BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 115 



vures dark rufo-testaceous ; the posterior tibiae and basal joint 

 of the tarsi have a dense scopa of fulvous pubescence, the cal- 

 caria and apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, 

 the margins of the segments subdepressed, the apical fimbria 

 fuscous. B.M. 



Male. Length 3-4 lines. Very closely resembling the female, 

 but having the head larger than the thorax, sometimes half as 

 wide again ; the flagellum, except two or three of the basal 

 joints, pale rufo-testaceous ; the posterior femora have an ob- 

 tuse tooth towards their base beneath ; the posterior tibiae 

 clavate, bent inwards, the tibiae and tarsi have a scattered pale 

 fulvous pubescence, the calcaria and apical joint of the tarsi 

 pale ferruginous. B.M. 



This species is not found in the immediate vicinity of 

 London ; the nearest locality is the north-east corner of Black- 

 heath, and along the road-side leading to Charlton. In the 

 months of July and August this bee will be found frequenting 

 the Mouse-ear Hawkweed, and in some localities it is plentiful, 

 but is very local ; it occurs at Luccomb Chine, and at the land- 

 slip at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight; at Betsome, near Darent 

 Wood, Kent, at Weybridge, and at Hawley, Hants ; the males 

 may be found, towards evening, enclosed in the flowers, three or 

 four in some instances ; and by this means a number may be 

 taken. 



2. Panurgus Banksianus. 



P. ater, supra glabriusculus ; pedibus posticis fulvo-hirsutissimis, 

 in mare atris. 



Apis Banksiana, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 179. 3^. 



Don. Brit. Ins. xii. 26. t. 403. f. 2. 



Apis ursina, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 178. 1, not var. {3. 

 Dasypoda ursina, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 370. 2 $ . 

 Trachusa atra, Panz. Faun. Germ. 96. 19 ^ . 

 Panurgus ater, Latr. Encycl. Meth. viii. 720. 5 $ $ . 



Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. 3. p. 196. 1. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 226. 4. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 224. 1. 

 Panurgus ursinus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii. t. 101. 



Smitk.Zool.fr. 1451. 1. 



Female. Length 4|-5i lines. Black, shining and nearly naked, 

 the face below the insertion of the antennae has a short black 

 pubescence, and the sides of the head and cheeks are thinly 

 clothed with long black hairs ; the labrum ciliated with bright 



