October, 1870] 97 



NOTES ON EARE, &c., SPECIES OE HYMENOPTERA TAKEN IN THE 

 NEIGHBOCEHOOD OF HASTINGS IN 1879. 



BT EDWARD SAUNDERS, E.L.S. 



This year, on the whole, seems to have been a most unfavourable 

 one for Hymenoptera, but whilst staying at Hastings last month I got 

 a few species which I think are worth recording ; some on account of 

 their rarity, others on account of their late appearance. The weather, 

 while I was there, was fairly fine, and on some days really hot and 

 sunny, but even then there appeared to me to be a very unusual 

 scarcity of bees, especially of such genera as Prosopis, JSTomada, Col- 

 letes, &c., which are usually so abundant in August. The following is 

 a list of my rarer and more interesting captures : — 



Myrmosa melanocephala, two $ (one very lai-ge) on a bank near 

 HoUington. 



Nysson dimidiatus, one specimen on an umbelliferous plant near 

 Ore. 



Odyneriis melanocephalus, one $ near Ore. 



Prosopis cornuta, five ^ off Achillea in HoUington "Wood. I 

 worked hard for the $ but could not get it. P. dilatata, one ? off 

 umbelliferous plants in HoUington Wood. P. confusa, ^ and $ off 

 various TJmbelliferce, &c. 



Salictusmacul at us, one $ off Crepis virens iuYsiirlight Glen. This 

 is one of our rarest bees, only two specimens, so far as I know, having 

 occurred in England before. S. scant]iopii,s, one $ off thistles in St. 

 Andrew's Park. H. puncticoUis, near Guestliug, &e., in the same 

 localities as last year. H. lonyiceps, E. ^.,^ punctatissimus, Schk., not 

 uncommon. 



I forwarded specimens of my longiceps to Mr. C. Eitsema, of 

 Leyden, and he refers them to punctatissimus, Schenck, and kindly 

 sent me specimens of that species, which agree exactly with mine. 

 I therefore take this opportunity of withdrawing my name. 



Andrena fulvescens and yuh a go, on Hleracium, &c. A.fulvicrus, 

 a large colony of this species in a bank by the side of the road near 

 HoUington. ^ and $ in perfect condition, just as one would expect 

 to find them in April. Some of the ? having the white abdominal 

 bands of extricata, Smith, and nearly all having them somewhat lighter 

 in colour than usual. 



Nomada Fahriciana, a few ^ and $ off various flowers, especially 

 Senecio. AT. varia, a few ^J and two ? flying about a colony of An- 



