246 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



Legs and the scopae densely clothed with black hairs. 

 Length 13 — 16 mm. 



Hah. Common but local, and variable in time of 

 appearance. I have taken it in April and August. 



13. Andrena nitida, Fourc. 



Fourc, Ent. Par., No. 2; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 35. 



Black ; face clothed with whitish hairs. Thorax with 

 bright fulvous-brown hairs above, with whitish hairs 

 below. Abdomen shining in the ^ , clothed above with 

 pale ochreous hairs ; in the ? with a lateral patch of 

 ochreous hairs on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd segments, 

 apical fimbria black ; under side and legs in <? , under 

 side and femora only in ? , clothed with pale hairs ; 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi densely clothed with black 

 hairs. 



<? . Head rugosely punctured on the vertex ; face 

 clothed with whitish hairs, margined with black hairs 

 along the eyes ; vertex with a few fulvous hairs. An- 

 tennae reaching to the scutellum. Thorax densely clothed 

 with fulvous-brown hairs ; mesothorax closely punctured ; 

 metathorax finely rugose. Abdomen elongate-ovate, 

 shining, punctured, apex of each segment, except the 1st, 

 rather widely impressed ; surface sparingly clothed with 

 pale hairs ; beneath clothed with pale hairs, apical seg- 

 ment entire. Legs brownish black, clothed with pale 

 hairs. 



? . Face clothed with short white hairs, those above 

 the antennae and along the eyes black, those on the 

 vertex fulvous. Thorax as in the 3' , although the colour 

 of the pubescence is brighter and richer. Abdomen 

 widely ovate, black, shining, finely and clearly punctured, 

 the 3rd and 4th segments at the base only ; 1st, 2nd, 

 and 3rd segments glabrous on the disk, but with a 

 lateral patch of pale pubescence on each side ; 4th with 

 a few black hairs ; apical fimbria black, densely clothing 

 the 5th and 6th segments; apical dorsal valve punctured, 

 its edges slightly raised ; beneath punctured, clothed 

 with long pale hairs, mixed with black. Femora clothed 

 with long white hairs ; intermediate and posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi with brownish black, posterior tibiae with pale 

 hairs beneath. Len^ith 12 — 14 mm. 



