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on Lindow Common and at Alderley ; also taken by Dr. 
Simpson in Lancashire. 
2. S. rujiventris Panz.=rufescens Smith’s Monog.=gibba 
Fabr. and Kirby. Very plentiful all over the country. 
3. S. subquadratusSmith=gihhus Wesmael. A rare species, 
occurring at Lindow. 
4. S. ephippius Linn. = divisa Kirby, and $ Geoffrella 
Kirby. Plentiful at Lindow, Cheshire. 
Genus Halictus. 
The females appear in spring, and both sexes in autumn. 
1. H. rubicundus Christ. = flavipes Panz. Abundant 
everywhere. 
2. H. Tumulorum Linn. = flavipes Auct. Lindow, Che- 
shire, and Silverdale, Lancashire — an abundant insect. 
3. H. 4--notatus Kirby. Common at Lindow. 
4. II. cylindricus Fabr. $ — abdominalis Kirby, and ? = 
fulvocincta Kirby. Lindow, Cheshire, and Silverdale, Lan- 
cashire — a very common insect. 
5. H. albipes Fabr. ?=obovata Kirby. A local species : 
plentiful at Lindow. 
6. H. villosulus Kirby. Common in Cheshire and Lan- 
cashire. 
7. H. nitidiusculus Kirby. With us the most abundant 
of the genus, but rare in Northumberland. 
8. H. subfasciatus Nyl. A rare species : taken on Lin- 
dow Common. 
9. II. minutus Kirby. Taken by Dr. Simpson in Lanca- 
shire and by the author at Lindow. 
10. H. atricornis Smith n. s. Ent. Ann. 1870. Occurs 
only at Hazel Grove, near Stockport. 
11. II. Smeathmanellus Kirby. Local; scarce at Lindow. 
12. II. Morio Fabr. Taken by Dr. Simpson in Lanca- 
shire and by the author at Lindow. 
