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18. MELECTA. 
Apis, pt., Fab. Syst. Ent. 378, 1775. 
Centris, pt., Fab. Syst. Piez. 354, 1804. 
Melecta, Lair, Hist. Nat. xiv. 48, 1805. 
Crocisa, pt., Jurine , Hym. 239, 1807. 
1. Melecta punctata. B. M. 
Apis punctata, Fab. Syst. Ent. 385, 43. Schaff. Icon. Ins. t. 22, f. 
14. Panz. Faun. Germ. 35, 23. Kirby , Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 
219, 35. Don. Brit. Ins. xii. 47, 376. 
Apicis dubito, Harris , Expos. 137, ] 1, t. 40, f. 11. 
Melecta punctata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. 48. Fab. Syst. Piez. 
387, 7. Spin. Ins. Lig. 153, 3. St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 
441, 1. Smith , Zool. iii. 1148, 1. 
Andrena armata, Panz. Faun. Germ. 70, 22, $ ? 
Centris punctata, Fab. Syst. Piez. 360, 30. 
Crocisa atra, Jurine , Hym. t. 12, gen. 34, var. $ ? 
Melecta Clotho, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 513, 4, . 
Melecta Megaera, Neivm. Ent. Mag. ii. 513, 2, var. $ . 
Melecta Tisiphone, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 513, 1, var. . 
Melecta Alecto, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 513, 3, $ . 
Melecta nigra, St. Farg. Hist. Nat. Ins. ii. 446, 6, var. $ . 
Hab. — Britain (in the nests of Anthophora retusa). 
2. Melecta luctuosa. B. M. 
Apis luctuosa, Scop. Ann. Hist. Nat. iv. 9. Schrank , Ins. Aust. 
404, 816. Rossi , Faun. Etrus . ii. 105, 918. Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. v. 2785, 127. 
Melecta notata, Illig. Mag. ? 
Melecta Atropos, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 514, 6, $ . Smith , Zool. iii, 
1149,2, *, ?. 
Melecta Lachesis, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 514, 5 $ . 
Hab. — Hampstead Heath; Blackheath ; Coombe Wood and Shirley, 
Surrey (in the nests of Anthophora Haworthana). 
19. ANTHIDIUM. 
Apis, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat . 953, 1766. 
Megachile, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiv. 51, 1805. 
Trachusa, Jurine , 252, 1809. 
