BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 35 



Melitta flavipes, Kirby, Mon Ap. AngL ii. 55. 15. 

 Apis subaurata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. p. 321. 144 . 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 56. 4. 



Apis seladonia, Fair. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 276. 120. 

 Megilla seladonia, Fair. Syst. Piez. p. 334. 28. 

 Melitta seladonia, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 57. 16. 

 Halictus seladonius, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins. xiii. 367. 4. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 203. 8. 



Halictus subauratus, Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, Zool.ui. 352. 777. 

 'Halictus flavipes, Smith, Zool vi. 2042. 3 $ ? . 



Female. Length 3-4 lines. Nigro-aeneous ; the flagellum at 

 the apex beneath testaceous ; the thorax shining and closely 

 punctured ; the metathorax sometimes blue-green ; the pro- 

 thorax has an impressed line in the centre passing backwards 

 to the middle of the disk, and on each side there is a shorter 

 one opposite the tegulae; the tegulae slightly testaceous; the 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures pale testaceous ; the 

 pubescence of the legs yellowish-white, that on the tarsi beneath 

 golden-yellow ; the apical joints of the tarsi pale ferruginous. 

 Abdomen ovate, very closely and finely punctured ; the apical 

 margins of the segments have pale fasciae, sometimes white, 

 the first usually interrupted ; the sides of the anal rima slightly 

 fulvous. B.M. 



Mate. Length 3-3 lines. Brassy-green, very closely and finely 

 punctured, the apex of the clypeus, the labrum, and mandibles 

 yellow, the latter ferruginous at their apex ; the antennae as 

 long as the thorax, fulvous beneath and fuscous above, the 

 scape black ; the thorax has a central impressed line, and a 

 short one over the tegulae ; the tegulae y ellow ; the legs sulphur- 

 yellow, the tibiae and femora have some rufous stains ; the 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures testaceous. Abdomen 

 elongate, shining and subclavate, the apex obtusely rounded, the 

 margins of the segments depressed and having a thinly scat- 

 tered griseous pubescence, particularly on the sides. B.M. 



The male of this species very closely resembles the A. tumulo- 

 rum of Linnaeus ; but Nylander says the latter is the male of his 

 H.fasciatus, and also of H. gramineus ; of the former it certainly 

 may be, but not of the latter, of which both sexes exist in the 

 Museum collection. In F. Smith's collection is a specimen 

 named fasciatus by Dr. Nylander, but either this is a mistake, 

 or the resemblance to H. flavipes $ is so great that it appears 

 to be only a fresh specimen of that species. H. tumulorum has 

 not yet been discovered in this country. 



H. flavipes is an abundant insect, found in all parts of the 

 country. 



