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middle. Abdomen without hair bands or distinct punctures; hairs 

 at apex sooty. Hair of legs brown black. 



Type. — Collection of the American Entomological Society. 



Superficially like A. fulvinigra, agreeing in size and pubescence, 

 but quite distinct by the purple color and strongly projecting cly- 

 peus. 

 c 16 . Small female with light orange stigma and nervures. 



ANDRENA VEGANA, new species. 



Las Vegas, New Mexico. May 4, 1903. On Salix. (Cockerell.) 



Very much like A. placitae, but can not be its female on account 

 of the more shining thorax, quite differently colored venation, etc. 

 (A. placitae male agrees with vegana, not with salicinellina, in the 

 shape of third submarginal cell, but the stigma is chestnut in placitae, 

 amber in vegana. A. vegana (female) has much darker antennae 

 than male placitae.) 



Female. — Length a little over 6 mm. Black, with a faint greenish 

 tinge on front and abdomen. Pubescence white, slightly ochreous 

 on thorax above. Facial quadrangle a little broader than long. 

 Process of labrum obtusely pointed. Clypeus shining, with sparse 

 feeble punctures. Facial foveae seen from above pale ochreous, occu- 

 pying a little more than half space between antenna and eye, ending 

 below a little below level of antennae. Flagellum dark reddish brown 

 beneath. Third antennal joint about as long as next two together. 

 Mesothorax and scutellum shining, hardly punctured, contrasting 

 with the dull granular vertex. Area of metathorax granular, 

 tegulae pale reddish; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma light amber. 

 Basal nervure meeting transverse median. Second submarginal cell 

 broad, receiving first recurrent nervure in middle. Small joints of 

 tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen shining, not punctured; second and 

 following segments with well defined creamy white hair bands, on 

 second failing in middle; hair at apex pale golden reddish. 



Type.— Cat. No. 18133, U.S.N.M. 



In the table A. vegana is separated from A. fragariana and A. 

 illinoensis by the graular metathoracic inclosure, that of the other 

 two being rugulose. 



A. subtrita Cockerell, from Nevada, is (female) 9 mm. long, with 

 white hair bands on abdomen. It is easily distinguished from A. 

 vegana by its much larger size. 

 eP. Small males with flagellum bright ferruginous beneath. 



ANDRENA SALICINELLINA, new species. 



Clear Creek, Colorado. (No. 5840.) 



Male. — Length, 6J mm. Black, with a distinct bluish metallic 

 tint, the scutellum brassy. Pubescence dull white, faintly yellowish 



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