262 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



mandibles wholly without yellow ; front and mesothorax blue instead 

 of green ; tegulffi darker ; stigma much darker ; area of metathorax 

 longer ; dark areas on tibiae much larger ; abdomen scarcely metallic. 



Printing Office, Pikes Peak, Colorado, 10,000 ft., Sept. 17th 

 {CockercU). From similar high altitudes we know two closely- 

 allied forms of this group in the female sex, II. virgatellus, Ckll., 

 and H. frasercBy Ckll. These have dusky wings, and seem to be 

 quite distinct. H . frasevfe has the mesothorax olive green, and 

 the margin of the stigma is not darkened as in the new form. 

 //. virgatellus has the area of metathorax coarsely wrinkled ; in 

 typographiciis it appears finely rugose under a lens, and cancellate 

 under the microscope. 



Halictus inconditns, Cockerell. 



This was described from the high mountains of Colorado, but 

 I find I cannot separate three females from Olympia, Washington 

 State, May 25th, June 2nd and 3rd (Kincaid). 



Halictus pectoraloides, Ckll., var. heatulus, n. var. 



9 . Tegulge very bright ferruginous or apricot colour (dark or 

 brown in typical form) ; apical part of fiagellum ferruginous beneath. 



Mesilla, New Mexico, at flowers of Leucosyris spinosus, June 

 25th {Cockerell) ; type of variety. Also Mesilla, June 24tli 

 (Cockerell) ; Mesilla Park, at »S'oj)/«'a, April 16th {Cockerell) ; Las 

 Cruces, on Solidago, August {Townsend). 



Halictus orontis, n. n. 



Halictus divergens, Perez, 1910 (not of Lovell, 1905) ; near 

 Horns (Emesa), Syria. A few years before his death I wrote 

 to Prof. Perez, stating that the name he had given was pre- 

 occupied. In replying he proposed a substitute, but this also is 

 pre-occupied, so it is left to me to find a name. 



A MONTH'S COLLECTING AT RANNOCH. 



By the Rev. John W. Metcalfe. 



An unexpected holiday, with no definite plan for its 

 employment, in conjunction with an early morning thought, 

 led to the expedition indicated by the above title. It is said 

 that our waking thoughts have a value all their own, and I am 

 certainly very glad that, on that particular morning, mine 

 were turned towards Mr. F. G. Whittle, who was spending the 

 summer alone at Rannoch. A suggestion that I should join 

 him was promptly despatched, and was most kindly received. 

 Mr. Whittle secured me a room in the cottage where he was 

 staying, and generously offered a share of his sitting-room. 



