Vol. 31, pp. 59-60 June 29, 1918 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



NOTES ON THE BEE GENUS ANDRENA 

 (HYMENOPTERA). 



BY HENRY L. VIERECK. 



In checking up the specific names of Andrena of the world a 

 number of names were found to be preoccupied. In the follow- 

 ing list, it is believed, the renaming of the remaining preoc- 

 cupied names is completed. 



Andrena parviceps var. basilaris, n. n. for parviceps var. basalis 

 Kriechbaumer, Yer Zool. Bot. Jes. Wien, 23 (56), 1873, not basalis Dours, 

 Rev. & Mag. Zool. 23 (354), 1872. 



Andrena plesia, n. n. for consimilis Alfken, Ent. Machr. 26 (177), 

 1900, not consimilis Smith, Zool. 5 (1736), 1847. 



Andrena ephippium dorsatula, n, n. for ephippium var. dorsalis Le 

 Peletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 2 (235), 1841, not dorsalis Brulle, Exped. 

 8c. Moree Zool. 2 (358), 1832. 



Andrena panurgoides, n. n. for panurgina Perez, Pr. Verb. Soc. 

 Bord. 58(lxxxvii), 1903, not panurgina Be Stefani, Nat. Sci. 8 (205), 

 1889. 



Andrena amanda, n. n. for pretiosa Morawitz, Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 

 28 (65), 1894, not pretiosa Schmiedeknecht, Ent. Nachr. 6 (14), 1880. 



Andrena quadrifasciatula, n. n. for quadrifasciata Morawitz, Fedt. 

 Turk. Melt. 11 (260), 1876, not quadrifasciata Gmelin, Linnaeus, Syst. 

 Nat. 1 (792), 1790. 



Andrena simulatilis, n. n. for simulans Perez, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 

 Paris 11 (34), 1905, not simulans Perez, Pr. Verb. Soc. Bord. 58 (lxxxiii), 

 1903. 



Andrena smaragdula, n.n. for smaragdina Scbmiedeknecht, Termes. 

 Fuzetek, 23 (227), 1900, not smaragdina Morawitz, Fedt. Turk. Mell. 11 

 (211), 1876. 



Andrena sordidella, n. n. for sordida Morawitz, Fedt. Turk. Mell. 11 

 (173), 1876, not sordida (Scopoli), Ent. Carn. (299), 1763. 



Andrena winkleyi Viereck, Ent. News 18 (283), 1907. This is a 

 synonym of Andrena wilkella (Kirby). 



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