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BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



This species, although plentiful in some localities, does not 

 occur near London : it appears in July and August, at Wev- 

 bridge. ^ 



60. Andrena connectens. 



^. atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; thorace fulvo; abdomine con- 

 vexo, nitido; pedibus rufis. 



Melitta connectens, A7r%, Mon. Jp. Angl ii. 157. 97. 

 Andrena connectens, Smith, Zool. v. 1924. 60. 



Black; at the insertion of the an- 



Length 5 lines. 



Female, 



tennse and sides of the face a long pale fulvous" pubescen^ce 

 very sparing on the clypeus, which is shining and coarsely punc- 

 tured; the flagellum fulvous beneath. Thorax: the pubes- 

 cence on the disk fulvous, most dense on the scutellum; at the 

 sides of the luetathorax a dense fringe of pale pubescence, 

 the disk shining and strongly punctured ; the wings subhya- 

 hne, having a fulvous tinge, the nervures and tegulS pale tes- 

 taceous ; the legs rufo-testaceous, and having a pale glittering 

 pubescence, the tloccus white, the scopa silvery. Abdomen 

 subovate, shining and delicately punctured ; the margins of the 

 segments obscurely rufo-testaceous ; the three intermediate seg- 

 ments have a marginal fringe of yellowish-white pubescence, 

 that on the first usually interrupted ; the apical fimbria pale 

 and ghttermg, having a fulvous tinge ; beneath, the segments 

 have a long pale marginal fringe. B.M. 



It will be seen that this insect closely a])proaches the pre- 



cedmg, but it is certainly more than a variety ; the principal points 



m which It differs are, the coarsely sculptured clypeus, and the 



strongly punctured thorax ; the colour of its legs also, taken in 



combination with the above differences, furnishes a good specific 

 distinction. 



This species has been met with at Southend in the month of 

 August. 



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61. Andrena fiiscata. 



A. nigra, paUide subvillosa ; thorace fusco; abdomine ovato, 

 convexiusculo, segmentorum marginibus albo-fasciatis. 



Melitta fuscata, Kirhy, Man. Ap. Anyl ii. 167. 107 ? . 

 Andrena fuscata, Smith, Zool v. 1929. 68 <? $ . 



Female. Length 4^ lines.— Black ; the pubescence on the face 

 short and pale fulvous; the flagellum nigro-piceous towards 



