Insects. 2241 



Description of the Genus Dasypoda, belonging to the Family Andre- 

 nidae. By Frederick Smith, Esq., Curator to the Entomological 

 Society. 



Dasypoda, Fab., Latr., Curtis. 

 Apis, Fab. Andrena, Panzer. Trachusa, Jurine. Melitta, Kirby. 



Generic characters. — Antennae filiform, geniculated ; 12-jointed in 

 the female, 13-jointed in the male. The labrum transverse, the an- 

 terior margin ciliated. The mandibles arcuate, bidentate at their 

 apex, pubescent beneath towards their base ; the stemmata placed in 

 a slight curve on the vertex ; the maxillae elongate, ciliated with long 

 hair at their base ; the terminal lobe lanceolate, slightly pubescent at 

 the extreme apex. The maxillary palpi 6-jointed, the labial palpi 

 4-jointed. The tongue inflexed. The wings with two submarginal 

 cells. 



Female. — Dasypoda hirtipes, Fab. 



Dasypoda Swammerdamella, Curtis. 

 Andrena plumipes, Panzer. 



succincta, Panzer ? 



Melitta Swammerdamella, Kirby. 



Male. — Dasypoda hirta, Fab. 

 Apis farfarisequa, Panz., not Scopoli. 



Female. — (Length 7 lines). Black; the pubescence on the face 

 cinereous, very pale fulvous on the cheeks, and black on the vertex. 

 Thorax, the pubescence fulvous above, intermixed with black be- 

 tween the wings ; on the sides and beneath it is pale fulvous ; the 

 tegulae nigro-piceous ; the wings hyaline, slightly clouded at their 

 apical margins, the nervures rufo-piceous ; all the femora beneath are 

 fringed with very pale fulvous hair ; on the anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 above, as well as on the intermediate tarsi above, it is fuscous ; on 

 the intermediate tibiae above it is fulvous ; on the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tarsi beneath it is rufous ; the posterior tibiae and basal joint 

 of the tarsi clothed with long fulvous pubescence ; the calcariae and 

 apical joint of the tarsi testaceous. Abdomen subovate, clothed with 



