166 MK. BOLD ON THE ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA 



5. B. Derhamellus, Kirby. Smith, Monog., 219, 7 ; A2ns 



Derhamella, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 363, 105 ^ ; 

 Apis raiella, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 367, 107 $. 



Gateshead Fell, Mr. James Hardy. Long Benton, and else- 

 where, but very sparingly. Not uncommon about Lanercost, 

 and very abundant about Carlisle, where I was told, by the late 

 Mr. Heysham, it became the common red-tailed species, to the 

 exclusion of lapidarius. 



6. B. pratorum, Linn. Smith, Monog., 220, 8; Apis pra- 



torum, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 360, 103. 



A universally distributed, but not a very abundant species 

 with us. It is one of the most active and industrious species 

 of the genus ; and what is very unusual, the males work nearly 

 as hard as the females and neuters. The flowers of the rasp 

 are much frequented by all the sexes in June. 



7. B. Scrimshiranus, Kirby. Smith, Monog., 222, 10 ; Apis 



Scrimshiranus, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., II., 342, 92 2. 



Not of frequent occurrence, Gibside, Mr. J. Hardy. Occa- 

 sionally at Long Benton in spring, feeding on the gooseberry; 

 in summer it frequents the flowers of the bramble. I have a 

 female, which was taken on the sands at South Shields so early 

 as the 30th of March. 



8. B. terrestris, Linn. Smith, Monog., 224, 12 ; Ajns terres- 



tris, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl., IL, 351, var. 



Sparingly distributed over the district, being somewhat more 

 abundant in the immediate vicinity of Newcastle than elsewhere. 



9. B. lucorum, Linn. Smith, Monog., 225, 13; Ajns lu- 



corum, Kirby, Mon. Ap, Angl., II. , 336, 89. 



This is by far the most abundant species of the genus with 

 us ; frequenting alike the most highly cultivated districts, the 

 woods, and the wildest moorlands. It makes its nest in dry 



