210 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Andrena inoa, sp. nov. 

 Black, the pubescence white, darker on the thorax, on the scu- 

 tellums fulvous ; the head closely and distinctly punctured ; on the 

 vertex the punctures are not so strong or so close as they are on the 

 face, and it is also more shining. The metanotal area coarsely 

 reticulated in the centre, the sides obliquely striated ; the apical slope 

 is irregularly reticulated, the strife broken ; its sides are keeled all 

 round, and there is a stout keel in the centre, which commences 

 shortly below the top. Legs piceous-black. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma testaceous, the nervures darker. ^ . Length, 9 mm. 



Hab. Himalayas. 



Head largely developed behind the eyes. Antennae rather shorter 

 than usual, with the joints not dilated below. Mandibles black, 

 smooth, shining, and sparsely haired. Dorsal segments of abdomen 

 closely and distinctly punctured ; the middle ones slightly depressed 

 at the apex. In the centre of the apical half of the penultimate 

 ventral segment is a raised tubercle, covered with fulvous pubescence, 

 broad and rounded at the base, and becoming gradually narrowed 

 towards the apex ; the last segment is closely punctured. In front 

 the third cubital cellule is not much longer than the second ; the third 

 transverse cubital nervure is roundly curved, and is hardly obliquely 

 sloped above as in most species of Andrena. The apex of the clypeus 

 has a stout margin, clearly separated from the upper part ; it is trans- 

 verse, with the sides bent downwards. 



Characteristic of this species is the keeled margin of the apex 

 of the metanotum, with the stout keel in the centre. In Bing- 

 ham's arrangement it would come in near A. phcedra, Cam. 



Halictus himalayensis, sp. nov. 



Black, the pubescence white, the wings clear hyaline, the nervures 

 and stigma black ; the base of the median segment with curved, 

 irregular, clearly separated striae, the apex of the segment distinctly 

 margined, the anal rima with the apical half piceous. $ . Length, 

 7 mm. 



Hah. Himalaya. 



The vertex indistinctly, the front closely and distinctly punctured ; 

 its lower part with a narrow keel in the centre. Face sparsely punc- 

 tured, its centre almost impunctate ; the clypeus is more strongly, but 

 not quite so closely punctured as the sides of the face ; its apex fringed 

 with long white hair. Mesonotum shining and impunctate. Meta- 

 pleurffi opaque, shagreened. Abdomen smooth and shining ; the 

 apical fringes white, the segments without transverse furrows or de- 

 pressions. The legs have a brownish tint ; the calcaria pale testaceous ; 

 the outer spur on the hinder tibiae stoutly spined. The second recur- 

 rent nervure is received near the base of the apical third of the cellule. 

 The head is more elongate and narrower than usual ; the eyes converge 

 above. The basal area of the metanotum appears larger than usual ; 

 its striae in the centre are irregular ; laterally more regular and 



oblique. 



(To be continued.) 



