20 HYMENOPTERA. 



from my captures during the month of August last, lam 

 inclined to believe that the portion of N. Devon which I 

 visited, if collected over throughout a favourable season, 

 would prove rich in aculeate Hymenoptera. My hunting- 

 grounds were Lynmouth, Ilfracombe, Morte Bay, Clovelly 

 and Lundy Island. When I mention Ilfracombe, I include 

 rambles extending west as far as Morthoe and the bay 

 beyond ; and east, along the coast as far as Combe Martin : 

 a more lovely district it never was my good fortune to 

 explore ; and although I still consider the sandy coast 

 lying between Deal sandhills and Sandgate, on the Kentish 

 coast, to be the richest district in the country in Hyme- 

 nopterous treasures, still, I fully believe that Devonshire will 

 be found to be worthy of the reputation it has acquired for 

 rare species of Aculeata. 



Notwithstanding the capture of two new species, and 

 several others of rare occurrence, I do not consider the past 

 season to have been prolific in Hymenoptera j none of the 

 social species appeared in great numbers, to my knowledge ; 

 if they did so in particular districts, still I cannot ascertain 

 that they did so generally ; and as I also visited Bourne- 

 mouth in June and the Isle of Wight in the autumn, I 

 imagine I must have observed them had such been the case. 

 I therefore do not consider that my success last season, 

 during August, perfectly satisfactory, probably a more pro- 

 lific season would have yielded greater results. 



The first new species that I have to notice is a bee belong- 

 ing to the genus Colletes, which is arranged at the head of 

 the tribe Anthophila, on account of the obtuse form of the 

 apex of the tongue in these bees, and the close resemblance 

 it bears to the tongue of the VespiJce ; the species I have to 

 add to our list is the Colletes cunicularia ; Apis cuniculai'ia 

 of Linnaeus, and C. hirta of St. Fargeau. Its description is 



