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the pretty little bee, Epeolus variegalus, and the (lipterous 

 species, Mil to gram ma punctata; the former from the cells of 

 C. Daviesaua, the latter from the same species and also from 

 C. fodiens. 



In a bnrrovr of Colletes succincta I once found a very 

 small specimen of Meloe brevicoUis, its length being three 

 lines. In the month of September, 1846, I found a colony of 

 this bee, and, being desirous of breeding the species, I dug 

 into the bank : in one burrow I discovered four cells, three 

 containing each a larva of the bee, and in one cell a very 

 immature Meloe, which did not assume its proper colouring 

 until the month of March following. This solitary instance 

 scarcely establishes its parasitism on this species of bee, 

 particularly when we take into consideration the diminutive 

 size of the Meloe : I can only regard it as an accidental 

 occurrence. The beetle is one of great rarity : I have 

 repeatedly searched the same locality for it subsequently, but 

 never again met with it. 



1. Colletes succincta, Smith, Bees Great Brit. p. 3 ; 



Schenck, Hym. Nassau, p. 300. 

 Apis succincta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 955. 

 Andrena succincta, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 378 ; Rossi, 



Faun. Etrus. ii. 98. 

 Apis Calendarum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 83 

 Melilta succincta, Kirhy, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 32. 

 Hylaeus glutinosus, Latr. Cuv. R. Anim. iii. 513. 

 Evodia Calendarum, Panz. Krit. Revis. p. 208. 

 Colletes fodiens, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. fol. 85; Nyland. 

 Ap. Boreal. 206. 

 This species has been found plentifully at Weybridge ; 

 also at Arundel, Lowestoft, Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, 

 Land's End, and in Killarney : it is a generally distributed 

 species. 



2. Colletes fodiens, Smith, Bees Great Brit. p. 4 ; St. 



Farg. Hym. ii. 298 ; Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger, iv. 182 ; 

 Schenck, Hym. Nassau, p. 299. 

 Melitta fodiens, Kirhy, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 34. 

 This species I have never found in large colonies, but it 

 appears to be widely distributed : I have found it in Kent, 

 Surrey, Hampshire and Suffolk, and Mr. Wollaston found it 

 at Killarney, but I have not seen any specimens from the 

 North of England. 



