[Januarr, 



Amara aulica, Patrohus excavatus and axsimillx, Bembidium tihiale, Hydroporiis 

 priieostriatus, Philonthus ceneus, Lesteva Sharpi, Dermestes lardarius, Chrysomela 

 staphylea. 



In the publication of Mr. Walker there is only one additional 

 species, Otiorrhynclius scahrosus. 



Tlius, at the present time at least 74 or 75 CoJcoptera* are known 

 from the Faroe Islands. The species found before the collections 

 were made by Mr. Annandale are mentioned also by W. Lundbeck in 

 " Coleoptera et Hymenoptera Groenlandica " (Videnskabelige Med- 

 delelser, 189G, pp. 196—251), and by G. Jacobson in " Insecta 

 Novaja-Zemljensis," pp. 63 — 65 (Acta Acad. Scient. Petersb., 1898). 



Helsingfors : November 5th, 1900. 



ANDRENA HELVOLA, L., and AMBIGUA, Peekins. 

 BY THE EEV. F. D. MORICE, M.A., F.E.S. 



In the middle of May last I took near Leatherhead a number of 

 very fine and fresh Andrence (males and females) under circumstances 

 which make it impossible for me to doubt that they all belong to one 

 species. Among the males, however, are some which, according to 

 received ideas, are unquestionable specimens of heJvoIa, L., having, 

 together with the other characters of that species, a pretty distinct 

 tooth at the base of the mandible. In others, on the contrary, this 

 tooth is scarcely perceptible, and in some it completely disappears, so 

 that they cannot be distinguished from the males of A. ambigua, Per- 

 kins, as described by that author (Ent. Mo. Mag., .xxxi, p. 39). As 

 to the females I can see no reason to doubt that all are specimens of 

 helvola. 



Unless, therefore, some reliable structural difference other than 

 that in the form of the ^ mandible can be pointed out between helvola, 

 L., and amhir/ua, Perkins, it seems at least questionable whether the 

 latter can be maintained as a distinct species. I do not venture to 

 say that it is not so, but the matter seems to require further investi- 

 gation. I understand that Mr. Perkins is at present out of England, 

 or I should have submitted my specimens to him before publishing 

 this note. 



Bath sexes of the bee abounded on Alliaria officinalis, which was 

 the only plant I saw them visit. 



Brunswick, Woking : 



October, 1900. 



* Lesteva bicolor of Hansen is probably L. f>harpi. 



