l-O HYMENOPTKRA. 



Genus 26. SCRAPTER. 



(Details, Plate IV.) 



Scrapter, St. Farg. Ency. Meth. x. 403. 

 Andrena, ])t., Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alg&. iii. 17.*). 



Body similar in form to the species of Andrena, but differing 

 in havinj; the ocelli more nearly in a straight line or slight 

 cur\e ; the labium elongate-lanceolate, the paraglossa about 

 half its length ; labial ])alpi four-jointed, being nearly as long 

 as the labium, the basal joint as long as the three following ; 

 the terminal lobe of the maxilhe nearly half their entii'e length, 

 the lobe acute at the a])ex. The superior wings having one mar- 

 ginal and two submarginal cells, the second subraarginal cell re- 

 ceiving both the recurrent nervures a little within. 



1. Scrapter bicolor. 



Scrapter bicolor, St. Farg. ^ Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 404. 1. 

 Hab. Africa. 



2. Scrapter punctatus. 



Scrapter punctatus, St. Farg. S)- Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 404. 2. 

 Hab. Africa. 



3. Scrapter nicer. 



Scrapter niger, St. Farg. Sf- Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 404. 3. 

 Hab. Africa. 



4. Scrapter lagopus. 



Andrena lagopus, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. 151 ? 

 St. Farg. Hym. U. 261. 2. 



Hab. South of France. 



5. Scrapter Brullei. 



Scrapter Brullei, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 260. 1 . 

 Brulle, Hist. Nat. II. Canar. p. 86. 24. 

 Hab. The Canary Islands. 



6. Scrapter annulipes. 



Andrena? annulipes, Luc. Explo. Sc. Alger, iii. 179. t. 6. f. 11. 

 Hab. Algeria. 



