Insects. 1925 



Sp. 61. Andrena minutula. 

 Melitta minutula, Kirby. 



Female. — Length 3 — 3 J lines). Black ; a line of short silvery hair 

 on the face, along the inner margin of the eyes ; the antenna? rufo- 

 piceous beneath. Thorax, a little hoary pubescence at the sides ; the 

 tegulae piceous ; the wings fuscous, palest at their apical margins, the 

 nervures ferruginous ; the floccus white ; the scopa silvery white, not 

 very dense, and changing in colour in different lights ; the tarsi have 

 fulvous pubescence within ; the apical joints ferruginous. Abdomen 

 sub-ovate, shining, nearly naked, having only a few white hairs on the 

 margins of the apical segments ; the anal fimbria fuscous. 



Male. — (Length 2j — 3 lines). Black ; the face clothed with white 

 pubescence ; the antennae rufo-piceous beneath. Thorax, the tegulae 

 piceous ; the wings iridescent, sub-hyaline ; the legs have a silvery- 

 white pubescence ; the claws ferruginous. Abdomen convex, smooth 

 and shining, having a thin griseous pubescence. 



Sp. 62. Andrena nana. 

 Melitta nana, Kirby. 



Female. — (Length 3J lines). Black ; a line of short silvery hair on 

 the face, along the inner margin of the eyes. Thorax, the tegulae pi- 

 ceous ; the. wings iridescent, sub-fuscous ; legs with a hoary pubes- 

 cence ; the floccus white ; the scopa silvery-white ; the basal joint of 

 the tarsi has a fulvous pubescence within ; the claws ferruginous. 

 Abdomen sub-ovate, rather broadest towards the apex, finely and 

 closely punctured ; the second, third and fourth segments have a white 

 marginal fascia, broadly interrupted in the two first ; the anal fimbria 

 white, with a little fulvous pubescence at the extreme apex. 



Male. — (Length 3 lines). Black ; the face clothed with white pu- 

 bescence ; the antennae nigro-piceous beneath ; the tegulae piceous ; 

 the wings splendidly iridescent, sub-hyaline ; the disk has a little 

 ochraceous pubescence as well as the legs ; the claws ferruginous. 

 Abdomen ovate-lanceolate, very finely punctured, and having a thin 

 scattered ochraceous pubescence ; apex piceous. 



Sp. 63. Andrena parvula. 

 Melitta parvula, Kirby. 



Female. — (Length 3 — 3^ lines). Black ; a little pale pubescence 

 on the clypeus, and a line of short pale fulvous hair along the inner 

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