42 HYMENOPTERA. 



and pretty generally distributed over the country, whilst the 

 summer and autumnal ones were extremely local and few in 

 numbers; the first position certainly appears to be correct, 

 the latter is dissipated by our experience of the past season. 



Andrena Uattorfiana, A. Rosce, A. Cetii and A. 

 pilipes are certainly four of the finest species of the genus, 

 the first being; the largest and handsomest found in this 

 country ; not only these, but others of great rarity, are 

 to be found at the locality above alluded to. Walking from 

 Deal along the coast to Dover, the Entomologist will pass 

 Walmer Castle ; on arriving at this memorable fortification, 

 he will of necessity cast a passing thought on the great 

 " Captain of a hundred fights," who once dwelt there in quiet, 

 when his campaigns were over. The insect hunter has his 

 own more peaceful campaign before him— and at Walmer 

 Castle it begins. At this point, or at a short distance beyond, 

 the land begins to rise to the right of the road, and continues 

 to do so until it ascends to the point of the high cliff, at a 

 mile's distance, at Kingsdown; the gradual rise of the fields 

 is, at certain distances, broken by short and much more 

 sudden slopes, which divide the fields and run at right angles 

 with the road up into the country, to different distances. 

 These sudden slopes are uncultivated. The slope on the 

 right hand of the road, before reaching Kingsdown, is also 

 a glorious locality for Hymenoptera ; the following species 

 of Andrena were all taken on that slope. 



Andrena Hattorfiana. The fine red variety and also 

 the black, in about equal numbers ; in all, thirty fine spe- 

 cimens of the female, the male we were too late for — all were 

 taken on the flowers of Scabiosa arvensis. 



Andrena Cetii. This pretty little species was plentiful on 

 the Scabious ; we found every variety, including the " affinis" 

 of Kirby; the male varieties include the A. frontalis of 

 Smith. 



