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extreme apex slightly refixed. Mesopleural furrows distinct, the part enclosed 

 by them forming almost a triangle. Antennal hook moderately stout, its apex 

 reaching to the base of the 10th joint. 



A distinct species easily recognised by its colour from the known oriental 

 species. 



Anthophila. 

 Andrena bombayensis, sp. nov. 



Black, the abdomen, legs and tegulae rufo-testaceous, the labrum and 



mandibles, except at apex, of a darker rufous colour, wings clear pale hyaline, 



the stigma and nervures pale testaceous, the costa darker coloured ; the 2nd 



abscissa a little more than half the length of the 3rd, the 2nd cubital cellule 



almost square, the recurrent nervure received near its apex. MetaDotal area at 



the base finely obliquely striated, the striae weaker on the centre than on the 



sides. Labrum shining smooth, not furrowed ; the lower edge of the clypeus 



dark rufous. Face and clypeus rough, thickly covered with pale pubescence. 



Mesonotum and scutellunj smooth and shining. Post-scutellar region thickly 



covered with white depressed pubescence. Extreme base of antennal scape 



dark red ; the flagellum for the greater part rufo-testaceous. The hair on the 



legs is long, dense and pale ; the calcaria rufo-testaceous. Abdomen longish 



ovate, longer than the head and thorax united. Clypeus broad, its apex fringed 



with long, stiff fulvous hair. Temples rounded. Apical segments of abdomen 



infuscated. 



Length 6 mm. 



Runs into Bingham's section B •' Enclosed space at base of median segment 

 finely obliquely striate," which contains few species. 



Deesa, April. 



Andrena levilabris, sp. nov. 



Black, the head and thorax densely covered with long whitish hair, the 

 abdomen with white, depressed hair bands, the hair on the apex long, stiff, 

 black, the middle hairs dark testaceous on the apical half, the area on 

 metanotum closely rugosely punctured, the sides more strongly punctured ; 

 labrum smooth, shining, without a furrow, round the apex fringed with long 

 pale fulvous hair. Clypeus closely, somewhat strongly punctured. Mesonotum 

 with a distinct furrow down the centre of the basal half. Wings hyaline, 

 slightly suffused with fulvous, the stigma dark testaceous, the nervures blackish, 

 the 2nd abscissa of radius one-fourth longer than the 3rd ; the 1st recurrent 

 nervure is received shortly behind the middle. The basal joints of the hinder 

 2 tarsi and the hind tibiae are densely covered with rufo-fulvous hair. $ . 



Length 11 mm. 



Ferozepore, May (Nurse). 



A stout broad species. Head narrower than the thorax ; mandibles black, 

 labium semi-circular. Abdonun broad-oval, shorter than the head and thorax 

 united, its back closely, finely punctured. Antennas black, the 2nd joint of 



