214 Mr. Edward Saunders on Hymenoytera aculeata 



Halictus villosulus, Kirb. 



$ 1. Monte Funchal (Madeira). Slieltering on a 

 flower of Vinca 3Iajor, 27. ii. 02. 



^ 2. Monte Funchal (Madeira). Sheltering on 

 Crepis and Taraxacum officinale, 4. iii. 02. 



$ 4. Laguna (Tenerife), 15. iii. 02. 



i 2. Madeira. T. V. W. 



These females do not quite agree in all points with 

 British examples of the above species, but I see no dis- 

 tinctive character to rely upon, so without seeing the $ I 

 think it is wiser to treat them as belonofinof to it. Mons. 

 Vachal, to whom I submitted a specimen, returned it to me 

 as villosulus ? 



Halictus alcedo, Vachal. 



$ 1. Laguna, Tenerife. Hillside, east of the city, 

 about 2000 feet altitude. 



Halictus l^tus, Brulle. 



$ 1. Orotava, Tenerife, at la Cabezas, 24. iii. 02. 



Halictus, n. sp. 



^ 1. Monte Funchal, Madeira, on Sonchus oleraceus, 

 1500 feet altitude, 27. ii. 02. 



Allied to Morio, F., but more strongly punctured. In 

 the Wollaston collection there are two ^ and two $ of 

 I believe the same species, but they are on cards and 

 therefore no satisfactory description can be made from 

 them ; the males are peculiar in having very large heads 

 and unusually ovate bodies. 



Halictus viridis, Brulle. 



$ 4. Orotava, Tenerife, on Oxalis by the sea-shore, 



20 and 23. iii. 02. 

 $ 2. Laguna, Tenerife, 25. iii. 21-7. iv. 02. F. A. 



Bellamy. 



I am indebted to Mons. Vachal for the determination of 

 this species, as I had described it as new. I was misled by 

 Brulle's remark : " Elle est revetue d'un duvet blanchatre 

 non seulement sur tout le corp mais aussi sur les pattes " — 

 in the specimens I have seen this rubbed off, but traces of 

 it are left on portions of the abdomen ; also he gives the 



