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M. asteria was described from " Brazil," but the label specifies 

 the exact locality — Santarem. The middle tibiae of these bees have 

 spurs less modified than those of Melissa ; M. bicolor has them trun- 

 cate, the truncation with three straight spines, the middle one 

 shorter than the others ; M. asteria shows three very small equal 

 spines, and one big one at the side. 



AXDRKXA Fabr. 



My notes on the American species of this genus will be published- 

 by Mr. Viereck in connection with his revision of the American 

 Andrenids. 



Andrena vitiosa Sm. % (T.). 



N. China. Antennal joints 6-8 strongly convex beneath ; head 

 extremely broad, eyes comparatively small ; clypeus yellow, short 

 and broad, very much broader than long; palpi normal, first joint 

 of labial palpi not nearly so long as the others united ; cheeks very 

 broad, swollen and shining ; prothorax elevated into a hump on 

 each side above ; area small, very narrow and pointed behind, not 

 margined ; stigma large. 



Andrena dentata Sin. % (T.). 



Japan. Antennae long, third joint very much shorter than 

 fourth, also shorter than fifth ; cheeks broad, angled behind above 

 middle; the remarkable long spines, directed downwards, described 

 by Smith as coming from the bases of the mandibles, are really 

 from the lower part of the malar region ; ai'ea rather small, trian- 

 gular, more shining than the parts on each side of it, but not 

 wrinkled or bounded by any raised line; apical ventral plate 

 broadly truncate, the truncation slightly concave. 



PASIPHAE Spinola. 

 Pasiphae tristis Spinola : : . . 



Chile. A black bee with narrow shining abdomen, with hind 

 margins of segments testaceous; head and thorax with much long 

 hair; area triangular, smooth, minutely beaded on margin ; clypeus 

 overlapped by a long moustache of shining white hair; b. n. meets 

 t. m. which is very oblique. Looks like a Parandrena or Hespera- 

 pis superficially, and stands in the Museum between Andrena and 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. AUGUST, 1905. 



