178 The Scottish Naturalist. 



By far the most abundant species. It is the first to appear in 

 spring, and is capable of enduring degrees of cold which would 

 benumb its congeners : ex. gr., in the month of March, some 

 years ago^while the thermometer stood in the shade at 34 F., 

 with a sprinkling of snow on the ground, three of them were 

 seen busy at work, extracting honey from the flowers of an 

 Arbutus (Andrachne ?), which the previous mild weather had 

 made fit for their use. 



Although Mr. Smith (p. 225) says, of B. terrestris, "this species 

 is found in all parts of the United Kingdom," I have never 

 met with it in the Province of Moray. The common B. lu- 

 corum is apt to be mistaken for it. Yet not only the superior 

 size of terrestris and its fulvous abdomen, but its flight and 

 hum (as once seen and heard by me on Wimbledon Common) 

 should readily distinguish it. 



B. lapidarius, w. $ 

 B. hortorum, w. $ 



The flowers of the Columbine have great attraction for this 

 species. In the autumn the Garden Hyssop is frequented by 

 the workers of several species. 



Apatkus rupestris, 

 A. campestris, 9 c 

 A. Barbutellus, $ 

 A. vestalis, $ 6* 



In these fourteen earth-bees the schoolboys of Moray saw only 

 three species the ' Garreck/'the ' Foggie,' and the ' Redend '; 

 and, while like Burns' " plundering herds " they " assailed the 

 bykes," the most daring enterprise was to attack and rob the 

 last (probably B. lapidarius) of its sweet household store. 



The following additional Provincial Hymenoptera, having been 

 also named by Mr. Smith, may be here rerded, viz. : 



Colletes succincta. A. Gwynana. 



Halietus rubicundus. A. bicolor. 



H. cylindricus. A. Trimmer ana . 



H. albipes. A. clypeata. 



Andrena Rosa>,. A. albicrus. 



A. albicans. A. coitana. 



A. Clarkella. Megachile circumcincta. 



