16. BOMBTTS. 193 



4. Anthophora furcata. 



A. nigro, griseo pubescente ; facie antice, labio anoque villoso fer- 

 rugineis. Mas corpore atro, cinereo pubescente; facie antice 

 labio qne flavis, abdomine apice furcato. 



Anthophora furcata, St-Farg. Hym. ii. 82 J 2 • 



Eversm. Faun. Hym. Bull. Nat. Moscow, 1852, 111. 



Smith, Bees Great Brit. 206. 



Schenck, Nass. Bien. 169. 



Dours, Mon. Anthoph. 110. 

 Apis furcata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 56. 8 S • 



Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 288 J $ , tab. 17. fig. 5 § , 6 J . 

 Megilla furcata, Panz. Krit. Be vis. 226. 



Nyland. Notis. ur Stilish, pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 245. 



Thorns. Hym. Scand. ii. 55. 

 Saropoda furcata, Curtis, Brit. Ent. viii. 361. 



Smith, Zool. iii. 893. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black; the pubescence on the labrum 

 obscure ferruginous, that on the face fuscous, intermixed with black 

 on the vertex ; the thorax has a fuscous pubescence on the disk, 

 on the metathorax and sides it is pale fulvo-ochraceous ; the legs 

 have a similar pubescence, that on the posterior tibiae and basal 

 joint of the tarsi is ferruginous ; the apical joints of the tarsi fer- 

 ruginous ; wings sublryaline. Abdomen ovate ; the base has a thin 

 pale pubescence, which is also thinly scattered over the whole abdo- 

 men, that at the apex being bright ferruginous. B.M. 



Male. Length 5-5| lines. — This sex closely resembles the female, 

 but it has the clypeus and the face on each side, a transverse line 

 above the clypeus, the labrum, and usually a narrow interrupted 

 line on the scape in front yellow ; the clypeus has a round fuscous 

 spot on each side at the base ; the pubescence on the thorax is simi- 

 lar to that of the other sex above; beneath it is cinereous; the 

 apical joints of the tarsi ferruginous. Abdomen thinly clothed 

 with pale pubescence, towards the apex it is black. B.M. 



This bee is not rare about London during July and August, but 

 does not appear to be so generally distributed as the preceding species ; 

 it burrows in old posts, rails, &c. I have not found it beyond the 

 London district ; but Mr. Kirby found it in Suffolk, and it has been 

 taken about Norwich. 



Division II. SOCIALES. 



Genus 16. BOMBUS. 



Apis (pt.), Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 953 (1766). 

 Bombus, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 385 (1802). 

 Megilla (pt.), Syst. Piez. 328 (1804). 

 Bremus, Jurine, Hijim 259 (1807). 



Body oblong and densely pubescent ; head subtriangular, not so 



