D.SHammerdaniella Kir. 2. 174- 1 11. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 701. 

 Male. A. furfarisequa Paiiz. 55. li. — hirta Fab. 



Black and minutely punctured; the pubescence long, pale 

 ochreous or ferruginous ; silvery white and combed down over 

 the clvpeus: abdominal segments with the margins fringed 

 with pale hairs; nervures ferruginous and piceous: spurs and 

 liairs on inside of basal joint of tarsi orange, terminal joint 

 and claws ferruginous, the latter tipped black. 



Female. D. hirtipes Fab. — A. plumipes Panz. 46. 16, 

 and A. succincta 7-10. 



The pubescence on the crown of the head and thorax ful- 

 vous : basal joint of abdomen clothed with pale hairs, the 3 

 following ciliated with whitish hairs, slightly interrupted down 

 the centre, the 5th joint densely clothed with black hairs ex- 

 cept at the base : 4- anterior tibiee and basal joint of tarsi clothed 

 with fuscous hairs, orange beneath ; hinder pair with the tibi« 

 and basal joint of tarsi perfectly concealed by long orange 

 liairs. 



This insect, which I believe is never met with in the North 

 of England, I have found at the back of the Isle of Wight, 

 flying about and settling on the Hawk's-weed on the top of 

 the Cliff" the whole of August; at Frejus in France the 5th of 

 July, and on the sand hills at Calais the end of August. Cap- 

 tain Blomer sent me specimens from Devonshire, and many 

 years since Mr. Kirby used to find them at Barham in Suffolk 

 on the flowers of the Ragwort. In his Monograph are the 

 following observations : *' In the month of August 1797, I saw 

 a female take her flight from a grassy declivity of a southern 

 aspect, which was much entangled with roots and shrubs. 

 Upon examining this spot more narrowly, I discovered a 

 number of small burrows, each of which had a little heap of 

 sand, which had been excavated from it, lying before it. In 

 some of these burrows I saw our Melitta sitting, with her head 

 at tlie mouth, enjoying the sunshine ; at the same time I ob- 

 served many other insects flying about the spot. Upon my 

 attempting to take them they disappeared, but they soon re- 

 turned so their amusement. With some difficulty, I at length 

 succeeded in taking one, and it proved to be the male just 

 described." 



On the Continent there are several species of our genus, and 

 last year I had the pleasure of capturhig both sexes of the 

 J), disciucta of Illiger, the A. Visnaga of Rossi. 1 found this 

 fine insect in July on the flowers of a Thistle near Frejus, and 

 I believe Mons. Marcel de Serres takes it near Montpellier. 



The Plant is Tussilago Fatfara (Colt's-foot). 



