MELITTA. (**. c.) X43 



nus. It is, I think, beyond a doubt, the Andrena 

 hiemorrhoidalis of Fabricius. The synonym of 

 Panzer belongs to a Melitta, I shall describe here- 

 after. Christius has figured two insects as syno- 

 nymous with this: the one a Bombinatrix, the 

 ^pis arbustorum, Fab., and the other M. albicans, 

 described above (?i) 



82. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens ; abdominer^ri/^o^- 

 nitido, fasciis interruptis albidis ; ano, tarsis, 

 tibiisque posticis, testaceis. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Lathlury, Trimmer, Sowerhj, 

 Kirly. 



Long. Corp, Lin. 4 — 4^. 

 Hah. Barhamise, in floribus baud rara^, tempore vernali 

 copulans, 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-subpubescens. 



Caput. Antennce nigrae, subtus rufo-fulvse. 



Truncus. Thorax utrinque lineola abbreviata 

 exaratus. Squamulce testaceae. Alte testaceas, 

 iricolores, apice nigricantes. Pedes piceo-ni- 

 gri, pallido-pilosi ; femorum posticorum barba 

 et flocculo albidis. Tarsi omnes, Tibiisque 

 posticse, testacei. Scopa argenteo-albida. Sco- 

 pulcB fulvo-aureag. 



Abdomen subovale, fusco-nigrum, tergo de- 

 pressiusculo, lucido, glabro, segmentis tribus 

 intermediis raargine albo-ciliatis, anticis duo- 

 bus interrupte. Ani Fimbria pallida aurea. 

 Venter convexus. 



(u) Hymenopt, p. 132. tab. g. fig. 2. Iz p, lod, tab. l6. fig. 8. 



Maris 



