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blue-black, lanceolate, and having the two basal segments clothed 



with white pubescence, most densely so at the sides. , B.M. 



This beautiful species appears near London early in April ; but I 



once took it on the 22nd of March, and in Yorkshire I have found 



it plentiful in July; it frequently burrows in trodden pathways. 



I never observed any parasite entering its burrows ; neither have I 



observed it attacked by Stylojis. 



10. Andrena pilipes. 



A. aterrima, glabra, abdomine nitido ; tibiarum posticarum scopa 

 subtus alba, supra fusca. 



Andrena pilipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 312 ; Syst. Piez. 322. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 98. 



Spin. Ins. Lie/, fasc. hi. 191. 



St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 236. 



Nyland. Notis. ur Stilish, pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 210. 



Smith, Bees Great Brit. 59. 



Selienck, Nass. Bien. 237. 



Thorns. Opusc. Ent. 144 ; Hym. Scand. iii. 79. 

 Melitta pilipes, Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 96 2 - 

 Melitta pratensis, I.e. $ . 

 Andrena pratensis, Thorns. Opusc. Ent. 146 ? 



Female. Length 6-7 1 lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the head 

 and thorax black ; the flagellum nigro-piceous beneath ; the wings 

 subfuscous and having a dark cloud at their apical margins, the 

 nervures ferruginous ; the floccus on the posterior trochanters of a 

 yellowish white, the scopa silvery white beneath, above fuscous. 

 Abdomen ovate and shining, its apical fimbria sooty black. B'.M. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. — Yery closely resembles the other sex, 

 the pubescence on the thorax inclining to griseous ; the abdomen 

 ovate-lanceolate, shining, and having a little sooty pubescence at 

 the apex ; legs black ; the claws ferruginous. B.M. 



This may possibly be the Apis atra of Scopoli ; but his description 

 is too brief for determination. 



This species appears during June and July ; it is rather local, but 

 widely distributed. The usual months of its appearance are given ; 

 but it has been taken in August and September. It is frequently 

 found on thistles, usually preferring the flowers of that plant. It 

 has been taken at Southend, Darent Wood, and Shirley Common, 

 also at Sidmouth, South Devon, and at Norwich. 



11. Andrena thoracica. 



A. atra, villosa, thorace supra hirsuto rufo. 



Andrena thoracica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 328 ; Syst. Piez. 322. 

 Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 120. 

 St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 239. 

 Smith, Zool. v. 1735 : Bees Great Brit. 60. 



