88 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



rax : the disk thinly clothed with rufo-fulvous pubescence, on 

 the metathorax and sides it is paler ; the wings subhyaline, 

 their apical margins clouded, the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the 

 pubescence on the legs fulvous, the scopa bright fulvous, the 

 floccus pale fulvous ; the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen shining, 

 oblong- ovate, closely and delicately punctured, the apical mar- 

 gins of the segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; the second, 

 third and fourth segments having a narrow pale fulvous fringe, 

 more or less obliterated in the middle ; the fifth and apical seg- 

 ments clothed with bright fulvous pubescence. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. The pubescence on the clypeus white, 

 above which it is pale fulvous, the cheeks have a long beard 

 and the mandibles a fringe of very pale pubescence, the femora 

 have a fringe of the same colour ; on the tibiae and tarsi it is 

 pale fulvous, the apical joints of the latter being pale ferrugi- 

 nous ; on the disk of the thorax the pubescence is fulvo-ochra- 

 ceous, the wings as in the female. Abdomen oblong-ovate, 

 very glossy, its pubescence as in the female ; the margins of 

 the segments depressed and narrowly rufo-testaceous. 



This beautiful species was discovered in the chalk pits at North- 

 fleet some years ago, in the month of July, where it has since 

 been met with, but not in any other locality ; it appears to be a 

 rare insect. 



47. Andrena fulvago. 



A. nigra, fulvo-villosa ; thorace pube rufa; abdomine punctu- 

 lato, nitido ; pedibus posticis, anoque, fulvis. 



Apis fulvago, Christ. Hym. p. 189. t. 16. f . 7 ? . 

 Melitta fulvago, Kirby, Mon. Ap. AnyL ii. 93. 44. 

 Andrena fulvago, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 243. 11. 



Smith, Zool. v. 1 732. 9<J ? 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 99 ; Revis. Ap. Boreal, p. 255. 19. 



Female. Length 4| lines. Black; the face thinly clothed with 

 short fulvous pubescence, the clypeus strongly punctured ; the 

 flagellum fulvo-testaceous beneath. Thorax : the disk shining, 

 strongly punctured, thinly covered with obscure rufous pubes- 

 cence; wings fulvo-hy aline, the nervures ferruginous, tegulae 

 rufo-piceous ; the legs rufo-piceous, the tarsi and posterior 

 tibiae rufo-fulvous ; the floccus pale fulvous, the scopa fulvous. 

 Abdomen subovate, shining, and finely punctured ; the apical 

 margins of the segments depressed and obscurely rufo-piceous ; 



