Insects. 1743 



black hair ; the mandibles ferruginous at their tips. Thorax clothed 

 above with ferruginous pubescence ; the tegulae piceous ; the wings 

 subhyaline, their apical margins slightly clouded, the nervures ferru- 

 ginous ; the floccus pale ferruginous ; the scopa ferruginous. Abdo- 

 men subovate, the three basal segments are thinly clothed with ferrugi- 

 nous pubescence ; the anal fimbria black. 



Male. — (Length 4 — 4^ lines). Black; the face clothed with long 

 black pubescence ; the antennae nearly as long as the head and tho- 

 rax, the joints subarcuate. Thorax clothed above with dull pale fer- 

 ruginous, with which the legs are also fringed beneath ; the tegulae 

 dark piceous ; the wings subhyaline, iridescent, their apical mar- 

 gins slightly clouded. Abdomen ovate-lanceolate, with thinly scat- 

 tered rufescent pubescence. 



This is a very abundant species during April and May, and appears 

 to be dispersed all over the country. 



Sp. 28. Andrena proxima, Smith. 



Female. — (Length 4 lines). Black ; the face clothed with a black 

 pubescence ; the antennae nigro-piceous beneath. Thorax clothed 

 above with ferruginous pubescence ; the tegulae dark piceous ; the 

 wings subhyaline, their apical margins slightly clouded ; the pubes- 

 cence on the legs ferruginous ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi dark fer- 

 ruginous ; the floccus pale yellow ; the scopa of a golden yellow. 

 Abdomen ovate, the margins very thinly fringed with yellow pubes- 

 cence ; the anal fimbria black. 



I do not know the male of this species. The female appears 

 in June : I have taken it at Weybridge and in Hants. I have 

 observed it in some collections mixed with the preceding species, 

 which it resembles. 



Sp. 29. Andrena fucata, Smith. 



Female. — (Length 5 — 6 lines). Black; the face has a thin pale 

 fulvous pubescence, and a line of short decumbent silvery pile along 

 the inner margin of the eyes ; the antennae nigro-piceous beneath ; 

 the apical rnargiu of the clypeus emarginate and laterally produced, 

 forming acute teeth. Thorax, on the disk clothed with a thin pale 

 fulvous pubescence, and on the metathorax with white ; the tegulae 

 rufo -piceous ; the wings subhyaline ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi 

 dark ferruginous ; the floccus silvery-white, as is also the scopa, ap- 



