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BRITISH BEES. 
§ §§ Thorax very pubescent, abdomen smooth and shining. 
45. albicans, Kirby, $ $ . 4-5 lines. 
46. pilipes, Fabricius, £ $ . 5-7 lines. 
pratensis, Kirby. 
47. cineraria, Linnaeus, <$ $ . 5-7 lines. (Plate II. 
fig* 2c? ?•) 
cineraria, Kirby. 
48. thoracica, Fabricius, £ ? . 5-7 \ lines. 
thoracica, Kirby. 
melanocephala, Kirby. 
49. nitida, Fourcroy, $ ? • 5-6J lines. (Plate II. 
fig- 3 S ¥ •) 
nitida, Kirby. 
50. vitrea, Smith, ? . 6J lines. 
§§§§ TJie entire body densely pubescent. 
51 . falva, Schrank, £ ?. 4-6 \ lines. (Plate II. 
fig- 1 c? $ -) 
falva, Kirby. 
52. Clarkella, Kirby, <£ $ . 4J-6J lines. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Fabricius seems to have named this genus from 
civOpijvr], a ivasp, but why, it is impossible to say. Al¬ 
though one name is as good as another, it being indif¬ 
ferent what the name may be, yet where so evident an 
attempt to give a name pertinence is conspicuous, it is 
remarkable that it should be so little relevant, for none 
of the characteristics of a wasp or hornet are exhibited 
in these insects. 
Possibly it was from the genus being the most nu¬ 
merous in species that Dr. Leach was induced to give 
