescence, having a silvery lustre ; the band on the basal 

 segment with a slight yellow tinge ; beneath, the segments are 

 fringed with fulvous pubescence in the middle, and with white at 

 the sides. 



Hab. Australia, 



The Fabrician type of Megilla cincta is in the Banksian Collection 



