1895. ) C,7 



outer part of tho front pair of postorior-logg purplish-brown, the hind pair green ; 

 anterior-legs reticulated with purplish-brown. 



My larvfo fed on biix'b, oak, sallow, and osier, but seemed to 

 prefer sallow and osier. The last specimen went down on September 

 * 4th, and on the 19th I described one of the pupse as follows : — of 

 ordinary shape, a little less than half an inch in length, stout, slightly 

 rough, but glossy ; the head-, eye-, leg-, and wing-cases dull olive- 

 green ; abdominal segments reddish-brown, with darker spots and 

 segmental divisions. 



The moths emerged from May 20th to 2Sth in the spring 

 following. 



Crosland Hall, Huddersfield : 

 January 5th, 1895. 



SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OP HUMBLE BEES INTO NEW SOUTH 



WALES.* 

 BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF, F.E.S., Government Entomologist. 



I have been doing my best to introduce Humble Bees into N. S. 

 Wales from New Zealand, and am anxious to procure ^J and $ of the 

 common British species and varieties for exhibition purposes and 

 probably for figuring. I therefore venture to ask you to send me 

 specimens, as I wish to have fresh and accurately named material. 

 It is somewhat curious that immediately after the publication of some 

 newspaper writingsf on the introduction of these Bees, I should 

 observe a true Bomhus on the wing. This I did to-day for the first 

 time since I let loose a number of impregnated queens. A fine B. 

 prnforum flew on to the verandah in which I was sitting, from Lady 

 Macleay's gai'den at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, a locality in which I had 

 liberated a number of Bombi more than a year ago. After it had 

 sucked its fill from the flowers of an Australian chestnut {Gatanosper- 

 viutn australe) growing beside my window, I succeeded in knocking it 

 down with my hat, and after examination set it free again. In case 

 you may deem the appearance of this Bee worth a paragraph in the 

 Eiit. Mo. Mag., I should be glad to see such a notice. I am of o])inion 

 that Bomhus terrcstris docs assist in the fertilization of clover, although 

 to a low degree. 



Department of Agriculture, Sydney, N. S. W. : 

 Jannarif blh, 1895. 



* Extracts from a letter to E. Saunders. 



t This refers especially to a limg letter from Mr. W. W. Smith, of A.shbnrton, N. Z , to the 

 Sydney Moruiuy Uerald, suggestiiiii that liuuiblo Uees should be imported from New Zealaud. — 

 E. S. 



