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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[June 



rufa, Linn. — Not common, B.C. ; sparingly in Chester district, 

 R.N., E.C.T. ; Birkenhead, W.G. ; Rainford, near Liverpool, 

 H.H.H. 



sylvestris, Scop. — holsatica, Fab. — Sparingly at Rowton and other 



places near Chester, R.N.; Bache Hall near Chester, E.C.T. ; 



Eastham, W.G., and Rainhill, H.H.H. 

 norvegica, Fab. — brittajiica, Leach.— Occasionally, Upton near 



Chester and Bidston, near Birkenhead, R.N. , W.G. ; Delamere 



in fir woods, B.C. 



EUMENIU.^. 



Solitary wasps, of two sexes (male and female) only. Our onis 

 species of Eumenes builds a beautiful little round nest of mud among 

 heather, storing up small Lepidopterous larvae for its youngl The 

 members oi the genus Ody nevus burrow in various places, such as 

 sandy banks (^O. antilope, spinipes, and cvassicornis), stalks of bramble 

 (O. laevipes and melanocephalus ), and dead wood (0. tvifasciatiLS ), while 

 others select ready-made cavities, such as hollow thistle stems 

 (O. quadratus), and crevices in doors, windows, &c. (O. aiitilope). The 

 Odyneri prey chiefly upon the larvae of Lepidoptera. 

 Odynerus, Latr. 



spinipes, Linn. — Chester, E.C.T., R.N.; generally distributed, 

 B.C. 



callosus, Thoms. — quadratus, Sm. nec Pz. — Rainhill, H.H.H. 

 parietum. Linn. — Chester, E.C.T., R.N. ; commonly distributed, 

 B.C. 



pictus, Cmi. - oviventris, Thoms. — Upton near Chester, breeding 

 in sand quarry, E.C.T.; Rock Ferry, J.T.G.; commonly 

 distributed in the district, B.C. 



trimarginatus, Zett. — Near Manchester, local on Scotch thistle, 

 B.C.; Chester, E.C.T.; Wallasey sand hills, W.G. 



trifasciatus, Oiiv. — Common in district, B.C. 



parietinus, Linn.— Delamere, very abundant, E.C.T. ; Chester, 



E.C.T., R.N. ; near Birkenhead, J.T.G. 

 sinuatus. Fab. — bifasciatus, Wesm. — Manchester and Hazelgrove, 



sparingly, B.C. ' 



Passing from the first great division of the Aculeata, the Pmedoncs, 

 we come to tlie second, the 



ANTHOPHILA. 



h loiucr-lovcrs, coiuprisiug tiic Bees, insects which arc vegetable 

 tecders, storing up in the cells wJiich they construct for their young in 



