144 BRITISH BEES. 



the seventh is the male of Osmia bicornis ; and the ninth 

 the celebrated Megachile Willughbiella. 



In Bombylius No. 1 is Bombus lapidarius ; No. %, B. 

 Raietlus, named hy Mr. Kirby in honour of its great 

 describer ; No. 3 is B. muscorum ; No. 4 is the female 

 of Anthophora retusa, as noticed above ; No. 5 is Bombus 

 terrestris, as is also No. 6 ; No. 7 is the male of B. lapi- 

 darius ; No. 8 is B. pratorum ; No. 9 is B. sylvarum ; 

 No. 10 is B. subinterruptus ; No. 11 is B. hortorum ; No. 

 13 is B. Francillonellus , and No. 17 is Apathus Barbu- 

 tellus. Thus ten of the Apes silvestres, and six of the 

 Bombylii are unidentified, and those recognized may be 

 placed correctly, by the aid I give in attaching Mr. 

 Kirby's synonymy to the list of species added to each 

 genus below. 



Nothing of any moment thence intervened, until the 

 Rev. W. Kirby, of Barham, in Suffolk, made a careful 

 and earnest collection of the ' British Bees,' with a view 

 to their scientific description and distribution. Strag- 

 glers were to be found in many entomological cabinets, 

 and some of their habits had been observed and recorded 

 by patient and attentive naturalists ; but these collec- 

 tions were small, very imperfect, and widely dispersed 

 until Mr. Kirby's energy and activity nurtured the idea, 

 and carried it into execution, of bringing into one focus 

 the scattered notices and vagrant specimens he had seen 

 about. 



The diligence he himself exercised in procuring all the 

 individuals he possibly could, by continued collecting 

 during a succession of years, enabled him, in the course 

 of time, to add considerably to those he was already 

 acquainted with, either in collections, or through dis- 

 persed notices. The growing bulk of bis store suggested 



