ANDRENA. 445 



punctured and thinly pubescent, the pubescence forming narrow 

 transverse bands on the posterior margins of segments 2-6 above. 

 Black, the pubescence on the front of the head and on the thorax 

 above cinereous with a fulvous tinge, on the head and thorax 

 beneath and on the legs white ; the bands on the margins of the 

 abdominal segments white; wings hyaline, nervures and tegula) 

 testaceous. 



2 similar, but the smooth triangular space on the median 

 segment is smaller. 



Bah. Mussooree. d • LengtJi 8 ; eay. 17 mm. 5 . Length 8-9 ; 

 ex2). 16 mm. Types in coll. Kothuey. 



784. Andrena sacrissima, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Fh. Soc. xli, 1897. 



c?. Closely resemhles A. 2^hcedra, hut is a larger and stouter 

 insect ; the pro- and mesonotum are more closely punctured ; the 

 enclosed space at the base of the median segment more coarsely 

 reticulate, the sides and apex being smooth and shining, and the 

 abdomen shining with very minute and dense punctures. Pubes- 

 cence as in A. phcedra, but scantier, shorter, and on the thorax 

 more fuscous. 



Hah. JMussooree. (S . Length 12; exp. 24 mm. Type in coll. 

 Eothney. 



785. Andrena morosa, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897 



5 . Head above the bases of the antennte longitudinally striate ; 

 clypeus large, with distant punctures ; thorax finely and not very 

 closely punctured ; median segment obscurely transversely striate, 

 the enclosed space at base very narrow, reticulate ; abdomen smooth 

 and shining ; head, thorax, and abdomen covered with a thin 

 pubescence, slightly more dense and long on the sides of the 

 thorax, the sides and apex of the median segment, and on the legs : 

 on the abdomen the pubescence forms transverse bands, more or 

 less obliterated in the middle, on the posterior margins of seg- 

 ments 2-4. Black, the pubescence cinereous ; the apical margins 

 of the 1st and 2nd abdominal segments above bright, 3rd and 4th 

 dark obscure testaceous brown, apical segment thickly studded 

 with fuscous hairs ; wings hyaline with a slight fuscous tinge, 

 nervures and tegulae testaceous. 



Hah. Mussooree. $ . Length 12-13 ; exp. 19 mm. Type in 

 coll. Eothney. 



786. Andrena reticulata, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. xli, 1897. 



2 . Head and thorax coarsely, abdomen finely punctured ; the 

 head and thorax somewhat thinly, the median segment densely 

 pubescent : abdomen with transverse narrow pubescent bands 

 above, at the base of the 2nd segment and the posterior margins of 

 segments 2-5 ; median segment remarkably short, concavo-truncate 

 posteriorly, the enclosed space at base coarsely reticulate ; legs stout, 

 the posterior femora and tibite with a thick floccus of soft hairs. 

 Black, the pubescence fulvous, whitish beneath the head, on the 



