132 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



The unique specimen of this species is in the British Museum ; 

 it was captured by Dr. Leach at Kingsbridge, Devonshire. 



14. Nomada furva. 



N. atra ; scutello ferrugineo ; abdomine piceo, rufo cincto. Mas, 

 abdomine atro, flavo-maculato. 



Nomada furva, Panz. Faun. Germ. 55. 25 $ . 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 495. 27 <J ? . 



Smith, Zool. ii. 599. 13 <J $ . 



Apis rufo-cincta, Kirby, Man. Ap. Angl. ii. 216. 32 $ 

 Apis Sheppardana, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 217. 33 ? . 

 Nomada minuta, Fair. Syst. Piez. p. 394. 19 $ . 



Schdff. Germ. Zeits. i, 278. 7. 

 Nomada Dalii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ix. t. 419 $ . 



Female. Length 2 lines. Head and thorax black, the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus, the labrum, mandibles and orbits of the 

 eyes ferruginous ; the antennas ferruginous beneath, the apical 

 joint entirely so; the extreme base of the flagellum ferru- 

 ginous. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, tegulse, a large lunate 

 spot beneath the wings and a dot above uniting with it, a 

 spot behind the wings, two larger ones on the scutelluin, and the 

 post-scutellum, ferruginous ; the wings subhy aline, and having 

 a dark fuscous cloud at their apical margins; the legs rufo- 

 piceous, the apex of the joints and the tarsi ferruginous. Ab- 

 domen rufo-piceous, the first and second segments having a fer- 

 ruginous band, the apex ferruginous; the band on the basal 

 segment having two black dots ; sometimes two pale spots on 

 the third segment. (A. rufocincta, Kirby.) B.M. 



Var. j3. The basal segment only having an obscure ferruginous 

 band. (A. Sheppardana, Kirby.) 



Male. Length 2 lines. Head and thorax black : the margin of 

 the clypeus narrowly, the labrum and a spot on the mandibles 

 towards their apex reddish-yellow ; two fuscous spots on the 

 labrum, the tips of the mandibles ferruginous ; the tips of the 

 scape beneath and the flagellum beneath, reddish-yellow, the 

 apical joint entirely so ; a minute yellow spot at the vertex 

 of the eyes. Thorax : the tubercles and tegulae ferruginous ; 

 the sides of the metathorax have a little silvery pubescence ; 

 the legs rufo-piceous, their joints pale, as well as the anterior 

 femora and tibise in front ; wings as in the female. Abdomen 

 black, the basal segment having two minute dots about the 

 middle, the second a line or dot on each side, and the third 



