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rufo-piceous ; the flagellum obscurely fulvous beneath. Thorax 

 closely punctured, with pale fulvous pubescence above and with 

 hoary beneath ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures fusco- 

 ferruginous ; the scopa on the posterior tibiaB pale fulvous. Ab- 

 domen black, with the apical margin of the first segment, the 

 second segment, and the sides of the third more or less ferrugi- 

 ginous; the apical margins of the second, third, and fourth seg- 

 ments fringed with white pubescence, the sixth segment with 

 .fuscous pubescence. 



Hah. North India, Masuri ; taken at an elevation of 7000 feet. 



This species closely resembles some of the varieties of the European 

 Andrena cetii. 



4. Andrena vitiosa. 



Male. Length 4| lines. — Black. Head twice the width of the thorax, 

 deeply emarginate behind ; the clypeus yellow ; the face and vertex 

 finely punctured, the former with a thin pale fulvous pubescence ; 

 the cheeks smooth and shining. Thorax thinly covered above with 

 pale fulvous pubescence, that on the metathorax thin and hoary ; 

 the collar produced laterally into an elevated tubercle; wings 

 fulvo-hyaline, the tegulse testaceous, the nervures ferruginous ; the 

 legs rufo-piceous, the tarsi palest. Abdomen smooth, shining, and 

 very finely punctured; the apical margins of the segments ob- 

 scurely rufo-testaceous. 



Hah. North China,. 



5. Andrena dentata. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Black ; the abdomen with the apical mar- 

 gins of the first, second, and third segments rufo-testaceous. 

 Head large, wider than the thorax, the vertex narrowed behind 

 the eyes ; the face with hoary pubescence ; the mandibles forci- 

 pate, their tips rufo-piceous and armed at their base with a long 

 spine or tooth ; the joints of the flagellum subarcuate ; the head 

 with long white pubescence beneath. Thorax with long thin 

 pale fulvous pubescence on the disk ; on the sides, beneath, and on 

 the legs it is white ; the tarsi pale ferruginous ; wings pale fulvo- 

 hyaline, the nervures ferruginous. Abdomen oblong, smooth, and 

 shining ; the apical segment with white pubescence. 



Hah. Japan, Yokohama. 



6. Andrena fastuosa. 



Female. Length 6| lines. — Black, the apical margin of the first, 

 and the second segment of the abdomen entirely, ferruginous. The 

 pubescence on the face and cheeks whitish, that on the vertex pale 

 fulvous ; a line of white tomentum at the inner margin of the eyes ; 



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