4 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



CoUetes fodiens, Curt. Brit, Ent, ii. f. 85. 

 St, Farg. Hyni. ii. 298. 3. 

 Nyland, Ap, Boreal, 206. 2. 

 Reaum, Mem, vi. t. 12. f. 1-13. 



Female, Length 5-6^ lines. — Black ; the clypeus roughly 

 punctured, the punctures uniting and forming stride towards 

 the apex ; the head and thorax clothed ahove with pale ful- 

 vous pubescence, beneath it is griseous ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 have also a pale fulvous pubescence, the claws ferruginous;! 

 the wings hyaline, their nervures ferruginous. Abdomen shining, 

 the base closely punctured, more strongly than the following 

 segments, on which the punctures are very delicate ; the mar- 

 gin of the basal segment rufo-piceous, and having on each side 

 a little pale fulvous pubescence ; a band of short pale or white 

 pubescence on the apical margin of each segment ; the band on 

 the basal segment passes in the middle on to the basal margin 

 of the second. B.M. 



Male, Length 35—4^ lines. — Black; the pubescence on the 

 head and thorax of the same colour as that of the female, the 

 clypeus being densely covered. The abdomen is elongate- 

 ovate^ more strongly punctured than in the other sex; all the 

 segments have a pale fulvous marginal band ; beneath, the 

 segments have a white marginal fringe. B.M. 



This species resembles C. fodiens, but is easily distinguished 

 by its polished abdomen and the ferruginous margin of the basal 

 segment ; the specimens described are in the finest condition, 

 but allowance must always be made for the pubescence being 

 more or less bleached according to age. This bee is found scat- 

 tered over most parts of the country ; it is found at Wey bridge, 

 Surrey ; Blackwater and other parts of Hampshire ; Arundelj 

 Sussex; Isle of Wight ; also in Cumberland; and Mr. WoUaston 

 has taken it at Killarney ; it has been observed to be very partial 

 to the flowers of the heath, and indeed it appears to be most 

 commonly met with on heaths or commons; it occurs during 

 June, July and August. 



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2. CoUetes fodiens, 



C. nigra, albido-villosa; thorace fulvescenti ; abdomine punc- 

 tulatissimo, margine pallide fulvescente. 



Melitta fodiens, Kirby, Man, Ap, Angl ii. 34. 2. t 15. f! 1 c? • 2 ? • 

 Apis pallicincta, Klrby^ Mon, Ap, Angl, ii. 295. 67 ? . 

 Apis fodiens, Foarc. Ent. Par, ii. 444. 7 } 

 Colietes fodiens, Smith, ZooL iv. 1277. 2. 

 Lucas, Explo, Sc. Alger, iii. 182. 90 .^ 



