﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  117 
  

  

  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  is 
  rugosely 
  transversely 
  punctured. 
  

   The 
  propleurse 
  have 
  a 
  dense 
  curve 
  of 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  propleurae 
  below 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   pleurffi 
  are 
  widely 
  furrowed, 
  the 
  furrow 
  being 
  transversely 
  

   keeled. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  hairs, 
  which 
  

   are 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  

   nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  third; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   very 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  

   third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  

   above 
  and 
  beneath 
  lined 
  with 
  white 
  depressed 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  deep, 
  wide, 
  longitudinal 
  furrow. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  species 
  agrees 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  A. 
  reti- 
  

   culata, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  deep 
  furrow 
  

   on 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  

   shining, 
  deep 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  ; 
  which 
  in 
  A 
  . 
  reticulata 
  is 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  and 
  

   without 
  any 
  depresion. 
  

  

  Andrena 
  mephistophelica, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  II 
  — 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

   Is 
  related 
  to 
  A 
  . 
  scevissima 
  ; 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  

   by 
  its 
  smaller 
  size 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  much 
  stronger 
  and 
  closer 
  

   punctation 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  being 
  much 
  longer, 
  closer 
  and 
  fulvous 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   differing 
  from 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  which 
  are 
  

   much 
  paler. 
  

  

  Head, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  covered 
  thickly 
  with 
  

   long 
  hairs, 
  pale 
  beneath, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex, 
  

   Clypeus 
  with 
  large 
  punctures, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  sparser 
  

   on 
  the 
  apex, 
  its 
  apex 
  being 
  almost 
  clear 
  of 
  them 
  and 
  

   fringed 
  with 
  dark 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   aciculate. 
  The 
  antennae 
  almost 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  from 
  

   the 
  second 
  joint 
  brownish 
  beneath. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  

  

  