34 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Halictus fodiens, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 367. 3. 

 Halictus laevigatus, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 274. 12. 



Nyland. Revift. Ap. Boreal. 239. 4. 

 Halictus lugubris, Smith, Zool vi. 2169. 19 <J $ . 



Female. Length 4 lines. Black ; the face thinly clothed with 

 pale fulvous pubescence ; the clypeus slightly produced, shining, 

 and having a few large punctures, the mandibles ferruginous at 

 their apex. Thorax shining, the punctures large and scattered 

 on the disk, which is clothed with fulvo-ferruginous pubescence; 

 the tegulce nigro-piceous ; the wings subhyaline, iridescent, the 

 nervures pale ferruginous ; the apical margins faintly clouded ; 

 the legs have a bright fulvous pubescence, the claws ferrugi- 

 nous. Abdomen smooth and highly polished ; the base has a 

 thin fulvous pubescence, the basal margins of the second, third 

 and fourth segments have a pale fulvous fascia ; the first usually, 

 and the second occasionally, interrupted; the apical segment 

 clothed with similar pubescence. B.M. 



Male. Length 3-3! lines. The face has a short white pubes- 

 cence, the clypeus produced, immaculate ; the antennae as long 

 as the thorax, which is closely punctured and has a thin hoary 

 pubescence ; the tegulae pale rufo-testaceous, the wings hya- 

 line and beautifully iridescent, the nervures pale rufo-testaceous; 

 the anterior and intermediate tibiae at their extreme base, the 

 posterior pair at their base and extreme apex, and the tarsi, 

 yellowish- white ; the claws ferruginous. Abdomen elongate- 

 ovate, smooth, shining and having some delicate scattered 

 punctures ; the second, third and fourth segments laterally have 

 a small patch of white pubescence on their basal margins. B.M. 



This pretty species appears to be rather local and not very 

 abundant ; it is found in the London district about Greenwich 

 and Charlton ; it is also taken in the Isle of Wight, and has been 

 received from Scotland. 



Div. II. Body more or less metallic ; the second recurrent ner- 

 vure received near the apex of the second submarginal cell. 



13. Halictus flavipes. 



H. nigro-seneus, pallido-subpubescens ; abdominis segmentis 

 marginibus pallidis. Mas nigro-seneus, nitidus, pedibus flavis. 



Apis flavipes, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 305. 89. 

 Hyheus flavipes, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 305. 11 <J . 



