286 Mr. T. D. A. Cockeiell — Descriptions and 



facial EovcfB leJdi.sli brown, separated from eye by a distinct 

 punctured band; flagellum obscure brownish beneath except 

 at baf^e ; tliird antennal joint about as long as next three 

 together ; fourth and fit'th short and about equal, sixtli 

 lon<ior ; niesothorax dull, closely and distinctly punctui-ed ; 

 scutellum shining ; area of metathorax granular, minutely 

 plicate at extreme base ; tegulse fuscous, posteriorly ferru- 

 ginous. \\'ings strongly reddened, stigma and nervures 

 ferruginous ; second s.m. receiving first r. n. in middle. Legs 

 wiih pale hair, «copa of hind tibias dense, entirely pale golden 

 fulvous. Abdomen broad and llatti^h, glistening, very finely 

 and closely punctured, f-econd segment de|)ressed hardly o\\>^- 

 fourth ; hind margins of segm nts 2 to 5 with rather weakly 

 deviloped white hair-bands ; apical fimbria dark chocolate. 



Ilah. Menserah, N.W. Provinces, India, March 1906 

 (Frank Bento7i). 



In Apidfe Europcje ^4. hentoni appears to fall nearest to 

 A. propinqna and A. sepaixinda, but the hair of thorax is 

 quite differently coloured. There is no close resemblance 

 to any of the Indian species. 



Andrena prcccocella, sp. n. 



J . — Length 7'5-8'5 mm. 



Black, with long black and white hair. Very close to 

 A. prcecox, Scop., but differing thus : — Hind margins of 

 second and third abdominal segments more or less brown or 

 redj mandibles with no basal tooth beneath; head equally 

 broad, but longer; upper part of cheeks punctured; light 

 Iiair of thorax above white (not yellowish) ; fourth and fifth 

 abdominal segments with thin white hair-bands ; apical 

 plate of abdomen eniarginate, shaped like a fish-tail. 



■ Con) pared with the Japanese ^4. prcecoc/fomiis, Ckll., it 

 differs by the large amount of black hair at sides of face, the 

 cheeks strongly angled behind, the black hair on meta- 

 thorax, &c. 



f/ab. Quetta, India, March 1906, 5 c? {Frank Benton). 



The females of this group are very unlike the males, so I 

 thought it possible that Nurse might have described the 

 species from Quetta in the female sex. There is, however, no 

 description which seems possibly applicable. In A. prceco- 

 cella the fourth antennal joint is about 256 microns long, 

 the fifth 320. The mandibles are long and falciform. 



Apis jlorea nasicana^ Cockerel!. 



Kohat, N.W. Provinces, India, March 1906 {Franh 

 Benton). 



