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as I can assert, having frequently examined the original specimens 
in the Kirbyan cabinet. With us it appears in the autumn, as do also 
solidaginis and Roberjeotiana. 
Sp. 28. interrupta, Panzer. 
I am unacquainted with this species. 
Sp. 29. nobilis, Schiffer. 
Nomada nobilis, Schaffer, Germ. Zeits. vol. i. pt. 2. 278. 29. 
I have seen specimens of this species from Albania; it has not 
hitherto occurred in England. 
Sp. 30. suecincta, Panzer. 
Nomada succincta, Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ. 55. tab. 21. 
Very nearly allied to the Apis Goodeniana, Kirby, but I think 
distinct, as the male of Kirby’s insect has neither yellow legs nor a 
black spot on the posterior tibia, both strong specific characters. 
Sp. 31. cincta, Schiffer. 
Nomada cincta, Schaffer, Germ. Zeits. vol. i. pt. 2. 288. 32. 
This is a species that is unknown to me. 
Sp. 82. alternata, Kirby. 
Apis alternata, Mon. Ap. Angl. vol. ii. 182. 5. 
This is a variety of the male of Marshamella, in which the usual 
yellow spots on the scutellum are obsolete. 
Of the species which were unknown to Herrich-Schaffer, it may 
be probably useful to offer a few cbservations, although the syno- 
nymy will point out their true position. 
First, the Apis capre of Kirby is only a small variety of A. cor- 
nuta—the rufous fascia on the first abdominal segment reduced to 
two minute rufous spots, the two yellow spots on the scutellum 
obsolete, and the horn on the lip nearly so; the abdomen beneath 
rufo-piceous, and not marked with yellow. The Apis lineola of 
Panzer and Kirby is also a variety of A. cornuta; or rather I should 
say, A. cornuta is the variety, Panzer’s name being the oldest. 
Apis Lathburina: the A. rufiventris is the female of this species. 
It is parasitic upon Andrena labialis. 
Apis picta and rufo-picta are both varieties of the N. solidaginis of 
Panzer, which varies so greatly in colouring, as I have already ob- 
served. 
Apis sexcincta, Kirby, is the male of N. lineola; it is very much 
like the male of N. Marshamella, but is quite a distinct species ; the 
most obvious differences are, that it has bright yellow tegule, the 
legs mottled more or less with yellow, and the abdomen more con- 
vex; it is also usually a larger insect, and is of much rarer occurrence. 
