280 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July. '7 



Andrenae of the Canadian, Alleghanian and Carolinian 

 Plant Zones occurring or likely to occur 



in Connecticut. 

 BY H. L,. VIEKECK. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 

 Females. 



The head, when viewed from in front, is as long as wide or nearly so . x. 

 The head, when viewed from in front, is distinctly longer than wide . 24. 



1. Abdomen with the second dorsal segment depressed less than one- 



half 2. 



Abdomen with the second dorsal segment depressed one-half or more 

 than one-half 19. 



2. First joint of the flagellum shorter than the next two joints com- 



bined 3. 



First joint of the flagellum as long as or longer than the next two 

 joints combined 4 



3. Clypeal punctures not adjoining. Facial fovea more than one-half as 



wide as the distance between the eye and the lateral ocellus 

 and extending below the antennal line ; wings dark brownish ; 

 pubescence whitish. 



Enclosure closely wrinkled crataegi. 



Enclosure with several widely separated striae. 



alleghaniensis n. sp. 



Very like the preceding, but easily distinguished from it and any of 

 its known allies by the very compact punctuation of the cly- 

 peus, the punctures being regular and adjoining or so nearly 

 adjoining as to give the impression that they are adjoining. 



daeckei n. sp. 



4. Facial fovea separated from the eye margin by a narrow space ; facial 



fovea more than one-half as wide as the distance between the 

 eye and the lateral ocellus ; facial fovea extending below the 

 antennal line ; the hairs of the outer side of the posterior tibiae 



simple ; wings with three submarginal cells 25. 



Facial fovea not separated from the eye margin by a narrow space ; 

 only a shining line intervening in some species 5. 



5. Facial fovea one-half or less than one-half as wide as the distance be- 



tween the eye and the lateral ocellus 13. 



6. Facial fovea not extending below the antennal line 7. 



Facial fovea extending below the antennal line 8. 



7. Most of the hairs on the outer side of the posterior tibiae simple, plu- 



mose or branched 29. 



8. Cheeks rounded, without a margin behind 11. 



Cheeks rounded, but with a margin behind 12. 



