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ture like that of the disc but imjiunctate, lateral fringes very 

 slightly indicated. A very well-marked species on account of the 

 very unusual shape of the 8th ventral segment with its somewhat 

 bottle-brush arrangement of hairs at the apex, and the very elongate 

 armature. 



^ 1. El Biar, on Composite, 20, iii, 93. (A. K E.) 

 $ 3. Algiers, 13, iii to 7, iv, 98. {F. D. M.) 



Andrena iota. 



Slightly smaller than the preceding, head clothed with ])ale hairs 

 cly))eus shining, largely jmuctured, antennae with the 2nd joint 

 of the Hagellum slightly shorter than the 3rd and 4th taken t<igether, 

 the 3rd not quite so long as the 4th, mesonutum dull, liuely rugu- 



lose, propodeal area finely rugulose, abdomen finely rugulose, 

 impunctate, more or less shining, impressions discoloured, well 

 marked at the sides, less sculptui'ed than the rest of the segments, 

 lateral fringes hardly noticeable. Exceedingly like alpha but clypeus 

 built on a diilerent ])lan not raised on the disc as in that .s])ecies. 



$ 1. Constantine, visiting Hypochssris glabra, 14, v, 95. 



{A. K E.) 

 $ 20. Algiers, 15, iii to 9, iv, 98. {F. D. M.) 



Andrena kappa. 



Almost identical with the preceding but differing in the slightly 

 longer sti])ites of the armature and the very fine i)uncturation 

 scattered amongst the rugosites of the abdomen. 



$ 1. Bone, 24, ii, 9G. {A. E. E.) 



Andrena lambda. 



Head and thorax clothed with long whitish hairs, a few of those 

 near the insertion of tlic antenna) more or less blackish, clypeus 



