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SCRAPTER Lepeletier. 

 Dalla Torre gives this as a synonym of Macropis. Mr. Vachal 

 " Scrapter St. F. and Serv. 1825, is not Scrapter Lep., 1841, and 

 Ashm. ; the latter = Panurginus Nyl." He also adds that Scrap- 

 teroides Gribodo is Panurginus. Scrapter andrenoides Smith is no 

 doubt an Andrenid with two submarginal cells. 



DASYPODA Latreille. 

 Mr. Vachal remarks that the tip of the marginal cell is acute and 

 contiguous with the margin of the wing. In D. argentata var. brae- 

 cata (Rads.) from Deliblat (Friese) I find the tip of the marginal 

 cell practically as in Macropis labiata. In D. hirtipes the same. It 

 diverges from the costa to a minute degree, and is briefly appendi- 

 culate. 



PS.OYTHIA Gerstaecker. 



Mr. Vachal states that this is nearer to Camptopoeum and Calliop- 

 sis than to Andrena. That is to say, it is a Panurgine with three 

 submarginal cells. I think Protandrena is also related to the Pan- 

 urgids, but it is really a connecting link between these and the An- 

 drenids, as shown by the short tongue. 



ASfCYLA Lepeletier. 



Mr. Vachal remarks that this is not an Andrenid ; he adds : 

 " Dalla To..e was wrong in putting it as a synonym of Andrena ; 

 but he corrected his mistake at p. 614 ; at p. 250 he has put Plisto- 

 trichia Mor. (nee Pristotrichia Radoszk , which is the same genus, 

 between Eueera and Meliturga, where is its true place." Smith 

 placed the genus between Andrena and Nomia, which no doubt 

 resulted in confusion. 



With regard to Eueera, I believe it is the European representative 

 of our Synhalonia. The resemblance in the ornamentation of the 

 abdomen between the females of Eueera longicornis and Synhalonia 

 frater is quite remarkable. E. Saunders says the maxillary palpi 

 of Eueera are 5-jointed ; in E. (macrocera) ruficollis Br. from Alge- 

 ria ( Vachal), I find them 6-jointed, counting the thick basal joint, 

 which is easily overlooked. In Meliturga clavicornis they are also 

 6-jointed. Meliturga is a peculiar genus, the $ with large eyes 

 converging above, quite as in Protoxwa. The labial palpi have the 

 first two joints flattened (the first very much the longest), but still 

 not excessively differentiated from the last two, which still remain 



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