To block a single IP, add the following to the root .htaccess file or in the VirtualHost section of apache.conf:
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-FORWARDED-FOR} ^71.41.12.214$
RewriteRule .* - [F]
To block multiple IPs, use
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-FORWARDED-FOR} ^71.41.12.214$
RewriteRule .* - [F]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-FORWARDED-FOR} ^71.42.11.63$
RewriteRule .* - [F]
And to block a range, use a regexp or an incomplete ip. Be careful here, the string is compared literally to the ip, so blocking 71.41.12.1 will block string matching ips 71.41.12.1, 71.41.12.10, 71.41.12.112. To block just 71.41.12.1, use ^71.41.12.1$
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-FORWARDED-FOR} ^71.41.12.
RewriteRule .* - [F]