204 BRITISH BEES. 



Tliorax very pubescent, abdomen smooth and shining. 



45. albicam, Kirby, <? ? . 4-5 lines. 



46. pilipes, Fabricius, 3 ? . 5-7 lines. 

 pratensis, Kirby. 



47. cineraria, Linnaeus, c? ? 5-7 lines. (Plate II. 



fig- 2c? ?.) 

 cineraria, Kirby. 



48. thoracica, Fabricius, <$ ? . 5-7^ lines. 

 thoracica, Kirby. 



melanocephala, Kirby. 



49. nitida, Fourcroy, <$ ? . 5-6^ lines. (Plate II. 



fig. 3c? ?.) 

 nitida, Kirby. 



50. vitrea, Smith, ? . 64 lines. 



The entire lody densely pubescent. 



Sl.fulva, Schrank, <$ ? . 4-6| lines. (Plate II. 



fig. 1 f ? ) 

 fulva, Kirby. 

 52. Clarkella, Kirby, # ? . 4^-6 J lines. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Fabricius seems to have named this genus from 

 avdprjvrj, a wasp, but why, it is impossible to say. Al- 

 though one name is as good as another, it being indif- 

 ferent what the name may be, yet where so evident an 

 attempt to give a name pertinence is conspicuous, it is 

 remarkable that it should be so little relevant, for none 

 of the characteristics of a wasp or hornet are exhibited 

 in these insects. 



Possibly it was from the genus being the most nu- 

 merous in species that Dr. Leach was induced to give 





