440 APID.E, 



773. Halictus liodomus, Vachal, Ann. Mils. Civ. Gen. (2") xiv, 1894, 



p. 435, 2 . 



2 . Head smooth, sliglitly shining, with only a few scattered 

 punctui'es ; mesonotum rugose, with shallow fine reticulations ; 

 abdomen smooth, the basal segment highly polished and shining ; 

 front not carinate, flattisb, narrowed interiorly, the eyes distinctly 

 convergent below ; mesonotum broad, barely convex, scutellum 

 slightly prominent; median segment rounded at the sides, truncate 

 posteriorly, the lunate space at base coarsely rugose. Black ; the 

 clypeus, back of the bead, sides of the thorax and of the median 

 segment with a thin hoary pubescence ; legs covered with a fuscous 

 brown, the underside of the femora and tibiae with a brighter 

 brown pubescence ; abdomen with narrow transverse bands of 

 white pubescence at the base of segments 2-4 ; wings hyaline, 

 slightly fuscescent, nervures dark brown. 



Mab. Bharao, Upper Burma ; Karen Hills. $ . Lenjth 6-7 ; 

 exp. 13 mm. 



774. Halictus dissimulandus, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 



1807. 



J . Head and thorax pubescent, densely punctured ; the median 

 segment short, posteriorly rounded, the apex sharply truncate, 

 the truncation smooth, the enclosed space at the base coarsely 

 reticulate, the striae diverging outwards ; abdomen smooth and 

 shining. Head and thorax black ; abdomen castaneous, the 1st to 

 the 4th segment above stained with fuscous, the 5th and apical 

 segments above black, the basal segments beneath and the legs 

 dark testaceous brown ; the clypeus densely, the thorax and legs 

 lightly covered with a hoary pubescence ; wings hyaline and 

 iridescent, the nervures and tegulte pale testaceous. 

 Ilab. Mussooree. (5". Lemjili 6; exp. 12 mm. 



775. Halictus serenas, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



cJ . Head and thorax somewhat thickly pubescent, beneath the 

 pubescence opaque ; abdomen smooth, slightly shining ; median 

 segment with the enclosed semicircular space at base large and 

 coarsely reticulate, the rest of the segment above and on the sides 

 slightly punctured and pubescent ; abdomen subcordate, the seg- 

 ments above, in a strong light, appear to be very finely and closely 

 punctured. Black ; the pubescence white, golden yellow on the 

 legs ; the basal segment of the abdomen rufo-fuscous, with a fuscous 

 transverse stripe above ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulae pale 

 testaceous. 



Bab. Mussooree. J . Lemjih 5 ; exp. 12 mm. 



Genus ANDRENA. 



Andrena, pt., Fahr. Syst. Ent. p. 376 (1775). 

 Melitta, Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. i, p. 130 (1802). 



Type, A. cineraria.^ Fabr. 

 Bange. Both hemispheres. 



