49G ON THE HABITS OF SOME SPECIES OF BEES. 



latescentes ; clava ovata, articulo 10°. latior et plus duplo longior : 

 thorax brevi-ovatus, crassus : prothorax brevissimus : mesotho- 

 racis parapsidum suturae vix conspicuse : metathorax brevis : 

 abdomen ovatum, acuminatum, subtus angulatum, thorace longius 

 et angustius : alae mediocres ; nervus cubitalis radiali vix longior. 



Cupreus, parum nitens : caput ^neo-viride : oculi rufo-picei : an- 

 tennae fuscae ; articulus 1"'. fulvus : abdomen cupreo-purpureum, 

 nitens, subtus cupreum ; segmentum 1"™. laete viride, cupreo 

 varium ; 2"™. et sequentia basi utrinque viridia : pedes fulvi ; 

 coxae et femora aenea ; tibiae fusco cingulatae ; meso- et metatarsi 

 flavi, apice fusci : alse fulvescentes ; squamulae et nervi fulva ; 

 stigma fuscum, parvum. (Corp. long. lin. Ig ; alar. lin. 2.) 



Sp. 163. Pter. Endomychi (Curtis's MSS.) Mas. JEneus, 

 antenncB nigro-fusc(B, abdomen basi fulvuin, pedes fulvi, 

 alcB limpidcs. 



Corpus crassum, latum : caput thorace paullo latius : antennae 

 subfiliformes, corporis dimidio longiores ; articuli 5°. ad lO'^™. 

 breves, cyathiformes, subaequales ; clava longi-ovata, articulo 

 10°. angustior et plus duplo longior : thorax ovatus : pro- 

 thorax brevissimus : mesothoracis parapsidum suturae vix 

 conspicuae : metathorax brevis : abdomen rhombiforme, thorace 

 brevius ; segmentum 1"'". maximum ; sequentia brevissima : alee 

 sat latae ; nervus cubitalis radiali multo brevior. 



^neus : oculi rufo-picei : antennae nigro-fuscae ; articuli 1"^ et 2"^ 

 fulvi : abdomen fulvum, nitens, apice aeneum : pedes fulvi ; coxae 

 seneae ; meso- et metatarsi flavi, apice fusci ; alae limpidte ; 

 squamulae et nervi fulva ; stigma obscurius, minutum. (Corp. 

 long. lin. 1 ; alar. lin. Ig.) 



Reared by Mr. Curtis, from the larva of Endomychus cucci- 

 neus, — (British Entomology, XII. 570.) 



Art. XL VI. — A feiv Observations on the Habits of some 

 Species of Bees. By G. R. Waterhouse, Curator to the 

 Museum of the Royal Institution, lAverpool. 



Upon referring to Kirby's Monograph on the Bees of this 

 country, I find that the male of Megachile circumcincta was 

 not known to him ; and not being aware of its having been 



