2208 Insects. 



sub-hyaline, with their apical margins slightly clouded ; the pubes- 

 cence on the legs is fulvous, the scopa on the posterior tibiae being 

 very bright and dense ; on the basal joint of the posterior tarsi it is 

 ferruginous, as are also the claws. Abdomen oblong-ovate ; the basal 

 segment thinly clothed with pale pubescence, the margins of the three 

 following have a narrow white marginal fascia, frequently more or less 

 obliterated ; the apical fimbria bright fulvous. 



Male. — (Length 5j lines). Black ; the face densely clothed with 

 bright pale fulvous pubescence ; the antennas sub-serrate beneath. 

 Thorax clothed with pale fulvous, with a few black hairs intermixed 

 on the disk ; the wings as in the female ; the legs have a similar pu- 

 bescence to the thorax, but paler. Abdomen thinly clothed with 

 pubescence of the same colour. 



This species for many years was a desideratum in most cabinets, un- 

 til the year 1844, when I took it in plenty at Shirley, near Croydon, 

 in the month of August. I observed, as mentioned by Mr. Kirby, that 

 the sexes fly in company, frequenting the flowers of the common blue- 

 bell {Campanula rotundifolia). At the same time that I met with 

 this species, it was also captured in abundance near Bristol, by Mr. 

 Walcott. 



Sp. 2. ClLISSA TRICINCTA. 



Apis leporina, Panzer ? Melitta tricincta, Kirby. Kirbya tricincta, 



St. Fargeau. 



Female. — (Length 5 lines). Black; the face thinly clothed with 

 pale fulvous pubescence, that on the vertex is black ; the antennae 

 piceous beneath, the three basal joints black. Thorax clothed with 

 pale fulvous pubescence, on the disk it is black ; the tegulae piceous ; 

 the wings sub-hyaline, their apical margins slightly clouded ; the pu- 

 bescence on the legs is similar to that of the thorax ; on the tarsi be- 

 neath it is ferruginous ; the claws ferruginous. Abdomen ovate ; the 

 basal segment has a thin pale fulvous pubescence, its margin and 

 that of the three following have a pale fulvous fascia ; the anal fim- 

 bria black. 



Male. — (Length 4j lines). Black ; the pubescence on the face is 

 rich fulvous ; the antenna? rufo-piceous beneath ; the mandibles fer- 

 ruginous at their apex. Thorax clothed above with fulvous pubes- 

 cence, beneath much paler, inclining to white ; the pubescence on the 

 legs is pale fulvous; the claws ferruginous; the wings as in the fe- 

 male. Abdomen, the three basal segments have a thin clothing of 



