﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  113 
  

  

  vertex 
  finely 
  and 
  closely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  from 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  ocelli, 
  behind 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  smoother 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  

   the 
  occiput 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  golden 
  hairs. 
  

   The 
  mandibles 
  are 
  piceous 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  joints 
  

   of 
  the 
  palpi 
  are 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Thorax 
  bearing 
  

   pubescence 
  of 
  moderate 
  length 
  ; 
  fulvous 
  above 
  ; 
  that 
  

   on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  paler 
  ; 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

   furrow 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  a 
  very 
  indistinct 
  

   one 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  which 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  The 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  bearing 
  a 
  large 
  somewhat 
  triangular 
  

   opaque 
  shagreened 
  space 
  not 
  uniting 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  sides 
  shining 
  and 
  smoother, 
  and 
  bearing 
  long 
  fulvous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  being 
  similarly 
  clothed. 
  The 
  pleurae 
  

   shagreened, 
  somewhat 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  meta-pleurae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  

   fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  sternum 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  pale 
  fulvous. 
  

   Abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  ferruginous 
  above 
  

   and 
  beneath 
  ; 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  almost 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  segments 
  black, 
  their 
  apices 
  fringed 
  with 
  pale 
  

   fuhous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  aciculated, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   sharply 
  bordered 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  raised 
  

   space, 
  sharply 
  pointed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  covered, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  thickly, 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  

   hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  longest 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Wings 
  with 
  

   a 
  faint 
  fuscous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  black. 
  

  

  Andrena 
  connminis 
  Sm. 
  ("North 
  India, 
  Masuri 
  ; 
  taken 
  

   at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  7,000 
  ft."), 
  resembles 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  

   coloration 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  antenna:^ 
  fuscous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  

   ferruginous, 
  which 
  colour 
  also 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  third. 
  

   Both, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  following 
  species, 
  resemble 
  the 
  Euro- 
  

   pean 
  Andrena 
  cetii. 
  Smith 
  points 
  out 
  this 
  resemblance 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  his 
  A. 
  couununis 
  (Descr. 
  New 
  Sp. 
  Hym, 
  p. 
  51). 
  

  

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