1748 Insects. 



Sp. 37. Andrena Smithella. 

 Melitta Smithella, Kirby. 



Female. — (Length 5 — 6 lines). Black ; the pubescence on the 

 face pale fulvous ; the antennae piceous beneath. Thorax clothed 

 above with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; the tegulae nigro-piceous ; the 

 wings hyaline, slightly clouded at their apical margins, the nervures 

 ferruginous ; the floccus bright yellow ; the scopa yellow beneath, 

 slightly fuscous above; the apical joints of the tarsi rufo-piceous ; 

 the pubescence on the legs yellow. Abdomen oblong-ovate, slightly 

 depressed, the segments clothed, excepting the base of each, which is 

 nearly naked, with rather long pale fulvous pubescence ; the margins 

 of the segments piceous; the apical fimbria ferruginous. 



This is a rare species, which I have not had the good for- 

 tune to meet with ; I have captured a species closely resembling it, 

 but upon comparison with the specimens in the Kirbyan cabinet, not 

 identical. The insect next described I have seen in several collec- 

 tions named Smithella, from which it differs in the clothing of the 

 abdomen ; in Smithella, if viewed laterally, it forms bands of long 

 bright yellow hair, the base of each segment being naked ; but in that 

 which I shall next describe is equally distributed, not forming bands 

 or fasciae. 



Sp. 38. Andrena apicatus, Smith. 



Female. — (Length 6 lines). Black; the face has a fuscous pubes- 

 cence on the clypeus, and black along the margins of the eyes ; the 

 antennae are nigro-piceous beneath. Thorax pale fulvous above ; the 

 tegulae piceous ; the wings subhyaline, the apical margins slightly 

 clouded, the nervures ferruginous ; the pubescence on the legs be- 

 neath is pale fulvous, above it is slightly fuscous ; the scopa beneath 

 is pale bright fulvous, above it is fuscous ; the floccus is pale fulvous ; 

 the tarsi beneath are bright ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, clothed 

 with long pale fulvous pubescence ; the apical fimbria black ; the 

 margins of the segments are piceous; beneath, the margins of the 

 segments are piceous, and fringed with long pale fulvous hair. 



This species closely resembles A. Smithella, but is rather larger ; 

 the tip of the abdomen is black, and is of a different form, being more 

 ovate, and more convex above : it is a rare species, only occasionally 

 met with. 



