254 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



of the antennae about equal in length to the 4th and 5th 

 together. Thorax and abdomen densely clothed with 

 pale ochreous-brown hairs. Apical fimbria black-brown ; 

 apical dorsal valve punctured, triangularly raised in the 

 centre ; segments beneath punctured at the apex, and 

 clothed with long pale hairs. Legs brown, clothed with 

 pale brown hairs. Length 8 — 10 mm. 



Hah. Appears in April, and is not a rare species in 

 many places ; Hastings, Canterbury, Chobham, Wey- 

 bridge, Wimbledon, Norwich, &c. 



The ^ is abundantly distinct by the obscure colour of 

 the pubescence, and the large dilated tooth at the base of 

 the mandibles ; the ? is like a diminutive lapponica, 

 but the shorter, stouter, 3rd joint of the antennae, only 

 equal to the next two joints in length, will distinguish 

 it structurally. 



22. Andrena varians, Rossi. 



Rossi, Mant. Ins., p. 317 ; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 43. 



Face in the ^ with pale hairs. Mandibles at the base 

 produced and angulated ; ? , face with black hairs. 

 Thorax in both sexes with bright brown hairs. Abdomen 

 in (? shining, two basal segments with a few long hairs ; 

 t^rsi piceous. ? ; two basal segments clothed with 

 bright brown hairs, the rest with black. Scopae black- 

 brown ; hairs beneath black. Wings clear, nervures 

 pale, apex slightly clouded. 



(? . Face above the clypeus clothed with pale brownish 

 hairs, clypeus itself with white. Mandibles at the base 

 outwardly with a triangular tooth. Antennae reaching 

 to the metathorax ; 3rd joint slightly longer than the 

 4th ; 4th slightly shorter than the 5th. Vertex of the 

 head deeply emarginate posteriorly, but not so quadrate 

 as in the following. Mesothorax dull, very finely rugu- 

 lose, clothed with bright brown hairs. Metathorax with 

 rather paler hairs. Abdomen shining, elongate-oval ; 

 1st and 2nd segments sparsely clothed with a few long 

 pale hairs ; the 3rd and 4th on the disk with short black 

 hairs, at the sides with longer pale ones ; 6th and 7th 

 with pale golden hairs ; beneath with the apices of the 

 segments pale testaceous, and clothed with long pale 

 hairs. Apical ventral valve more or less rounded at its 



