22 HYMENOPTERA. 



well as a Continental species. During the latter part of 

 April, last spring, Mr. Cooke himself was fortunate in dis- 

 covering a colony of this bee on sand hills near Liverpool, 

 and to him I am indebted for a fine series; in May last, 

 a friend of Mr. Cooke, Mr. Alfred Owen, again found it 

 near Ventnor. 



During tlie month of August last, I twice visited Lundy 

 Island expressly for the purpose of collecting Hymenoptera ; 

 I had previously refreshed my memory as to its general Ento- 

 mological aspect, and had measured my probable success by 

 perusing Mr. Wollaston's description of the locality ; I went 

 therefore without any expectation of finding many novelties. 

 For the information of those who may not have seen the 

 description 1 refer to, I will give it verbatim : — " The island 

 is situated between the coasts of Devonshire and Wales, about 

 fourteen miles from the former, the nearest land being Hart- 

 land Point, the western extremity of Bideford Bay. It is 

 an extremely dangerous and barren coast, the island being 

 about three miles and a quarter in length and half a mile in 

 breadth at its widest point. It is actually inaccessible, except 

 in the calmest weather, the few inhabitants it contains (there 

 were seventy-five last August) being frequently shut out from 

 all communication with the main land for months during the 

 winter, and, to an Entomologist, nothing could possibly be 

 more unpromising than its whole appearance. The island, 

 which is nothing more nor less than a large granite rock, 

 rising perpendicularly out of the sea, has not so much as a 

 single tree to boast of, the few that have ever been planted 

 having invariably been blown up by the roots before they 

 arrived at maturity; for the gales are at times so tremendous, 

 that it is next to impossible for anything but the strongest 

 building to withstand them.'' 



It is quite true that you may start from any point on the 



