270 THE HONEY BEE. 



nigro-fusci ; ungues nigri ; pulvilli fusci : alee obscure fuscae ; 

 nervi nigri ; macula sub costam inter nervos secundarium et 

 auxiliarem elongata, brunnea ; squamulae, squamae et halteres 

 nigro-fusca. 

 Fern. — Sparse pilosus : abdomen nigro-fuscum : oviductus fuscus : 

 tarsi nigro-fusci : alae fuscae ; squamae et halteres pallide fusca. 

 (Corp. long. 1 — \\ lin. ; alar. 1| — 2\ lin.) 



May to July ; on grass beneath trees ; near London. 



Sp. 2. Cha. holosericeus. Mas et Fem. Niger, pedibus 

 nigro-fuscis jlavo cingulatis, alls subfuscis. 



Pipunculus holosericeus. Meigen, Dipt. Europ. IV. 24. 12. 

 Pipunculus exiguus . . . Holiday, Ent. Mag. I. 162. 



Mas. — Niger, obscurus, vix pilosus : oculi ocellique rufi : antennae 

 nigrae : thorax antice utrinque nigro-fuscus : abdomen nigro- 

 fuscum, pilis albis sparse vestitum : pedes nigro-fusci, vix pilosi ; 

 genua, tibiae apice et basi tarsisque fusca, propedum flava ; 

 ungues et pulvilli flavi, illi apice fusci : alae fuscae ; nervi nigri, 

 basi fusci ; squamulae nigro-fuscae ; squamae et halteres fusca. 



Fem. — Oviductus fuscus : pedes flavi ; coxae fuscae ; femora fusca, 

 apice basique flava ; protibiae flavo, meso- et metatibiae fusco 

 cingulatae : alas subfuscae ; squamae et halteres flava. (Corp. 

 long. 1 lin. ; alar. 1| lin.) 



August ; on grass beneath trees ; near London. 



Art. XXIV. — The Honey Bee. By Edward Bevan, M. D. 

 London : Baldwin & Cradock. 



Gentle Bee ! bright example to mankind of industry, eco- 

 nomy, concord, and obedience ! what triumphs, what wonders, 

 dost thou not achieve ! It shall be our delightful task to talk 

 of thee, and to write of thee ; and if we talk not, and write 

 not, pleasantly, then indeed the fault is in ourselves, and not 

 in thee. Sweet is the sound of thy morning hum, attuned to 

 music, when thou revellest on some gay bank of purple heather, 

 visiting bell after bell in quest of their ambrosial essence, 

 heaven-distilled ! Sweet is the air around thee, air impreg- 



