210 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



dull and closely punctured ; beneath with the scopa bright orange. 

 Legs clothed with pale hairs. Length, 9 — 10 mm. 



Hah. Generally distributed, and tolerably abundant 

 in some localities ; makes its nest in wooden posts, &c. 



7. Osmia aurulenta, Panz. (PI. VIII. , fig. 10). 

 Panz., Faun. Germ., 63, 22 ; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 



2nd ed., p. 159. 



^ clothed with grejdsh hairs, and with bright golden fringes to 

 the apical segments of the abdomen ; 5 clothed on the thorax with 

 brownish red hairs ; all the segments of the body fringed with the 

 same ; scopa red. 



(J . Subelongate. Head and thorax black, with a slight metallic 

 tinge, closely punctured; face clothed with long pale hairs. Thorax 

 clothed with brownish grey hairs ; metathoracic area dull. Abdo- 

 men slightly shining, punctured ; basal segment clothed with long 

 grey hairs, the remainder with their apical margins fringed with 

 bright golden hairs, the fringes wider on the apical segments ; 6th 

 segment dentate and sinuate at the sides, slightly rounded at the 

 apex ; 7th sharply bidentate ; beneath punctured, 3rd segment 

 visible at the aj)ex, emarginate, the emargination fringed with long 

 golden hairs ; 4th segment entire, rather angular at the apex ; 5th 

 sinuate at the apex ; 6th entire (for genitalia see PI. VIIL, fig. 10). 

 Legs clothed with greyish hairs. 



2 . Stouter than the ^ , punctured as in that sex ; head 

 sparingly clothed with greyish brown hairs ; thorax densely with 

 fulvous-brown. Abdomen clothed with short fulvous hairs, sides 

 and apices of the segments with longer, giving a distinct fringe to 

 each ; beneath, scopa red-brown. Legs clothed with pale fiilvous 

 hairs ; calcaria pale. Length, 9 — 11 nam. 



Hah. Common in many localities, and generally dis- 

 tributed, but, according to Smith, does not extend far 

 north. 



8. Osmia hicolor, Schrank. (PI. VIIL, fig. 14). 



Schrank, Ins. Austr., p. 400 ; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 160. 



Black ; ^ clothed with ochreous hairs ; 5 with black hairs on the 

 head and thorax, and bright red hairs on the abdomen ; ^ with the 

 7th segment bidentate ; the 4th segment beneath bearing a small 

 pubescent tubercle on its disk. 



