﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1S97), 
  No. 
  4. 
  115 
  

  

  Andrena 
  reticulata, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  pallide 
  fusco-hirsutis 
  ; 
  metathorace 
  

   reticulato; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  nervis 
  fuscis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  cinereous 
  hairs, 
  except 
  

   on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  ; 
  and 
  having 
  them 
  sparser 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  all 
  over; 
  the 
  extreme 
  apex 
  

   transverse, 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  is 
  a 
  clearly 
  defined 
  space, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  the 
  apex 
  transverse, 
  the 
  sides 
  straight, 
  smooth, 
  and 
  

   shining. 
  Mandibles 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  piceous. 
  

   Antennae 
  black, 
  covered 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down. 
  

   Thorax 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  which 
  

   are 
  paler 
  and 
  longer 
  and 
  thicker 
  on 
  the 
  pleurae 
  and 
  

   sternum. 
  Mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  more 
  widely 
  separated 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  smaller 
  than 
  on 
  

   the 
  mesonotum, 
  and 
  very 
  sparse 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  

   base; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  stout 
  distinctly 
  

   separated 
  longitudinal 
  striae, 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  being 
  

   more 
  widely 
  separated 
  than 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  hollow, 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  

   striated. 
  Pleurae 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  somewhat 
  less 
  in 
  

   size 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum. 
  Femora 
  covered 
  

   with 
  longish 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  thicker, 
  the 
  spurs 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  blackish. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  im- 
  

   punctate 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  lined 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Andrena 
  s.evissima, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  12 
  mm. 
  d 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  A 
  larger 
  and 
  stouter 
  species 
  than 
  A. 
  phccdra, 
  which 
  

   agrees 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  being 
  larger 
  and 
  

  

  