ii4 Cameron, Hymenoptcra Orientalia. 



Andrena maligna, sp. 1IOV. 



Long. 9 mm. 6 . 



Hob. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Agrees with A . Rothney i generally in coloration ; but 

 the basal abdominal segment is only ferruginous at the 

 apex, while the third is entirely ferruginous ; the hairs on 

 the head and thorax much thicker and longer and uni- 

 formly distributed ; the pleurae much more strongly 

 punctured, the mesopleurae also being obliquely striolated 

 behind. Judging from the description it can hardly be 

 the 6 of A. communis. 



Antennae entirely black, the scape sparsely covered 

 with long fuscous hairs ; the flagellum opaque, almost 

 glabrous. Head large, distinctly wider than the thorax ; 

 black ; thickly covered with long fulvous hairs ; the 

 vertex except at the sides and behind, closely, some- 

 what obliquely, striated ; the clypeus with large, clearly 

 separated, punctures ; tips of mandibles piceous. Thorax 

 densely covered all over with long fulvous hairs ; pro- 

 pleurae deeply excavated ; the mesopleurae opaque ; the 

 base obscurely punctured, the apex obliquely striated ; 

 the base of the metapleurae with a deep shining, oblique 

 depression. Legs densely covered with long pale fulvous 

 hairs. Wings hyaline, but with a distinct fuscous tinge ; 

 the first and second transverse cubital nervures are 

 distinctly bullated at the base and apex and roundly 

 curved, the third on the lower side. Abdomen thickly 

 covered with longish fulvous hairs ; the first segment 

 black, except at the apex ; the second ferruginous, except 

 a black stripe before the apex ; the third is entirely 

 ferruginous ; the apical three segments thickly covered 

 with long fuscous hairs ; the basal five ventral segments 

 ferruginous ; the two basal segments with a black line 

 in the centre which bifurcates on the third to fifth ; the 

 sixth and seventh black ; the seventh thickly covered 

 with long fulvous hairs. 



