^^ BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Female. Lengtli 4^-5* lines.-Black ; the face clothed with 

 brown pubescence the antenna nigro-piceous beneath ; the 

 thorax has a pale ferruginous pubescence above as well as be- 

 neath; wmgs subhyahne, their nervures ferruginous; the Ws 

 fusco-ferrugmous the posterior tibiae and the tlrsi fermginous 

 he floccus pale fulvous ; the scopa fulvous, having a golden 

 ustre; he abdomen ovate, finely punctured ; the marfinsof 



he anl r/T*' '^fy^rF^ ^'^ P^le fulvous pubescence 

 the apical fimbria sooty-black ; the margins of the segments 

 beneath have a pale fringe. ^ g M 



This insect although resembling A. Gwynana, is distinct • the 

 legs are of a different colour, the abdomen is punctured and it 

 IS usually met with in June : in the Kirbian collect onTt sTand 

 along with A Gwynana. The male is not known, probably i 

 may he A. pilosula of Kir by. l^^i^uduiy n 



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20. Andrena helvola. 



A. nigra; thorace, abdominisque basi fulvo-rufis, hirtis; tibia- 

 rum posticarum scopa flavescenti. 



"^^I'fi ^I^I^'^^f ' f7'^-/«"'^-/«^^. P- 421. 1693 ? ; Syst. Nat. i. 955. 

 lb, ^ tab. Mus. Lmn. Soc. 



Fair, Ent.Syst. ii. 310. 11 ; Syst. Piez. p. 326. 21. 

 tipm. Ins. Lig. fasc. i. p. 122. 9. 



mS ^^™/'' ^i^y,! ^°''- ^P- "^""^l- ii. 119. 59. t. 15. f . 9 ? . 

 Mehtta angulosa, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Anal. ii. 1 2 7. 6 7 ^ 



Andrena helvola. Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 97. 895 

 Smith, Zool. v. 1742. 26 c??. 

 Nyland. Supp. Ap. Boreal, p. 99 ; Revis. Ap. Boreal, p. 254. 



^vnL ^f^f^ ^"^* Imes.-Black ; the pubescence on the 



flS^T. ^f^ ""T^. ''^''l^ ^^^ "^ tli^ «ides of the face it is 



pwS\ mandibles ferruginous at their apex. Thorax 



ttl ^^'^^ '''*^ rufo-fulvous pubescence, at the sides and 

 StlvM ^^gf eous; the wings hyaline, their apical margins 

 fZoI ^ !f ' /•'" *f S"l«c and nervures ferruginous ; the 

 femora beneath fringed with white pubescence, °the floccus 



rui^inm J '7^A P^^' ^1™^'' *^'^ "^^^^^ J^^^^^ «f the tai'si fer- 

 vS K T ''f'-^? subovate, the pubescence at the base ful- 



frin^'erfe? ''^"'^ '' f ^^"^^^«"^ ' beneath, the margins 

 trmged with cinereous pubescence. b!m. 



^itLJ'!^^' i"^J lines.-Black; the head wider than the i 



wS;r ^l^'^'-''*" ' -^^ "^yP""' "«^^^^^ ^'ith long white pu- 

 bescence, at the insertion of the antennae it is pale fulvoSs ; 



