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Andrena reticulata, sp. nov. 



Nigra; capite thoraceque pallide fusco-hirsutis ; metathorace 

 reticulato ; alis hyalinis, nervis fuscis. 2. Long. 12 mm. 

 Hob. Mussouri (Rothney). 



Head black ; covered with long cinereous hairs, except 

 on the clypeus ; and having them sparser on the front ; 

 the clypeus strongly punctured all over ; the extreme apex 

 transverse, shining, impunctate ; immediately below the 

 antennas is a clearly denned space, a little longer than 

 broad, the apex transverse, the sides straight, smooth, and 

 shining. Mandibles deeply grooved ; the tips piceous. 

 Antennae black, covered at the apex with a pale down. 

 Thorax covered all over with pale fulvous hairs, which 

 are paler and longer and thicker on the pleurae and 

 sternum. Mesonotum strongly punctured, the punctures 

 in the middle more widely separated than on the sides ; 

 the scutellum punctured ; the punctures smaller than on 

 the mesonotum, and very sparse in the middle at the 

 base; the base of the median segment with stout distinctly 

 separated longitudinal striae, those in the middle being 

 more widely separated than those at the sides ; the apex 

 on either side of the central hollow, strongly transversely 

 striated. Pleurae with the punctures somewhat less in 

 size than they are on the mesonotum. Femora covered 

 with longish pale hair ; the hair on the tibiae and tarsi 

 shorter and thicker, the spurs rufo-testaceous. Wings 

 hyaline, the nervures blackish. Abdomen shining, im- 

 punctate ; the segments narrowly lined with silvery hairs. 



Andrena s^evissima, sp. nov. 



Long. 12 mm. cf. 

 Hab. Mussouri (Rothney). 



A larger and stouter species than A. phcedra, which 

 agrees with it in the structure of the median segment ; 

 but the present species differs from it in being larger and 



