274 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



no other structural character, and is taken with the 

 typical form. 



41. Andreiia polita, Smith. 

 Smith, Zool., v., p. 1733. 



" (? . Length 5 lines. The pubescence on the clypeus 

 white, above which it is pale fulvous ; the cheeks have a 

 long beard, and the mandibles a fringe of very pale 

 pubescence ; the femora have a fringe of the same 

 colour ; on the tibiae and tarsi it is pale fulvous, the 

 apical joints of the latter being pale ferruginous ; on the 

 disk of the thorax the pubescence is fulvo-ochraceous ; 

 the wings as in the ? ; abdomen oblong-ovate, very 

 glossy, its pubescence as in the ? ; the margins of the 

 segments depressed and narrowly rufo-testaceous." 



" 2 . Length 5^ lines. Black; the face thinly clothed 

 with fulvous pubescence, the flagellum fulvo-piceous 

 beneath. Thorax: the disk thinly clothed with rufo- 

 fulvous pubescence, on the metathorax and sides it is 

 paler ; the wings subhyaline, their apical margins 

 clouded, the tegulse rufo-testaceous ; the pubescence of the 

 legs fulvous, the scopae bright fulvous, the floccus pale ful- 

 vous ; the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen shining, oblong- 

 ovate, closely and delicately punctured ; the apical mar- 

 gins of the segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; the 2nd, 

 3rd, and 4th segments having a narrow pale fulvous 

 fringe, more or less obliterated in the middle; the 5th 

 apical segment clothed with bright fulvous pubescence." 



Hah. "This beautiful species was discovered in the 

 chalk-pits at Northfleet some years ago, in the month of 

 July, where it has since been met with, but not in any 

 other locality; it appears to be a rare insect." 



Not possessing this species, and not being able to refer 

 to the typical specimens, I have copied out F. Smith's 

 description from his ' Catalogue of British Hymenoptera 

 in Coll. Brit. Museum,' pt. 1, 1855. It appears to be 

 very distinct from any other of our British species. 



Division VIL 



(4) 1. ^ , clypeus white. J , abdomen with anal fringe 



golden, unhanded, or strongly iiunctured. 

 (8) 2. Abdomen without lateral white streaks . . . . luniiilis. 



(2) 3. Abdomen with lateral white streaks, strongly 



punctured '. hibiulis. 



