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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[July 



epphippia. Linn. — Rainhill, H.H.H. ; Bowclen, B.C.; Chester, 

 E.C.T.; Bebington, J.T.G. 



HALICTUS. 



The burrows of the members of this genus are excavated about 

 five inches deep either in flat earth or in sandy banks ; each burrow 

 usually branches out into several smaller tunnels. The females often 

 work at their burrows by moonlight. The various species are either 

 gregarious, as H. ruhicundus and H . mono, or burrow apart from 

 their fellows. 

 Halictus, Latr. 



rubicundus, Chr. — Generally distributed, B.C.; noted from 



Chorlton, near Manchester, J.R.H.; Rainhill, H.H.H. ; 



Chester neighbourhood, E.C.T., R.N. ; Rock Ferry, J.T.G. ; 



and Wallasey, W.G. 

 . leucozonius, Schr. — Marpie, J.R.H., Oxton, near Birkeniiead, 



J.T.G.; and described as generally distributed by B.C. 

 l^vigatus, Kirb. — liioubvis, Kirk. J . — This somewhat scarce 



species has been taken at Hazelgrove, B.C.; and Rock Ferry, 



J-T-G. 



cylindricus. Fab. — fulvocincta, Kirb. - Commonly distributed, B.C. 



Noted particularly from Rainhill, H.H.H. ; Didsbury, J.R.H,; 



Rock Ferry, J.T.G.; and Chester district, R.N. 

 albipes, Kirb. — ohovata, Kirb. — Stretford, J.R.H,; Rainhill, 



H.FLH.; and Rock Ferry, J.T.G. 

 villosulus, Kirb. — pimdulatus, Thoms. — Hazelgrove, B.C.; Rock 



Ferry, J.T.G. 



atricornis, Sm. - This is another special bee of our district. The 

 species, new to science, was discovered by the late Mr. 

 Benjamin Cooke, at Hazlegrove, near Manchester, in July, 1866, 

 and subsequently taken there in some numbers. See "Ento- 

 mologist's Annual," 1870, p. 26. The insect has since been 

 taken by Mr. J. R. Hardy, at Stretford near Manchester, and 

 also by the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., at Whalley, near 

 Glitheroe, so that it is possibly fairly distributed, and would 

 reward careful search. It is very much like H . miniitus, but is j 

 rather larger, and the males are said to appear about three 

 weeks earlier. 



minutus, Kirb.— Generally distributed, B.C.; Bollin and Chorlton, 

 J.R.H.; Rainhill, H.H.H.; Rockferry, J.T.G. ; and Wallasey, 

 W.G. 



nitidiusculus, Kirb. — Hazelgrove, B.C. ; Dunham Park, near 

 Manchester, J.R.H. ; Rock Ferry, J.T.G. ; and Chester, E.C.T. 



