96 hymenoptera. 



24. Andrena longipes. B.M. 



Andi-eua longipes, Shuck. MSS.; Smith, Zool. v. 1740. 24, c? ? • 

 Amli-ena bucephala, Steph. Illus. Mand. vii. Supp. 17, var. i , 



t.4;if. 4. 

 Hab. Britain. 



25. Andrena megacephala, n. s. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black, head quadrate, twice the width 

 of the thora.\ ; sides of the thorax jjarallel from the collar to the 

 hinder wings ; disk of the thorax smooth and shining, the punc- 

 tm-es very delicate and distant ; legs nigro-piceous ; tarsi nifo- 

 testaceous ; wings subhy aline, nervures and stigma dark ferru- 

 ginous ; abdomen wider than the thorax, acute at the base and 

 apex, highly polished and delicately punctm-ed : the margins of 

 the segments laterally have a thin fringe of griseous pubescence. 

 Hab. South of France. (Coll. F, Smith.) 



26. Andrena nitida. B.M. 



Apis nitida, Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 104. 51. 

 Mehtta nitida, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 104. 51. 

 Andrena nitida, Spin. Ins. Lig. fase. 1. p. 122. 8. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 237. 5. 



S7nith, Zool. v. 1736. 16. 



Nyland. Revis. Ap. Boreal, p. 253. 10 (nee Fabr. Panz.). 

 Andrena consimilis. Smith, Zool. v. 1736. 17 (var.). 

 Hab. Britain ; France ; Sweden. 



27. Andrena thoracica. B.M. 

 Apis thoracica, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 383. 31, $ . 



Schrank, Ins. Aust. p. 178. t. 14. f. 6. 

 Apicis assiduus, Harris, Expos, p. 138. t. 40. f. 19. 

 Apis bicolor, Christ. Hym. p. 178. t. 14. f. 6, (? . 

 Andrena bicolor, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 97- 896. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 65. 19, S • 

 Melitta thoracica, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 101. 49, $ . 

 Melitta melanocephala, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 103. 50, S var. 

 Andrena thoracica, Fabr. Syst. Piez, p. 322. 3. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 120. 5. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 239. 7- 



Smith, Zool. v. 1735. 15. 

 Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Austria ; Denmark ; Sweden. 



28. Andrena vitrea. 



Andrena vitrea, Smith, Zool. v. 1737. 18. 

 Hab. Britain. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



