46 EGYPTIAN AKD 



223. Andrena turbida. Female. — Black, thickly clothed with 

 hoary hairs. Abdomen with hoary hairs on the hind borders of the 

 segments ; under side without hairs. Tibiae and tarsi with testaceous 

 hairs. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; stigma piceous. Length of 

 the body 4 lines. 



Mount Sinai. 



224. Andrena disparilis. Female. — ^neous, thickly and 

 minutely punctured, with cinereous pubescence. Eyes and antennae 

 black. Abdomen red, a little broader than the thorax. Tibiae, tarsi 

 and tips of the femora testaceous. Wings pellucid ; veins and stigma 

 pale testaceous. Length of the body 2| hnes. 



Cairo. 



225. Andrena munda. Male. — Black. Head, thorax, legs and 

 base of the abdomen clothed with white hairs. Abdomen with four 

 bands of white pubescence on the hind borders of the segments, these 

 bands narrower on the under side ; hairs brown above at the tip. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black ; stigma piceous. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



Cairo. 



226. Akdrena brevipennis. Female. — Black. Head and thorax 

 with whitish hairs. Face yellow, smooth, shining, not pilose. 

 Antennae red, short ; first joint yellow. Abdomen red, black towards 

 the tip ; a band of yellowish white tomentum on the hind border of 

 each segment; a black spot above on each side of the second 

 segment ; two or three yellow patches on each side beneath. Legs 

 yellow. Wings pellucid, short ; veins yellow. Length of the body 

 4y — 5 lines. 



Harkeko. Tajura. 



227. Andrena venusta. Male. — Black. Head and legs thickly 

 clothed with pale luteous hairs. Head with white hairs on each side 

 beneath. Abdomen with a band of luteous pubescence on the hind 

 border of each segment. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; stigma 

 piceous. Length of the body 5 — 5^ lines, 



Cairo. 



Genus OSMIA, Panz. 



228. Osmia EMAEGiNATA, St. Faff/. Hijm. ii. 317. 

 Mount Sinai. 



Inhabits France. 



