A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



Apid^ {continued) 



Megachile centuncularis, Linn. IVorcester 



(Fletcher) ; IVyre Forest, Moseley 



(Bradley) 

 Osmia rufa, Linn. In gardens, Worcester, 



Bewdley, Moseley, etc. 



— xanthomelana, Kirby. Trench Woods 



(Bradley) ; Middleyards (Fletcher) 



— caerulescens, Linn. In gardens 



(Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest, Droitwich, 

 etc. 



— fulviventris, Panz. Moseley (Bradley) 



— bicolor, Schk. Middleyards 



— leucomelana, Kirb. fVyre Forest (Mar- 



tineau) 

 Anthidium manicatum, Linn. At labiate 



flowers, Worcester 

 Eucera longicornis, Linn. Middleyards, 



Birchen Groves * (Fletcher) ; Bewdley 



Martineau) 

 Melecta armata, Panz. Wyre Forest, Grimley 

 Anthophora retusa, Linn. Wyre Forest, 



Shrawley 



— pilipes. Fab. At flowers in town and 



country 



— furcata, Panz. One, Middleyards 



(Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest (Martineau) 

 Psithyrus rupestris. Fab. At thistles, Monk- 

 wood (Fletcher) ; Moseley (Bradley) 



— vestalis, Fourc. Crown East, Middle- 



yards (Fletcher) ; Moseley (Bradley) 



Apid^ [continued] 



Psithyrus barbutellus, Kirby. Bransford 



— campestris, Panz. Monkwood (Fletcher) ; 



Moseley (Bradley) 



— quadricolor, Lep. Moseley (Bradley) 

 Bombus venustus, Sm. Claphill Lane, Mart- 

 ley Road (Fletcher) ; Pershore, Wyre 

 Forest, Moseley 



— agrorum. Fab. Crown East, Wyre 



Forest, etc. ; common generally 



— hortorum, Linn. Grimley, Oldbury Farm 



(Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest, Moseley 

 (Bradley) 



var. subterraneus. Moseley (Brad- 



ley) 



var. harrisellus. Wyre Forest, Mose- 

 ley (Bradley) 



— latreillellus, Kirby. 5r<2«s/o?-^ (Fletcher); 



Wyre Forest (Martineau) 



— sylvarum, Linn. Thistle flowers, Teme- 



side, Powick, Malvern, Droitwich, 

 Wyre Forest 



— derhamellus, Kirb. Stanhrook (Fletcher); 



Malvern (Martineau) 



— lapidarius, Linn. Generally common. 



— pratorum, Linn. Powick ; in garden, 



Worcester 



— terrestris, Linn. Stanhrook ; generally 



common 

 Apis mellifica, Linn. Grimley ; generally 

 common 



PHYTOPHAGA 



This county is fairly well represented in the phytophagous Hymen- 

 optera. The sawflies number 172 species, some of which are recent 

 discoveries. The gall-raisers also are fairly represented. 



In collections of sawflies many species are represented by females 

 only. The deficiency of males might in some instances be remedied were 

 careful breeding pursued by energetic young collectors ; or failing in that 

 aim, further evidence would be gained of the unisexuaHty of the creatures 

 experimented on. 



Among the gall-raisers, notwithstanding Dr. Adler's discoveries, 

 many species remain very imperfectly known. Here a young and 

 intelligent man gifted with a spirit of inquiry might do much good 

 service. 



Tenthredinid^ {continued) 



Rhogogastera punctulata, Klug. Bransford 



— viridis, L. Cotheridge 



— lateralis, F. Whitehall, in Worcester 



— picta, Klug. Callow End 



— aucupariae, Klug. Powick 

 Tenthredopsis cordata, Fourc. In garden, 



Worcester 



— nigricollis, Lep. Crown East 

 serted therefor will have to 



Tenthredinid^ 



Tenthredo livida, L. Wyre Forest, Monk- 

 wood 



— colon, Klug. One, Bransford 



— rufiventris, Pz. Tibberton 



— dispar, Klug. Oldbury Farm 



— atra, L. Meadows by the Teme, 



Cotheridge 



— mesomela, L. Crown East 

 1 This wood was stubbed up many years ago and so the records here 



be again verified in the adjacent Crown East Woods. 



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