CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTOMOLOGY OF ABERDEEN 211 

 HYMENOPTERA. 



FORMICID^E. 



Formica fusca, Latr. 



LARRID^E. 



Tachytes pectinipes, L. Banchory, scarce. 



NYSSONID^E. 

 Mellinus arvensis, L. Invercannie, not scarce. 



CRABRONID^E. 



Crabro varius, Lep. Banchory. 

 C. dimidiatus, F. Loch of Skene and Invercannie. 

 C. cribrarius, L. Braes of Don, common. 



VESPID/E. 



Vespa vulgaris, L. Common. 



V. germanica, F. Hazlehead, occasionally. 



V. rufa, L. Common. 



V. austriaca, Panz. ( = arborea, Smith). Once at Hazlehead in 



1898. 



V. sylvestris, Scop, Not common. 

 V. norvegica, F. Hazlehead and Banchory. 



EUMENIDiE. 



Odynerus trimarginatus, Ztt, Braes of Don, Countesswells. 



COLLETID^E. 



Colletes succincta, L. Invercannie, not scarce. 



ANDRENID^E. 



Halictus rubicundus, Chr. Nigg and Muchalls, common. 

 H. cylindricus, F. Invercannie, common. 

 H. albipes, Kirb. Common on flowers. 

 Andrena albicans, Kirb. On flowers, not scarce. 

 A. rosse, Panz., race trimmer ana, Kby. 

 A. fucata, Sm. Nigg, not uncommon. 

 A. analis, Panz. Banchory, etc., common. 



Nomada succincta, Panz. Banchory, one male. 



[First record for Scotland. I have seen the specimen, which 

 was named by Mr. Saunders. W. E.] 



