Chapter X

THE SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT AND 184
DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERA,
WITH LISTS OF OUR NATIVE
SPECIES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF
THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF
THE INSECTS, WITH INCIDENTAL
OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY
THE SUBJECT

=ANDRENIDÆ (SUBNORMAL BEES)= 185

GEN. 1. COLLETES 185

GEN. 2. PROSOPIS 191

GEN. 3. SPHECODES 196

GEN. 4. ANDRENA 200

GEN. 5. CILISSA 211

GEN. 6. HALICTUS 214

GEN. 7. MACROPIS 220

GEN. 8. DASYPODA 224

=APIDÆ (NORMAL BEES)= 227

SCOPULIPEDES (BRUSH-LEGGED 227
BEES)

GEN. 9. PANURGUS 227

GEN. 10. EUCERA 231

GEN. 11. ANTHOPHORA 236

GEN. 12. SAROPODA 242

GEN. 13. CERATINA 245

=NUDIPEDES (CUCKOO-BEES)= 249

GEN. 14. NOMADA 249

GEN. 15. MELECTA 255

GEN. 16. EPEOLUS 258

GEN 17. STELIS 262

GEN. 18. CŒLIOXYS 265

=DASYGASTERS (ARTISAN BEES)= 269

GEN. 19. MEGACHILE 269

GEN. 20. ANTHIDIUM 279

GEN. 21. CHELOSTOMA 283

GEN. 22. HERIADES 288

GEN. 23. ANTHOCOPA 290

GEN. 24. OSMIA 294

=CENOBITES (SOCIAL BEES)= 302

GEN. 25. APATHUS 302

GEN. 26. BOMBUS 307

GEN. 27. APIS 318

=INDEX= 363

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LIST OF PLATES.

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NOTE.—♂ signifies male; ♀, female; ⚲, neuter.

PLATE I.

1. Colletes Daviesiana, ♂ ♀.
2 ♂. Prosopis dilatata.
2 ♀. Prosopis signata.
3. Sphecodes gibbus, ♂ ♀.

PLATE II.

1. Andrena fulva, ♂ ♀.
2. Andrena cineraria, ♂ ♀.
3. Andrena nitida, ♂ ♀.

PLATE III.

1. Andrena Rosæ, ♂ ♀.
2. Andrena longipes, ♂ ♀.
3. Andrena cingulata, ♂ ♀.

PLATE IV.

1. Halictus xanthopus, ♂ ♀.
2. Halictus flavipes, ♂ ♀.
3. Halictus minutissimus, ♂ ♀.

PLATE V.

1. Cilissa tricincta, ♂ ♀.
2. Macropis labiata, ♂ ♀.
3. Dasypoda hirtipes, ♂ ♀.

PLATE VI.

1. Panurgus Banksianus, ♂ ♀.
2. Eucera longicornis, ♂ ♀.
3. Anthophora retusa, ♂ ♀.

PLATE VII.

1. Anthophora furcata, ♂ ♀.
2. Saropoda bimaculata, ♂ ♀.
3. Ceratina cærulea, ♂ ♀.

PLATE VIII.

1. Nomada Goodeniana, ♂ ♀.
2. Nomada Lathburiana, ♂ ♀.
3. Nomada sexfasciata, ♂ ♀.

PLATE IX.

1. Nomada signata, ♂ ♀.
2. Nomada Fabriciana, ♂ ♀.
3. Nomada flavoguttata, ♂ ♀.

PLATE X.

1. Nomada Jacobææ, ♂ ♀.
2. Nomada Solidaginis, ♂ ♀ (that marked ♂* should be ♀).
3. Nomada lateralis, ♂ ♀.

PLATE XI.

1. Melecta punctata, ♂ ♀.
2. Epeolus variegatus, ♂ ♀.
3. Stelis phæoptera, ♂ ♀.

PLATE XII.

1. Cœlioxys Vectis, ♂ ♀.
2. Megachile maritima, ♂ ♀.
3. Megachile argentata, ♂ ♀.

PLATE XIII.

1. Anthidium manicatum, ♂ ♀.
2. Chelostoma florisomne, ♂ ♀.
3. Heriades truncorum, ♂ ♀.

PLATE XIV.

1. Osmia bicolor, ♂ ♀.
2. Anthocopa Papaveris, ♂ ♀.
3. Osmia leucomelana, ♂ ♀.

PLATE XV.

1. Apathus rupestris, ♂ ♀.
2 ♂. Apathus campestris (the sexual sign to this should be ♀).
2 ♀. Apathus vestalis.
3. Bombus fragrans, ♀.
4. Bombus Soroensis, ♂ (var. Burrellanus).

PLATE XVI.

1. Bombus Harrisellus, ♀.
2. Bombus Lapponicus, ♀.
3. Bombus sylvarum, ♀.
4. Apis mellifica, ♂ ♀ ⚲.

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BRITISH BEES.

(_HYMENOPTERA._)

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