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median segment has an oblique slope; the extreme base 

 has short stout longitudinal keels ; below this it is reti- 

 culated ; the rest strongly transversely striolated. Pleurae 

 rather strongly punctured, covered with long pale hairs ; 

 the hairs on the metapleurae longer and thicker. Legs 

 black ; thickly covered with pale fulvous hairs ; those on 

 the hind legs thicker and longer. Wings hyaline, the 

 nervures dark fuscous ; the first recurrent nervure received 

 very shortly beyond the middle of the cellule. Abdomen 

 shining ; the segments fringed with white pubescence, 

 above and beneath ; the ventral segments more strongly 

 punctured than the dorsal. 



Andrena morosa, sp. nov. 



Nigra; capite thoraceque longe pallide hirtis ; abdominis 

 bast ferrugineo-maculato ; alis hyalinis. Long. 12 — 13 mm. 



Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head, except the clypeus, thickly covered with long 

 greyish hair ; opaque, and coarsely alutaceous, the front 

 closely longitudinally striated ; the clypeus shining, almost 

 glabrous, and bearing distinctly separated punctures ; the 

 labrum broadly and roundly incised at the apex. Thorax 

 thickly covered with long greyish hairs, more sparsely on 

 the mesonotum ; the mesonotum and scutellum shining, 

 almost impunctate. Median segment coarsely alutaceous; 

 the base rugosely longitudinally striolated ; the centre 

 with a shallow longitudinal furrow ; the sides bare, and 

 apex thickly covered with long grey hairs. Pleurse alu- 

 taceous, covered with long grey hairs. Legs, especially 

 the hinder pair, thickly covered with long greyish hairs ; 

 those on the hind legs being darker; the calcaria white. 

 Wings hyaline, but with a slight fuscous tinge, especially 

 in front ; the nervures fuscous. Abdomen shining, im- 

 punctate ; the first and second dorsal segments at the 

 apex piceous ; the second to fourth segments at the apices. 



