84 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



40. Andrena clypeata, n. s. 



A. hirsutissima, fuscescens, clypeo albo-barbato ; abdomine 

 pallido-lanato. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Black ; head as wide as the thorax, 

 covered with long fuscous pubescence, the clypeus having a 

 long white beard; the mandibles forcipate, their tips ferruginous, 

 produced at their base beneath into a large angular tooth ; the 

 antennae as long as the thorax, the nagellum piceous beneath, 

 the joints subarcuate. Thorax clothed above with long fus- 

 cous pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, iridescent, faintly 

 clouded at their apex, the nervures pale ferruginous ; legs ob- 

 scure rufo-testaceous, the femora have a long pale pubescence ; 

 the apical joints of the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous, the tibiae and 

 tarsi having a scattered glittering yellowish-white pubescence. 

 Abdomen lanceolate, subpetiolate, shining, and having a loose 

 scattered pale pubescence, the apex has a little glittering yel- 

 lowish-white pubescence. 



This insect was received from Scotland ; it is a very distinct 

 and marked species, and easily recognized ; only one specimen 

 has occurred. 



41. Andrena constricta. 



A. nigra, nitida, cinerascenti-pilosa, tibiis tarsisque posticis fulvis ; 

 abdominis segmentorum trium intermediorum marginibus basi 

 constrictis. 

 Andrena constricta, Smith, Zool. vii. App. p. 59. 



Male. Length 4 lines. Black ; antennae as long as the thorax, 

 rufo-piceous beneath, the joints subarcuate ; the clypeus coarsely 

 punctured, the face having a scattered pale yellow pubescence. 

 Thorax punctured and shining, the metathorax having & thin 

 griseous pubescence ; the wings subhyaline, having a fulvous 

 tinge, the tegulae and nervures rufo-testaceous. Abdomen 

 ovate, rather strongly punctured, the margins of the three inter- 

 mediate segments depressed, and rufo-testaceous, the extreme 

 apex fulvo-piceous, and having a glittering pale pubescence; 

 the legs rufo-testaceous, sprinkled with a pale glittering pubes- 

 cence ; the posterior tibiae and all the tarsi fulvo-piceous ; the 

 tibiae have a fuscous stain beneath. 



This very distinct insect was captured by the Rev. W. Little at 

 Kirkpatrick- Juxta ; it is quite possible that it may prove to 



