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the seventh is the male of Osmia bicornis ; and the ninth 
the celebrated Megachile Wilinghbiella. 
In Bombylius No. 1 is Bombus lapidarius ; No. 2, B. 
Raiellus, named by Mr. Kirby in honour of its great 
describer; No. 3 is B. muscorum; No. 4 is the female 
of Anthophora retusa, as noticed above; No. 5 is Bombus 
terrestris, as is also No. 6; No. 7 is the male of B. lapi¬ 
darius ; No. 8 is B. pratorum; No. 9 is B. sylvarum; 
No. 10 is B. subinlerruptus ; No. 11 is B. hortorum; No. 
13 is B. Francillonellus, and No. 17 is Apathus Barbu - 
tellus. Tims ten of the Apes silvestres, and six of the 
Bombylii are unidentified, and those recognized may be 
placed correctly, by the aid I give in attaching Mr. 
Kirby’s synonymy to the list of species added to each 
genus below. 
Nothing of any moment thence intervened, until the 
Rev. AY. Kirby, of Barham, in Suffolk, made a careful 
and earnest collection of the c British Bees/ with a view 
to their scientific description and distribution. Strag¬ 
glers were to be found in many entomological cabinets, 
and some of their habits had been observed and recorded 
by patient and attentive naturalists; but these collec¬ 
tions were small, very imperfect, and widely dispersed 
until Mr. Kirby’s energy and activity nurtured the idea, 
and carried it into execution, of bringing into one focus 
the scattered notices and vagrant specimens he had seen 
about. 
The diligence he himself exercised in procuring all the 
individuals he possibly could, by continued collecting 
during a succession of years, enabled him, in the course 
of time, to add considerably to those he was already 
acquainted with, either in collections, or through dis¬ 
persed notices. The growing bulk of his store suggested 
