24 HYMENOPTERA. 



struck off to the right over a piece of uncultivated ground 

 covered with heath in many places, and this I believe to be 

 the best collecting ground in the island for Hymenoptera ; 

 it lies immediately behind the house of Mr. Heaven, the 

 proprietor of the island. Of the western side of the island 

 I saw very little, except in the vicinity of the lighthouses, 

 and there I took nothing. I am totally unacquainted with 

 the north end, but as the granite quarries are in that direc- 

 tion, and fi'om the description I obtained from a fellow pas- 

 senger who knew the place well, I was induced to avoid such 

 a dreary locality. 



The following is a list of the species I obtained : — 



Sphecodes subquadratus. 

 Halictus rubicundus. 



,, cylindricLis. 



„ flavipes. 



,, morio. 



Formica fusca. 

 „ nigra. 

 ,, flava. 

 Myrmica ruginodis. 

 Pompilus gibbus. 

 Odynerus gracilis. 



„ trimarginatus. 

 Vespa sylvestris. 



„ vulgaris. 

 Colletes succincta. 

 Spbecodes gibbus. 

 ,, rufescens. 



,, mmutus. 



,, pubescens. 

 Nomada Jacobaese. 

 Bombus lucorum. 



,, hortorum. 

 Apathus vestalis. 



It will be observed that ray list does not include the hive 

 bee, and as I collected on both occasions on most beautiful, 

 hot, sunny days, and neither found it on the flowers of the 

 bramble or on the heath, it may, I think, be recorded as the 

 only locality I ever visited without finding it ; and it may be 

 fairly assumed that the honey bee is not, and cannot pro- 

 bably be kept, in Lundy Island. 



All the colonies of ants that I found were under stones, 

 usually large pieces of granite, and this may probably be 

 accounted for by supposing it to be necessary they should 



