50 ANDRENID^l. 



rally, finely and sparingly at the basal margin in the middle ; the 

 apical segment with fuscous pubescence ; beneath green and punc- 

 tured, the margins of the segments fringed with pale pubescence. 



Hab. St. Paulo, Amazons. 



ANDRENA, Pabr. 



1. Andrena torrida. 



Female. Length 5| lines. — Head and thorax black, abdomen ferru- 

 ginous. Head very closely punctured ; the face and cheeks with 

 short white pubescence ; the apical joint of the antennae fulvous 

 beneath. Thorax shining above, with strong rather distant punc- 

 tures ; the metathorax smooth ; the pubescence above pale and 

 yellowish, that beneath and on the legs white ; the legs rufo- 

 piceous ; the wings fusco-hyaline, with the base hyaline. Abdo- 

 men shining and impunctate, the extreme base and apex blackish. 



Male. The same length as the female ; similarly coloured, but having 

 the face densely covered with gold-coloured pubescence, and with 

 more black at the base and apex of the abdomen, which has the 

 margins of the segments depressed. 



Hab. Bombay Presidency. 



2. Andrena mollis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head and thorax shining black ; abdomen 

 pale ferruginous, with black spots and fasciae. The head and thorax 

 above very closely and finely punctured ; the face thinly covered 

 with pale fulvous pubescence ; mandibles ferruginous, their base 

 and apex dark rufo-piceous ; the flagellum of the antennae fulvous 

 beneath, two or three of the apical joints entirely so. The pubes- 

 cence on the thorax pale fulvous ; the postscutellum covered with 

 pale tomentum ; wings subhyaline and iridescent, their apical 

 margins faintly clouded; legs ferruginous. Abdomen with a 

 fuscous macula a little beyond the middle of the first and second 

 segments laterally ; a fuscous band across the third segment, the 

 following segments black ; beneath, the segments are fringed with 

 long pale hair. 



Hab. Bombay. 



There is only a single specimen of this species in the Collection • 

 but it is probable that the dark markings on the abdomen vary in 

 different individuals. 



3. Andrena communis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. — Head closely and finely punctured ; the 

 clypeus shining and with strong punctures ; tips of the mandibles 



