100 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



This species, although plentiful in some localities, does not 

 occur near London : it appears in July and August, at Wey- 

 bridge. 



60. Andrena connectens. 



A. atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; thorace fulvo; abdomine con- 

 vexo, nitido ; pedibus runs. 



Melitta connectens, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl ii. 157. 97. 

 Andrena connectens, Smith, ZooL v. 1924. 60. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Black ; at the insertion of the an- 

 tennae and sides of the face a long pale fulvous pubescence, 

 very sparing on the clypeus, which is shining and coarsely punc- 

 tured ; the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax : the pubes- 

 cence on the disk fulvous, most dense on the scutellum ; at the 

 sides of the metathorax a dense fringe of pale pubescence, 

 the disk shining and strongly punctured ; the wings subhya- 

 line, having a fulvous tinge, the nervures and tegulse pale tes- 

 taceous ; the legs rufo-testaceous, and having a pale glittering 

 pubescence, the tioccus white, the scopa silvery. Abdomen 

 subovate, shining and delicately punctured ; the margins of the 

 segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; the three intermediate seg- 

 ments have a marginal fringe of yellowish-white pubescence, 

 that on the first usually interrupted ; the apical fimbria pale 

 and glittering, having a fulvous tinge ; beneath, the segments 

 have a long pale marginal fringe. B.M. 



It will be seen that this insect closely approaches the pre- 

 ceding, but it is certainly more than a variety ; the principal points 

 in which it differs are, the coarsely sculptured clypeus, and the 

 strongly punctured thorax ; the colour of its legs also, taken in 

 combination with the above differences, furnishes a good specific 

 distinction. 



This species has been met with at Southend in the month of 

 August. 



61. Andrena fuscata. 



A. nigra, pallide subvillosa ; thorace fusco; abdomine ovato, 

 convexiusculo, segmentorum marginibus albo-fasciatis. 



Melitta fuscata, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 167. 107 ? . 

 Andrena fuscata, Smith, ZooL v. 1929. 68 <? $ . 



Female. Length 4i lines. Black ; the pubescence on the face 

 short and pale fulvous; the flagellum nigro-piceous towards 



