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NEW BRITISH BEES. 
above that number. It is gratifying to see amongst our 
younger Entomologists several able and industrious students 
turning their attention to this most interesting order of in¬ 
sects ; and although we cannot reasonably expect so large 
a number to be added to our list of indigenous bees as has 
been added since Mr. Kirby described them, still many in¬ 
teresting additions are and will be continually made: the 
remotest parts of the kingdom are by degrees being brought 
within a day’s rail, and we may confidently expect many 
Swedish and even Lapland species will be added to our Fauna. 
The last species in the above list was a grand addition to 
our Fauna, made by Mr. White, who, had his visit to Shet¬ 
land been an Entomological one, would no doubt have made 
other equally interesting additions. On a future occasion we 
hope to chronicle, not only species, but even genera unknown 
at present to the British Fauna. 
New Species of Fossorial Hymenoptera, described oi 
discovered since the publication of Shuckard s Essay. 
Genus Pompilus, Fab. 
1. Pompilus acuminatus , Smith. This species is de¬ 
scribed in the Catalogue of British Hymenoptera, App-1 l ' 
I received it from Moffat, Scotland ; there is a specimen 1!1 
the British Museum, without a locality. 
Genus Aportjs, Spin. . 
2. Aporus bicolor , Spinola. I captured two specimens o 
this insect at Southend; that described in Shuckard s E sSa - 
is only a variety of P. pectinipes , having the second tian 
verse cubital nervure obsolete. 
Genus Astata, Panzer. 
3. Astata stigma , Panzer. I captured a female oft 1 
