^§ [Feliniary, 1UI7. 



that scabricollis is a scarce species, but gives several localities. Forster 

 found it at Aachen. At a guess, Halictas quadricincfns might be its 

 host. 



As to Kirby's types of Notnada, many of these have already been 

 correctly determined, but the unique specimen and, type named alter- 

 nata K. is nothing but a slight variety of go(>deniana K. without the 

 scutellar spots, etc. It is astonishing how the name ever came to be 

 vised for N. mai'shamplla K., the common parasite of A. trimmer ana. 



Of N. flava Panz., there are only three males, the specialh'' 

 numbered one is a ,^ bifida, another inarked ' var.' is headless, but is 

 also probably bifida Thoms., while y is a large and brightly-marlced 

 xanthosticta (= lateralis E. S., bridgmaniana, Sm.). 



As Smith determined. Apis cornigera, siibcornuta, capreae, and 

 lineola, all belong to the species we know by the last, mentioned name, 

 as also does the fragmentary type of A. jacobaeae K. 



Apis lencophthabna K., as Mr. Morice had some time ago informed 

 me, is clearly a, (^ N. borealis Zett., and the latter name becomes a 

 synonym. 



There are several specimens named N. ruficornis L., of which the two 

 specially labelled "27 ? " are bifida ; var. /3 is a ruficornis of the 

 large form j^arasitic on A.fnlva, and var. y is an ochrostoma ; var. 8 is 

 N. giittnlata ? , while the three remaining specimens ai'e one ? flavo- 

 gnttata and 2 ? ochrnstnma. The type of A. hillana w^as not in 

 Kirby's collection, and as it cannot be definitely fixed as being either 

 an ochrostoma or guttulata it cannot be used. It is quite probable that 

 it was a guttulata and not synonymous with ochrostoma. 



Placed amongst the A. fabriciella K. (= fabriciana Auct.) is a 

 specimen of Noviada, number 114. As the " MonogTaphia " ends with 

 the 111th species of A^ris, it is clear that Kirby added to his collection 

 after the publication of his work. Now there are also similar additional 

 numbered species of Melitta, bearing numbers beyond those of the 

 species in the " Monographia," and some of them also bear specific 

 names written by F. Smith, but these are not included amongst Kirby's 

 original species, even though they are the same. I presume, therefore, 

 that Kirby's Apis No. 114 was finally placed under fabriciella by him- 

 self, and considered to be a variety of that species. As a matter of 

 fact, it is a very good fresh-looking specimen of Notnada conjungens $ , 

 the bee so recently added to our list. As is well known, Barham was, 

 and no doubt still is — since it has comparatively recently been obtained 

 there — a locality for Andrena 'pt'oxima, the host of conjnngens. This 



