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Genus Andrena Fab. (in part). 
1. A. cineraria Linn. Plentiful at Lindow in April and 
May. 
2. A. albicans Kirby. Abundant everywhere in spring. 
3. A. fulva Schrank. Common in Cheshire in spring. 
4. A. varians Rossi. Not abundant at Lindow, appears 
in May. 
5. A. nigrocenea Kirby. Plentiful at Lindow in April 
and May. 
6. A. Trimmerana Kirby. Plentiful at Lindow in May; 
the 9 emits a strong smell of garlic. 
7 . A. denticulata Kirby. 9 = Melitta Listerella Kirby. 
A rare species, not uncommon at Lindow in May. All the 
specimens taken were dwarfish females. 
8. A. fulvescens Smith. Rather scarce at Lindow; ap- 
pears in June and July. One specimen, a $ , is of stronger 
build than the type, and is more densely pubescent on the 
thorax and abdomen. 
9. A. albicrus Kirby. Taken by Dr. Simpson, in Lan- 
cashire and by the author plentifully at Lindow in May. 
10. A. minutula Kii'by; var. = parvula Kirby. Taken 
at Lindow, but not plentifully, in May. 
11. A. Gollinsonana Kirby. $ = proxima Kirby, and 
var. ? = digitalis Kirby. A pair taken at Hazel Grove, 
near Stockport, by the author in July, 1870. 
12. A. xanthura Kirby = A. chrysosceles Nyl. ; var. $ = 
ovatula Kirby. Plentiful at Lindow in May. 
Family II. Apidse Leach. 
Sub-family II. Cuculinm Latr. 
Genus Nomada Fabr. (in part). 
1. N. ochrostoma Kirby. 9 = vidua Smith. Taken at 
Lindow in May and June, but sparingly. 
2. A. Fabriciana Linn. Noticed in some numbers on a 
sandbank at Lindow in May, a rather unusual occurrence. 
