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%l margin also of the latter is red ; the extreme base is black, and 



■seeu^, *h^ second segment has usually a black dot at its extreme lateral 



M] margin in the middle; the apical margins of the third and 



it ^ fourth segments have narrow fasciae of white pubescence, the 



bej first usually interrupted ; the apical fimbria fulvous. B M 



Var. a. The apical margin of the first and base only of the second 

 jjj. segment red. 



^h ^^/' ^' ^^^^ abdomen black, the margins of the segments beine 



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obscurely rufo-testaceous. 



seen ^f^^- J'^^S^^ ^-^ lines.— Black ; the clypeus white, and having 



mij. lour black dots, two about the middle and two united to the 



\^ black anterior margin. Thorax more pubescent than in the 



/^ temale ; the wmgs as in the other sex ; the pubescence on the 



legs gnseous. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the margins of the seg- 

 ments subdepressed and obscurely rufo-piceous ; the apex pale 



tulvous. ^ , -^^ 



Var. a. The basal segment rufo-testaceous. 



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This is the largest and handsomest species of the genus found 

 m this country ; the variety a. of the male has not vet been cap- 

 tured in England, but it is not uncommon on the continent. The 

 highly coloured specimens appear to be the normal condition of 

 the species, which is very widely distributed over Europe, being 

 found m France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Albania, Denmark, 

 Sweden and Fmland ; in most of these localities the coloured 

 specimens prevail, ^vhilst in England they are rare. This insect 

 occurs at Erith Darenth and Birchwood, Kent ; it is a summer 

 species, being found during July and August ; some very fine 

 specimens were captured by Mr. Samuel Stevens in Devonshire. 



2. Andrena Rosae. 



A. atra, cinereo-subvillosa ; abdomine cingulo antico rufo; scopa 



versicolori. 



Andrena Rosas, Panz. Faun. Germ. 74. 10 2 

 Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. iii. p. 192. 19. 

 iiili» Smith, Zool. v. 1665. 2. 



^jji Andrena Austriaca, Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 19. 



^, Melitta Rosae, Rirby, Man. Ap. Angl. ii. 83. 39 ? , var. « 



^j^ Mehtta zonalis, Kirly, Hon, Ap. Angl. ii. 87. 40 i . 



rati tli t^ hi ^^"^^V^^'^'^^ ' the flagellum piceous be- 

 facef'h. P' "^ f\ ™^ndibles ferruginous ; the sides of the 

 face, the margm of the vertex, and the cheeks have a pale ful- 

 vous pubescence. Thorax : the disk shinin. nn^LX ' Ii 



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