444 APiD.E. 



780. Andrena gracillima, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



$ . Head in front sparsely, thorax, median segment, and 

 abdomen densely pubescent, the head about the ocelli and vertex 

 longitudinally striate ; the thorax, median segment, and abdomen 

 under the pubescence finely but somewhat sparingly punctured ; 

 the enclosed triangular space at the base of the median segment 

 finely and obliquely striate. Black ; the head in front with 

 fuscous, the thorax, median segment, base of the abdomen, the 

 coxse, trochanters, and femora of the legs Avith long fulvous, and 

 the tibiae and tarsi, apical half of the ]st and remaining abdominal 

 segments above with sooty-black pubescence ; the apical margins 

 ot segments 2-4 above fringed with a mixture of Avhite and 

 fuscous hairs ; M-ings hyaline, fuscescent towards the apex, 

 nervures and tegulse testaceous. 



Hah. Mussooree. $ . Leni/th 15 ; ex-p. 28 mm. 



781. Andrena anonyma, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



2 . Eesembles A. morosa, but the punctures on the mesonotum 

 are more widely spaced ; the clypeus is subporrect, its anterior 

 mai'gin rugose, the base with coarser punctures ; the median 

 segment finely rugulose, the enclosed I'eticulate space at the base 

 narrower ; the abdomen smooth and shining. Pubescence thinner, 

 not so abundant but of the same colour and disposed as in 

 A. vwrosa. Black, the apex of the clypeus with a broad triangular 

 mark and the mandibles castaneous red ; thorax and abdomen 

 entirely black ; wings hyaline, nervures and tegulse pale testaceous. 



Hah. Mussooree. $ . Length 10-12 ; eccp. 20 mm. Type in 

 coll. Rothney. 



*782. Andrena floridula, Smith, 2nd Yark. Miss., Hym. p. 2, pi. — , 



tig. 4. 



" S • Black ; the head, thorax, and legs with long, thin, cinereous 

 pubescence, the flagellum of the antenna; fulvous beneath ; the 

 mandibles ferruginous at their apex. Thorax — the wings hyaline 

 and iridescent ; the nervures and stigma rufo-testaceous ; the legs 

 dark rufo-piceous, the posterior libia) and tarsi fulvous and clothed 

 with silvery pubescence. Abdomen oblong ovate ; the apical 

 margins of the segments testaceous and Mith a thin fringe of 

 whitish pubescence ; the apex fulvo-testaceous. Male, length 

 4 lines ( = about 9 mm.). 



''Hah. Dras, Ktirgil, and Leh, all in Ladak." 



783. Andrena phaedra, Cam. Mem. Ma7ich. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



S . Head and thorax with long thick pubescence, the head and 

 median segment closely and coarsely punctured; the pro- and 

 mesonotum, scutellum, and postscutellum with large, somewhat 

 widely spaced punctures under the pubescence ; median segment 

 with the enclosed space at base reticulate, beneath this a small 

 triangular space smooth and shining ; abdomen finely and closely 



