Records of Bees. 285 



Andrena quettetuis, sp. n. 



(^ . — Length about 9 mm. 



Black, the hind taisi, apical half of middle t-irsi, broad 

 apical band on first abdominal segment, and second segment 

 except a spot on each side and a dusky cloud in middle (or 

 only the apical margin and a broad semilunar area on each 

 side basally) all ferruginous red. Head broad, facial 

 quadrangle much broader than long; mandibles rather short, 

 red at end ; process of labrum broadly, emarginate ; no light 

 face-marks ; clypeus dull and granular ; face and front 

 covered with long sooty hair, paler and reddish about middle 

 of face, becoming black around margins; occiput and lower 

 part of cheeks with long pale fulvous hair ; cheeks broad, 

 liut rounded behind ; antennai long, reaching metatliorax ; 

 flagellum thick, crenulate, entirely dark ; mesothorax and 

 scutellum dull ; area of metatliorax triangular, coarsely 

 wrinkled, poorly defined ; hair of thorax long and fulvous; 

 tegulffi fuscous, the outer margin paler. Wings long, 

 reddih^h hyaline, stigma and nervures amber-colour ; second 

 s.m. receiving first r. n. well beyond middle. Legs with 

 pale hair, golden on inner side of tarsi. Abdomen shining, 

 the dark segments beyond the middle with a very slight, 

 hardly observable, greenish tint; segments with very thin 

 bands of long pale hair ; apical plate broadly emarginate. 



Hub. Quetta, India, March 1906 [Frank Benton). 



This does not agree with any of the species reported by 

 Nurse from Quetta ; the nearest is A. halucha, Nuise, which 

 has more red on the abdomen and much paler hair on head. 

 Jt is just possible that A. quettensis represents an extreme 

 colour-variation of A. haluclia, but it seems to be quite 

 distinct. In Apidse European A. quettensis runs to A. cinyu- 

 lata and "J., laticq^s, but diflfers at oiice by the colour of hair 

 on head. A. halucha, which I have examined in U.S. 

 National Museum, has the area of metatliorax of the Trach- 

 andrena type. 



Andrena be)itoni, sp. n. 



$ . — Length about 9 mm. 



Black, including legs and abdomen ; hair of head and 

 thorax abundant, erect, but not hiding surface, very pale 

 greyish ochreous, black on vertex ; facial quadrangle con- 

 siderably broader than long ; clypeus shining, strongly and 

 closely punctured, without any distinct smooth line; man- 

 dibles red apically ; process of labium broadly truncate ; 



