4 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Collates fodiens, Curt. Brit. Ent. ii. f. 85. 

 St. Farg. Hym. ii. 298. 3. 

 Nyland. Ap. Boreal 206. 2. 

 Reaum. Mem. vi. t. 12. f. 1-13. 



Female. Length 5-5^ lines. Black ; the clypeus roughly 

 punctured, the punctures uniting and forming striae towards 

 the apex ; the head and thorax clothed above with pale ful- 

 vous pubescence, beneath it is griseous ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 have also a pale fulvous pubescence, the claws ferruginous ; 

 the wings hyaline, their nervures ferruginous. Abdomen shining, 

 the base closely punctured, more strongly than the following 

 segments, on which the punctures are very delicate ; the mar- 

 gin of the basal segment rufo-piceous, and having on each side 

 a little pale fulvous pubescence ; a band of short pale or white 

 pubescence on the apical margin of each segment ; the band on 

 the basal segment passes in the middle on to the basal margin 

 of the second. B.M. 



Male. Length 3-4 lines. Black ; the pubescence on the 

 head and thorax of the same colour as that of the female, the 

 clypeus being densely covered. The abdomen is elongate - 

 ovate, more strongly punctured than in the other sex ; all the 

 segments have a pale fulvous marginal band; beneath, the 

 segments have a white marginal fringe. B.M. 



This species resembles C. fodiens, but is easily distinguished 

 by its polished abdomen and the ferruginous margin of the basal 

 segment ; the specimens described are in the finest condition, 

 but allowance must always be made for the pubescence being 

 more or less bleached according to age. This bee is found scat- 

 tered over most parts of the country ; it is found at Weybridge, 

 Surrey ; Blackwater and other parts of Hampshire ; Arundel, 

 Sussex ; Isle of Wight ; also in Cumberland ; and Mr. Wollaston 

 has taken it at Killarney ; it has been observed to be very partial 

 to the flowers of the heath, and indeed it appears to be most 

 commonly met with on heaths or commons; it occurs during 

 June, July and August. * 



2. Collates fodiens. 



C. nigra, albido-villosa ; thorace fulvesceriti ; abdomine punc- 

 tulatissimo, margine pallide fulvescente. 



Melitta fodiens, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 34. 2. t. 15. f. 1 $ . 2 $ . 

 Apis pallicincta, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 295. 67 ? . 

 Apis fodiens, Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 444. 7 ? 

 Colletes fodiens, Smith, Zool. iv. 1277. 2. 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc.Alge'r. iii. 182. 90 ? 



