96 HYMENOPTERA. 



24. ANDRENA LONGIPES. B.M. 



Andrena longipes, Shuck. MSS.-, Smith, Zool. v. 1740. 24, <? ? . 

 Andrena bucephala, Steph. Illus. Mand. vii. /Swpp. \1, var. < , 



t.43.f. 4. 

 Hab. Britain. 



25. ANDRENA MEGACEPHALA, n. s. 



Male. Length 5 lines. Black, head quadrate, twice the width 

 of the thorax ; sides of the thorax parallel from the collar to the 

 hinder wings ; disk of the thorax smooth and shining, the punc- 

 tures very delicate and distant ; legs nigro-piceous ; tarsi rufo- 

 testaceous ; wings subhyaline, nervures and stigma dark ferru- 

 ginous ; abdomen wider than the thorax, acute at the base and 

 apex, highly polished and delicately punctured : the margins of 

 the segments laterally have a thin fringe of griseous pubescence. 

 Hab. South of France. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



26. ANDRENA NITIDA. B.M. 



Apis nitida, Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 104. 51. 

 Melitta nitida, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Anal. ii. 104. 51 . 

 Andrena nitida, Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 1. p. 122. 8. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 237. 5. 



Smith, Zool. v. 1736. 16. 



Nyland. Revis. Ap. Boreal, p. 253. 10 (nee Fabr. Panz.). 

 Andrena consimilis, Smith, Zool. v. 1736. 17 (var.). 

 Hab. Britain; France; Sweden. 



27. ANDRENA THORACICA. B.M. 

 Apis thoracica, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 383. 31, ? . 



SchranJc, Ins. Aust. p. 178. t. 14. f. 6. 

 Apicis assiduus, Harris, Expos, p. 138. t. 40. f. 19. 

 Apis bicolor, Christ. Hym. p. 178. t. 14. f. 6, $ . 

 Andrena bicolor, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 97. 896. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 65. 19, $ . 

 Melitta thoracica, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 101. 49, $ . 

 Melitta melanocephala, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 103. 50, $ var. 

 Andrena thoracica, Fabr. Syst. Piez, p. 322. 3. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 120. 5. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 239. 7. 



Smith, Zool. v. 1735. 15. 

 Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Austria; Denmark; Sweden. 



28. ANDRENA VITREA. 



Andrena vitrea, Smith, Zool. v. 1737. 18. 

 Hab. Britain. (Coll. F. Smith.) 



