British Hymenoptera. 279 



46. Andrena proxima, Kirby. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., ii., p. 146 = Collinsonana, 

 Kirby, Smith, &c. 



Black ; clothed with greyish hairs on the head and 

 thorax in the <? , with pale brown in the ? . Abdomen 

 very finely rugulose and remotely punctured ; 2nd, 3rd, 

 and 4th segments with a lateral streak of pale hairs at 

 the apex; apical fimbria golden. Legs black; tarsi 

 piceous. $ ; scopae brownish, grey. Wings dusky. 



(? . Face clothed with brownish grey hairs. Antennae 

 reaching to the scutellum. Mesothorax dull, finely 

 rugulose, and rather closely j^unctured, clothed with 

 brownish grey hairs. Metathorax somewhat clathrately 

 rugose, basal area undefined. Abdomen shining, seg- 

 ments much impressed at the apex, finely punctured and 

 clothed with short grey hairs ; sides of all the segments 

 and an apical band on each of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 

 clothed with long semi-erect white hairs ; 6th and 7th 

 segments clothed with white hairs with a slight golden 

 tinge ; beneath finely punctured, segments pale at the 

 apex, and fringed with long white hairs ; apical ventral 

 valve somewhat truncate. Legs clothed with grey hairs ; 

 tarsi piceous towards the apex. 



? . Head and thorax clothed with brownish grey 

 hairs. Mesothorax dull, rather closely and largely punc- 

 tured. Metathorax finely and clathrately rugose, basal 

 area ill-defined. Abdomen slightly shining, very finely 

 rugulose and remotely punctured, segments with a wide 

 impunctate apical impression, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th with 

 a lateral streak of white hairs at the apex, 5th and 6th 

 clothed with golden brown hairs ; apical dorsal valve 

 with its sides slightly reflexed ; beneath punctured ; apex 

 of each segment narrowly testaceous and fringed with 

 long brownish-grey hairs. Legs black, clothed with 

 greyish hairs ; scopae silvery, with a slight brownish 

 tinge ; tarsi testaceous towards the ajjex. Length 9 — 

 10 mm. 



Hab. Eare. Occurs in June, and has been taken at 

 Norwich, Weybridge, Blackwater (Hants), Hastings, 

 Bristol, and Sidmouth. 



