598 Insecls . 



varieties of the male, as appears upon comparison with his original 

 specimen. 



Sp. 11. NoMADA FABRICIANA. 



Apis Fabriciella, Kirby's Mon. 



Female, (length 3 J to 4j lines). Black: head, antennae rufous; 

 scape black, as well as one or two following joints, four or five black 

 towards the apex, the apical joint rufous; maxilla? rufous at their 

 extreme base and apex ; a silvery pubescence on the face and cheeks : 

 thorax, tegulae rufous ; all the coxae and femora black, the anterior in 

 front and above rufous, as are also the intermediate and posterior at 

 their extreme apex ; tibiae and tarsi rufous, more or less stained, black 

 above, as is also the first joint of the posterior tarsi : abdomen ferru- 

 ginous, black at the base, the second segment has lateral rotundate 

 maculae, the third a minute obscure yellow streak on each side, mar- 

 gins slightly piceous. 



Var. 1. The spots on the third segment obliterated, sometimes 

 those also on the second. 



Var. 2. Tubercles rufous. 



Male, (3j to 4j lines). Black : head and thorax clothed with sil- 

 very pubescence ; head black ; the antennae beneath obscure rufo- 

 piceous : thorax black ; coxae and femora black ; anterior femora in 

 front at their apex rufous ; the tibiae and tarsi black above, rufous be- 

 neath : abdomen rufous, black at the base, the second segment with 

 lateral rotundate maculae, the third with the same, but smaller ; be- 

 neath, generally rufous, immaculate, but sometimes a little variegated 

 with yellow on the third and fourth segments. 



The male is the Apis quadrinotata of Kirby. There is a specimen 

 of the female in the Banksian cabinet. This bee is not uncommon 

 in the neighbourhood of London : it appears about the middle of May. 



Sp. 12. NOMADA FLAVO-GUTTATA. 



Apis Jiavo- guttata, Kirby's Mon. 



Female, (2j to 3 lines). Head black ; mandibles, labrum, clypeus, 

 and the inner orbits of the eyes, as high as the base of the antennae, 

 rufous ; scape black, remaining joints rufous, slightly stained above : 

 thorax, collar, tubercles, a round spot under the wing, a large macula 

 on the breast, tegulae and scutellum rufous ; the coxae and trochanters 

 black, rufous at their apex ; the anterior and intermediate femora 

 black at their base, the posterior black, rufous at their apex ; the tibiae 

 and tarsi rufous, sometimes slightly stained behind : abdomen rufous, 



