242 Mr. T, D. A. Cockerell — Descn'pfions and 



the outer cdg^e; pygidiiim sharply sulcate ; elytra ol)li(|ucly 

 truncate and hollowed towards the sutural angle, the apices 

 a little sniootlier. 



Length 3-3,]^ mm. (c? ? .) 



Hab. Natal, Frere and Estcourt {Dr. Marshall: x. 1892, 

 ix. 189(5, i. 1897). 



Three (^ c?, three ? ?. Not unlike E. apricus, Gorli., 

 but very differently coloured, the head smaller ; the elytra 

 without apical excavation in ^ , the pygidium broad, black, 

 and sulcate in the same sex. 



Alphabetical numbei'ed 

 this paper ; those mar 



♦alboo'iittatus, 7. 

 ♦albopartitus, 18. 



aincenulus, 29. 



apricus. 34. 



argus, 17. 



bicaudatus, 10. 



bonnefoii, 24. 

 ♦cavicauda, 31. 

 ♦ confliieus, 15. 

 ♦coiiigerus, 1. 



consobrinus, IG. 

 *cra,ssicauda, 9. 

 ♦dichrous, 33. 



duubrodensis, 5. 

 *ephipi)iatus, 23. 



exqiiisitus, 13. 



ineiinipennis, 20. 

 ♦maculipes, 11. 



martini, 4. 

 *nairobianus, 2, 

 *iiigrofenioratu8, 30. 

 ♦nyasanus, 28. 



ornatipennis, 8. 



list of species of Ebicus enumerated in 

 kedwith an asterisk are treated as new. 



*pectinimami.s, 3o. 

 ♦quadriuotatus, 26. 

 *quadrisio:natus, 25. 



raniicornis, 32. 



ridena, 12. 

 *rubricatus, 3. 



rulithorax, 22. 

 ♦sericatus, 6. 



simoni, 19. 

 ♦sinuatipes, 21? 

 *siidanicus, 14. 

 ♦tetrazona, 30. 

 *zonariii3, 27. 



SYfTOIfYMS, VAniETIES, ETC. 



africanus, 32. 

 bizouatus, 10. 

 *havilandi, 15. 

 natalensis, 4, 32. 

 rbodesiana, 22. 

 rufo-apicalis, 34. 

 sublimbatus, 34. 

 transvaalensis, 34. 



XXVI. — Descriptions and Records of Bees. — XCII. 

 By T. D. A. CoCKEiiELL, University of Colorado. 



Andrena pnucocella, Oockorell, 1917. 



Col. C. G. Nurse took this species in abundance at Quetta, 

 March 1903. The female is new, and is so unlike the male 

 that it requires a separate description. 



? . — Length about 11 mm. 



Black, with the second and third abdominal segments, and 

 broad apex of first, bright ferruginous ; tho second segment 



