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(Ruins of Carthage), and also a $ from Lorabardy, which 

 he described in ApidnB Eiiropasae as the $ of taraxaci, 

 Giraud. It is, however, certainly not that species, and I 

 feel sure that it is a true livens. I have a number of ^ $ 

 from South Italy which appear to belong to this species. 

 They have the characteristic absolutely dull thorax and 

 finely punctured abdomen. Their hind tibiae, however, 

 are only obscurely flavescent, much darker than in the 

 normal form. 



3. Truncatilahris, Mor. The specimens examined are 

 from Hungary, given to me by Herr Friese, Mr. Saunders 

 has it from Toulouse and Marseilles (ex coll. Marquet). 

 The hairs of the face in both sexes are quite silvery, unlike 

 those in any of the other species. 



4. Ferricgineicrus, Dours. Herr Friese has given 

 me $ ^ and $ $ from the Balearic Islands. Mr. 

 Saunders has, I believe, the same species from Algeria 

 (Eaton). 



5. Giraudi, Dours. I have only a single specimen 

 taken by myself in Algeria, and determined for me by 

 Herr Friese. The " valvula ventralis " is extraordinarily 

 narrow throughout, quite unlike any other known to me 

 in this group, but nearest to those of the two last species, 

 with which it is also associated by the white clypeus. I 

 can find no $ likely to belong to it. Probably, as in 

 truncatilahris and fcrrugincicrus, the % scopse would be 

 comparatively little developed. 



6. Taraxaci, Giraud (nee Schmiedeknecht). I have 

 examined Giraud's types (taken near Vienna) in the Paris 

 Museum, and Herr Friese has sent me many specimens 

 exactly agreeing with them from Austria and Hungary. 

 Frey-Gessner has found it in Switzerland, but very rarely. 

 These are the only localities for the true taraxaci known 

 to me. 



Dr. Schmiedeknecht was so good as to send me the 

 types from which he drew up his description of taraxaci 

 in Apidse Europaeae. They come from Lombardy, but they 

 do not belong to Giraud's species. The ^ is scnccio7iis, 

 Perez, and the $ livens, Perez. This I had gathered 

 from his descriptions ; but I thought it best to see the 

 actual types, if possible, and he was kind enough to let me 

 do so. 



7. Ciirtivalvis, n. sp. This species is so like taraxaci 

 that but for the different form of the $ valvula ventralis, 



