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Family XII ANDRENIDiE. 



These are short-to iigued bees, many of them digging or mining under the 

 surface, making burrows of considerable extent. All of them are solitary. 



Sub-family I ANDRENIN^E. 



Contains species of moderate or rather large size. 



MELITTA Kirby = CILISSA Leach. 

 M. americana Smith. Should occur in New Jersey. 



ANDRENA Fabr. 



A. bicolor Fabr. Newark, Burlington Co., V, Dahaway, VI (Sm). 



A. erythonii Robt. Should occur in New Jersey. 



A. erigenise Robt. Newark, Jamesburg, Burlington, and Atlantic Co., May. 



A. americana D. T.= fimbriata Smith. Staten Island, VIII, IX (Ds). 



A. fiavoclypeata Sm. Newark, May, very common. 



A. fragllis Smith. Should occur in New Jersey. 



A. hilaris Smith. "New Jersey" (Ashm). 



A. integra Smith. Should occur in New Jersey. 



A. nuda Robt. Newark, Jamesburg, Lahaway, VI, 7 (Sm). 



A. perplexa Smith. Should occur in New Jersey. 



A. placida Smith, "New Jersey" (Ashm). 



A. pruni Robt. Burlington Co , V (Sm). 



A. simplex Smith. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 



A. valida Say. "New Jersey." 



A. nubecula Sm. 'New Jersey " (Ashm). 



A. claytoniae Robt. "New Jersey" (Sm). 



A. salicis Robt. "New Jersey" (Sm). 



A. vicina Sm. Newark, Jamesburg, Lahaway, Burlington Co., May. 



A. zabriskei Ashm. Staten Island, IV (Ds). 



A. erythrogaster Ashm. Camden Co. (Fox). 



A. ovalis Ashm. "New Jersey" (Ashm). 



A. tuberculata Ashm. "New Jersey" (Ashm). 



Sub-family II HALICTINiE. 



Moderate sized, small or very small bees, sometimes metallic blue or green im 

 color, mining in sandy spots or in vertical banks, sometimes in large colonies. 



AUGOCHLORA Smith. 



A. aurata Sm. Camden Co., VIII, 9, Ocean Grove, V (Fox), Staten Island, 

 IV and V (Ds). 



