204 Mr. Edward Saunders on 



punctured portion of the mesoscutum above it, propodeal area 

 scarcely indicated, very finely rugulose, abdomen sculptured much 

 as in the ^, but the rugulosities rather stronger, and there is 

 scarcely any indication of metallic reflections, white bands of the 

 segments well defined that of the second interrupted, segments 

 beneath with very long rather dense fringes. 

 Long. 8 mm. 



$ 2. Biskra, on Periderea fitscata, 8, ii, 84. (A. E. E.) 

 ^1, $ 1. „ on Brassica najms, 21, ii, 97. (A. E. E.) 



Andrena variabilis, Sm. 



^ 1. Between Medea and Lodi, on Centaurea calcitrapa, 



11, vii, 93. (A. E. E.) 

 $ 1. Lodi, on Eryngium triquetrum (stylopized), 13, vii, 



93. (A. E. E.) 



Andrena labialis? 



$ 1. Algiers, 13, iv, 93. {A. E. E.) 



Andrena, sp. ? {stylopized). 

 $ 1. Biskra, 24, v, 93. {A. E. E) 



Andrena rhyssonota. Per. 



^ 1. Sidi Ferruch, on 3Iagydaris tomentosa, 8, v, 93. 

 {A. E. E.) 



Andrena forcipata, n. sp. 



$. Niger albido-pilosus, opacus, remote punctatus, antennarum 

 articulo tertio tribus sequentibus simul sumptis parum longiore, 

 abdominis segmentis, apice late impressis; forcipum exteriorum 

 lobis antice carinato-reflexis bene distinguendus. 



$ . Large, about the size of and somewhat resembling hattorjiana 

 and nobilis, black, clypeus and cheeks at its side yellow, the former 

 with 2 small black discal spots, antennce with the 2nd joint of the 

 flagellum as long as the following 3 together the rest sub- 

 quadrate, head and thorax rather densely clothed with grey hairs 

 which have a slightly ochreous tinge on the mesonotum, dull, finely 

 rugulose and with a very fine remote puncturation, wings with a 

 smoky tinge as they approach the apex, nervures dark brown, 

 propodeum rugulose, its basal area very finely and regularly so, with 

 an impressed dorsal line. Abdomen nearly dull, finely rugulose, 

 and remotely and finely punctured, the segments widely impressed 



