hymenoptera. 109 



105. Andrena xanthoscelis. 



Andrena xanthoscelis, BrulM, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. 86. 25. t. 3. 



f. 10. 

 Hab. Canary Islands. 



106. Andrena ruficornis, n. s. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. — Black, the antennae bright ferru- 

 ginous, the face below the insertion of the antennae clothed with 

 ferruginous pubescence, the clypeus naked ; the thorax has a 

 little ferruginous pubescence in front, at the sides of the meta- 

 thorax it is sooty-black ; the wings dark fusco-byaline, having 

 a purple reflection, the externo- and interno-medial and first 

 discoidal cell subhyaline, the apical half of the inferior wings 

 clouded ; the anterior and intermediate femora, tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous, posterior tarsi ferruginous, the posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi clothed with ferruginous pubescence. Abdomen very de- 

 licately and closely punctured, the margins of the segments 

 slightly ferruginous. 

 Hab. Canary Islands. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.) 



107. Andrena mact^. 



Andrena mactae, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 251. 22. 

 Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. ii. 86. 26. 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iii, 173. 68. t. 5. f. 9. 



Hab. North Africa ; Algeria (Macta) ; Canary Islands. 



108. Andrena Lepeletieri. B.M. 



Andrena dorsalis, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 235. 2 (nee Brulle). 

 Andrena Lepeletieri, Lucas, Explor. Sc. Alger, iii. 168. 56. t. 5. 



f. 2. 

 Hab. Algeria. 



109. Andrena velutina. 



Andi-ena velutina, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 240. 8. 

 Luc. Explo. Alger, iii. 170. 59. t. 5. f. 3. 



Hab. Algeria. 



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110. Andrena lugubris. 



Andrena lugubris, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 248. 17. 



Luc. Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 171. 63. t. 5. f. 6. 

 Hab. Algeria. 



