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Mesonotum opaque, alutaceous and with a shallow furrow down the centre. 

 Scutellum shining, its base almost bare. Median segment opaque, closely 

 and minutely punctured all over, the basal area is not clearly defined, its 

 base is irregularly, longitudinally striated Abdomen shining, impunctate : 

 the basal segment is broadly and deeply furrowed on the basal half, the 

 Tentral segments are fringed with long pale hair, their apices are bordered with 

 clear white hair. 



In Bingham's arrangement this species, if anywhere, would come into his 

 section B, or, better still, it might form a new one : — the area on the median 

 segment not clearly defined, its base irregularl}', longitudinally striated. 



Andrena caroli, sp. nov. 



Black ; the apices of the abdominal segments, narrowly but distinctly, the 

 tibiae and tarsi rufo-testaceous ; the head and thorax thickly covered with long 

 white hair ; the wings hyaline, the stigma rufo-testaceous, the nervures darker.^ 



Length, 12-13 mm. 



Hah. — Simla, 



Head densely covered with long white hair ; the sides have the hair darker 

 coloured, as has also the hinder part of the vertex ; the front is distinctly, and 

 somewhat strongly, punctured; the sides have the punctures smaller, the vertex 

 is less strongly punctured. The clypeus. except at the apex, is strongly 

 punctured ; the labrum is smooth and shining in the middle, where it is 

 triangularly incised, the sides are depressed and are strongly aciculated, almost 

 punctured. Mandibles black, piceous towards the apes : the middle is deeply 

 furrowed. Mesonotum strongly, closely and uniformly punctured ; in its centre 

 is a narrow longitudinal furrow. The basal area of the median segment is 

 closely punctured ; on the apical slope is a large, deep, smooth pyriform depres- 

 sion. The 1st and 2nd transverse cubital nervures are straight, not angled at the 

 bottom Of middle, as is usually the case ; the 3rd cellule at the top is slightly 

 longer than the 2nd, the 2nd recurrent nervure is received shortly behind the 

 apical third of the cellule. Legs black ; the tibiee and tarsi have a piceous or 

 testaceous tinge : the apical joint of the tarsi is clear rufo-testaceous ; the spurs 

 are pale testaceous. The basal segment of the abdomen is covered with soft 

 white hair ; the 2nd to 5th segments have their apices fringed narrowly with 

 white hair, the part behind this is piceous : the 6th segment is brownish. 



Gora.QS m&Y to A. meplnstoplielica,G^va. The 2nd cubital cellule is smaller 

 than usual ; and noteworthy, is the straight, oblique cubital nervure. 



Andrena punjaubensis, sp. nov. 



Black; the pubescence cinereous, that on the mesonotum tinged with fulvous, 

 on the last 2 dorsal abdominal segments long and black ; wings almost hyaline, 

 the nervures and costa black ; the tegulae piceous. Metanotal area closely 

 finely punctured, narrowly furrowed down the middle. 9 . 



Length, 10 mm. 



Hab. — Ferozepore — March. 



Clypeus somewhat strongly, closely punctured, shining, almost bare in the 



