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ceolate, the apical margins of the segments testaceous, each 

 segment has a long fringe of pale fulvous pubescence. 



This is perhaps the most beautiful bee found in the country ; 

 the appearance of the female when loaded with pollen is suffi- 

 ciently singular to attract the attention of the most apathetic 

 observer ; the description of each sex is from specimens in the 

 most perfect and beautiful state of colouring, having been reared 

 from cells dug up in spring. The males from exposure are fre- 

 quently met with entirely hoary ; the females do not vary much 

 in colouring. The species is not found in the immediate vicinity 

 of London, but has been taken in the sand-pits opposite Charl- 

 ton Church. It abounds in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, par- 

 ticularly on the top of the cliffs. It is very abundant below 

 Southend; and occurs at Paul's Cra}^, Gravesend, and Birch 

 Wood, Kent ; at Weybridge, and at Hawley, Hants ; its time of 

 appearance is the beginning of August ; but the female has been 

 captured as late as the 6tli of September. 



Fam. 2. ApidsB. 



Api\rtje, Latr, Hist, Nat, Ins. (1802). 

 Apijy Ay LeacTi, Edin, Encycl. (1812). 

 Apides, Leach, Edin. Encycl. (1812). 

 Apid^, Leach y Edin. EncycL (1817). 

 Apites, Newm. Eat. Mag, ii. (1834). 



Subfamily 1. ANDRENOIDES 



Andrenoides, Latr. Fam. Nat. (1825). 

 Panurgites, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. (1834). 

 Panurgides, Westw, Intr, Class. Ins. (1840). 



Genus 1. PANURGUS. 



Apis, pt., Scop. Ent. Carn.p. 298 (1763). 

 Philanthus, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 288 1793). 

 Andrena,pt., Pan2. Faun. Germ. fasc. 69 (1800). 

 Trachusa, pt., Panz. Faun. Germ. fasc. 96 (1800). 

 Dasypoda, pt., Fadr. Syst. Piez. p. 335 (1804). 

 Panurgus, Panz. Krit. Revis. 211 (1805). 

 Eriops, King, Illig.Mag. vi. (1806). 



_ Of the insects included in this genus, we are only acquainted 

 with two species mdigenous to this country ; indeed it is one of 



