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BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



middle ; the scape and the base of the flagellum ferruginous be- 

 neath. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, a spot on the breast, the 

 tegulge, and two spots on the scutellum, yellow ; the wings sub- 

 hyalme, their margins clouded; the legs ferruginous varied f 

 with yellow; the coxae and trochanters black, their tips ferru- 

 ginous ; the intermediate and posterior cox£e, yellow in front. 

 Abdomen : the first segment has a subinterrupted fascia, the 

 second a large macula on each side, acute within, the third a 

 narrow line on each side, and the following segment a broad 

 fascia, yellow; the apical segment yellow. B.M. 



Male.— Thk sex closely resembles the female, but the clypeus 

 IS usually more yellow, and the scape yellow in front; the ab- 

 domen has its bands more interrupted. B.M. 



Var. /3. Abdomen having all the bands, except the apical one,' 

 interrupted ; this is probably the Nomada interrupta of Panzer! 



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This species is rare in the vicinity of London, but is not un- 

 common in some districts, and has been met with about Charl- 



Weyb 



N. atra, autennis ferrugineis : scutelU punctis duobus flavis ; ab- 

 dominis basi ferrugineo^maculata, fasciisque flavis variegata; 

 labio subcornuto. 



Nomada hneola, Panz. Faun. Germ. 52. 23 ? . 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 486. 20. 

 Apis cornigera, Kirby, Mon. Jp. AngL ii. 190. 11 ? . 

 Apis subcornuta, Kirby, Mon. Ap. AngL ii. 192. 12 ? . 

 Apis caprse, Kirby, Mon. Ap. AngL ii. 193. 13 $ . 

 Apis Uneola, Kirby, Mon, Ap, AngL ii. 194. 14. 

 Apis sexcincta, Kirby, Mon. Ap. AngL ii. 198. 17 c? . 

 Nomada cornigera, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 481. 16 ? . 



Smith, ZooL ii. 591.4 <? 9. 



Female. Length 4-6 lines. — Black; a line along the low^er por- 

 tion of the inner orbits of the eyes, the anterior margin of the 

 clypeus, the labrum, mandibles, and antennae, ferruginous; the 

 scape has sometimes a yellow stain beneath and the flagel- 

 lum is sUghtly fuscous towards the apex. Thorax : the collar, 

 tubercles, tegulae, and two spots on the scutellum, yellow; 

 the legs ferruginous, the knees stained with yellow; the femora 

 at their base beneath and the coxa^ and trochanters more or 

 less black ; the posterior femora black within ; the breast has 

 a ferruginous spot on each side ; the wings subhyaline, their 



21. Nomada lineola. \ 



