204 BRITISH BEES. 



§§§ Thorax very puhescent, aldomen smooth and . 



45. albicans, Kirby, c? ? ■ 4-.5 lines. 



46. pilipes, Fabricius, S ? • ^-'^ ^iiies. 

 pratensis, Kirby. 



47. cineraria, Linnaeus, <? ? . 5-7 lines. (Plate II. 



fig- 2 (? ? .) 

 cineraria, Kirby. 



48. thoracica, Fabricius, S ? . 5-7i lines. 

 thoracica, Kirby. 



melanocephala, Kirby. 



49. nitida, Fourcroy, S ? • 5-6^ lines. (Plate II. 



fig. 3 (J ? .) " 

 nitida, Kirby. 



50. vitrea, Smith, ? . Q\ lines. 



§ § § § Tlie entire hody densely pubescent. 



51. fulva, Schrank, <? ? . 4-6| lines. (Plate II. 



fig. 1 (? ¥ •) 

 fulva, Kirby. 



52. Clarkella, Kirby, $ ? . 4^-61 lines. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Fabricius seems to have named this genus from 

 avQprjvr], a wasp, but why, it is impossible to say. Al- 

 though one name is as good as another, it being indif- 

 ferent what the name may be, yet where so evident an 

 attempt to give a name pertinence is conspicuous, it is 

 remarkable that it should be so little relevant, for none 

 of the characteristics of a wasp or hornet are exhibited 

 in these insects. 



Possibly it was from the genus being the most nu- 

 merous in species that Dr. Leach was induced to give 



