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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



[October 



OSMIA, Panz. 



rufa, Linn. — Bowden, J.R.H. ; Rainhill, H.H.H. ; Cheshire 

 coast, B.C. ; Chester, E.C.T. ; Oxton, W.G. 



xanthomelana, Kirb. — fnscifoniiis, Gerst, iiec Sm. — This rare 

 species was taken in abundance near Liverpool by Mr. G. 

 Waterhouse in 1835. It builds beutifully constructed pitcher- 

 shaped cells of mud and grit at the roots of tufts of grass ; the 

 imago frequents around ivy, and appears in May. v. " Zool- 

 ogist," Vol. II. 



ccerulescens, Linn. — o'jiea, Sm. — Cheshire coast, B.C. ; Rock 



Ferry, J.T.G. ; near Chester, R.N. ; Upton, near Chester, 



males about wall of old barn, E.C.T. 

 fulviventris, Panz. — Has been taken at Crosby, H.H.H. ; and 



Rock Ferry, J.T.G. 

 aurulenta, Panz. - Occurs at Wallasey, breeding in snail shells, 



H.H.H. 



CERATINA, Latr. 



Our one small British species excavates its burrow in dead 

 bramble stalks. It is rare, and has not been noted in this district. 



EUCERA. Scop. 



The single species of this genus, E. longicornis (after the long 

 antenna? of the male), burrows about 8 inches deep in the ground, and 

 usually forms large colonies where it occurs. It has, apparently, not 

 been observed in tins district. 



ANTHOPHORA. 



A genus containing four species, three of which, A. Fetiisn, pilipes, 

 and quadriiiiaculata , burrow in hard banks, and the fourth, A. retnsa, in 

 decayed wood ; the two first-named are gregarious. 

 AxTHOPHORA, Latr. 



retusa. Linn. HaworJitJiiana, Kirb. -Taken at Hazelgrove, B.C. 

 pilipes, Fah. ^acervonim, Sm. — retusa, Kirb. — Fairly distributed. 

 Sale, Bovvden, and Stockport, J.R.H. ; Patrick Well, 

 Rainhill, H.H.H. ; Tranmere near Birkenhead, J.T.G. ; 

 abundant, localh' at Bromborough R.N. ; Bache, Eaton and 

 Broughton Halls, near Chester, E.C.T. ; Hoylake and Meols, 

 W.G. 



furcata, Panz. — One specimen in garden near Chester, E.C.T. ; 

 and one at Hooton, Cheshire, R.N. 



SAROPODA, Latr. 



The quick flying and shrill sounding 5. bimaculata is the only 



