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sides in woods. With us it comes abroad towards the end of 

 March. 



6. A. Givynana, Kii'by. Smith, Monog., 67, 18 ; Melitta 



Gunjnana, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 120, 60. 



Sparingly, but widely distributed. It has been taken in North- 

 umberland, Durham, and Cumberland. April and May. 



7. A. bicolor, Fab. Fab., Syst. Ent., 376, 4 ; Smith, Monog., 



67, 19. 

 A little to the west of Gilsland, in flowers of Campanulse. 

 July. When handled it emits a powerful scent not unlike garlic. 



8. A. nigro-anea, Kirby. Smith, Monog., 71, 24 ; Melitta 



nigro-anea, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 109, 54. 



Ravensworth, Mr. J. Hardy. I have it from South Shields, 

 April ; Castle Eden Dene, May ; and Long Benton, June. 



9. A. Trimmerana, Kirby. Smith, Monog., 72, 25. ; Me- 



litta Trimmerana, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 116, 57. 



Common. Burrows in foot-paths, hedge-rows, &c. June 

 and July. Has a smell of onions, or garlic. 



10. A. fulvicruSj'Kixhy. Smith, Monog., 86, 44 ; ilfeZ^«« /m?- 



vicrus, Kirby, Mon, Ap. Angl., II., 138, 77. 



Rare. The female only has been taken, July. 



11. A. longipes, Smith. Smith, Monog., 90, 49; A. bucephala, 



Steph., Illust., Mand., VII., 17, Plate XLIII., f. 6. 



Not uncommon in July about Gilsland and Lanercost. 



12. A. albicrus, Kirby. Smith, Monog., 91, 50; Melitta al- 



hicnis, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 156, 96. 



Burrows in the ground, and is abundant throughout the dis- 

 trict from April to July. There is a large colony of this species 

 on a sandy flat by the Wansbeck side, at Morpeth, and here, 

 early one morning in May, I saw the sexes in copula ; on a 

 female showing herself at the mouth of a burrow, a little mob 



