1930 Insects. 



cal joints of the anterior pair, rufo-fnlvous. Abdomen sub-ovate, 

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

 marginal fascia, the first interrupted ; the basal segment has sometimes 

 a little fulvous pubescence at the sides, and a little white at its ex- 

 treme lateral margin ; the anal fimbria fuscous or slightly fulvous ; 

 beneath convex, and the margins of the apical segments are ciliated 

 with rather long fulvous pubescence. 



Male. — (Length 4 lines). Black ; the face has a fulvous pubes- 

 cence, with which the disk of the thorax is also clothed, but rather 

 paler ; the wings are hyaline, iridescent, and slightly clouded at their 

 apical margins; the posterior tarsi, and the apical joints of the inter- 

 mediate and anterior pairs, rufo-piceous. Abdomen oblong-ovate ; 

 the margins of the segments have laterally a narrow pale marginal 

 fascia, the third and fourth sometimes entire. 



The male of this species may be distinguished from that of fuscata, 

 which it greatly resembles, by its having the basal joint of the pos- 

 terior tarsi pale ; in fuscata it is black. This species is very abundant, 

 and found all over the country : it appears about the beginning of 

 May. 



Sp. 70. Andrena eximia, Smith. 



Male. — (Length 4 — 5 lines). Black; the face clothed with black 

 pubescence ; the clypeus coarsely punctured ; the mandibles long, 

 arcuate, and having an acute tooth at their base about a line in length ; 

 antennae as long as the head and thorax, the joints arcuate. Thorax 

 thinly clothed on the disk with pale fulvous pubescence, finely punc- 

 tured, with large distinct punctures intermixed ; the tegulae black ; 

 the wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, a slight cloud at their api- 

 cal margins ; the legs clothed with pale fulvous pubescence ; the tarsi 

 dark ferruginous. Abdomen oblong- ovate, the margins of the first and 

 third, and the whole of the second segment red, having a longitudinal 

 dark stain in the centre ; the margins of the remaining segments 

 piceous. 



Two specimens of this insect were captured by Mr. Heales this 

 season, I believe in April : I believe them to be unique in that gentle- 

 man's cabinet: they bear a very close resemblance to A. Rosae, and 

 might be supposed at first sight to be its male, but A. Rosae is not 

 found until the end of summer, about August : I captured it this year 

 in that month, in company with the male which I have assigned to it. 

 A. eximia also resembles the banded varieties of A. spinigera, but 



