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Nyland. Notts, ur Siillsk. pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. ii. 98. 



Thorn*. Opusc. Fat. 14(3; Hi/m. Scand. ii. 83. 

 Apis thoracica, Fabr. Fnt. Syst. ii. 328 : Syst. Fiez. 322. 



Christ. Hym. 178, tab. 14. fig. 0. 

 Melitta thoracica, Kirby, Mon. , Ipum Angl. ii. 101 $ • 

 Melitta melanocephala, Kirby, W>. cit. 103, var. c?. 

 Andrena melanocephala, Thorns. Opusc. Fnt. 146 Y 



Female. Length. G-7k lines. — Black ; the disk of the thorax clothed 

 with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; wings fusco-hyaline, their apical 

 margins having a dark fuscous cloud ; the legs have a black pubes- 

 cence, the claws ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, shining and deli- 

 cately punctured, the apical fimbria fuscous. B.il. 



Male. Length 5^-6 lines. — Black ; altogether closely resembling 

 the other sex ; abdomen elongate-ovate. B.M. 



This species appears about the middle of April if the season be 

 mild ; but it is usually most abundant in June ; I have taken it 

 plentifully in July and August. It is widely distributed, but I have 

 not seen it in the north of England ; it has been taken in Kent, 

 Surrey, Hampshire, North and South Devon, also in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk. It is frequently found on thistle-heads. 



12. Andrena nitida. 



A. nigra, nitidiuscula ; thorace hirsutissimo, rufo-fulvo ; scopa 

 fusca, subtus griseo-alba ; abdomine apice fusco-fimbriato. . 



Andrena nitida, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 122. 



St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 237. 



Smith, Zool. v. 1730; Bees Great Brit. 61. 



Nyland, Notis. ur Satisk. pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. ii. 253. 

 Apis nitida. Fourc. Fnt. Par. no. 2. 

 Melitta nitida, Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 104. 

 Andrena consimilis, Smith, Zool. v. 1736, var. 



Female. Length 54-G| lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the cly- 

 peus griseous, that on the face and vertex fuscous ; the thorax 

 densely clothed above with fulvous pubescence ; beneath, as well 

 as the fringe on the femora and floccus on the posterior trochan- 

 ters, white ; the scopa silvery white beneath, dark fuscous above ; 

 all the legs have a similar fuscous pubescence above; the wings 

 subhyaline, their apical margins having a slight fuscous cloud, tho 

 nervures ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, shining and very delicately 

 punctured at the base ; the second and third segments have on each 

 side on their basal margins a patch of white pubescence ; some- 

 times the fourth has a similar spot; the apical fimbria fuscous; 

 beneath, the margins of the segments fringed with white pubes- 

 cence. B.M. 



Yar. a. The legs nigro-piceous ; the posterior tibiae and all the 

 tarsi ferruginous, the scopa pale fulvous, the apical fimbria of the 

 abdomen fulvous. 



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