A HISTORY OF NORFOLK Anthophila (continued) Halictus smeathmanellus, Kirby. Nor- wich, Brundall, Cromer ; occasional — jeratus, Kirby mono, Kirby leucopus, Kirby ] Very common Generally distri- Norwich Norwich ; scarce — mmutus, Kirby. Generally distributed — nitidiusculus, Kirby. buted — punctatissimus, Schenck. district — minutissimus, Kirby. Very common Dasypoda hirtipes, Latr. Caistor Marrams, near Yarmouth ; August Macropis labiata, Panz. Brundall ; on flowers of creeping thistle, wild peppermint, marsh potentilla, and yellow loosestrife Panurgus banksianus, Kirby. Mousehold, Eaton ; very abundant from the end of June till August Nomada ruficornis, Linn. Very common, end of April to June — lateralis, Panz. Brundall, Cringleford ; April and May — ochrostoma, Kirby. Earlham, Eaton ; one female each in June, rare — armata, SchafF. Eaton ; four females only — obtusifrons, Nyl. Brundall ; July and August, on flowers of the creeping- rooted thistle — flavoguttata, Kirby. Lynn ; end of May — furva, Panz. Not uncommon, flying about the burrows of the small Halicti at the end of May and in June — solidaginis, Panz. Plentiful on ragwort flowers, July, August — jacobasae, Panz. Plentiful in 1874, otherwise not common — lineola, Panz. Mousehold ; end of May and in June — sexfasciata, Panz. Norwich; about a colony of Eucera longicornis in a bank near Thorpe Asylum, end of May, June — alternata, Kirby | Very common from — succincta, Panz. J April to June Epeolus variegatus, Linn. Bawsey Heath, near Lynn ; common about burrows of CoUetes daviesana in July and August Melecta armata, Panz. Generally common about burrows of Anthophora acer- vorum from the end of March till May Stellis aterrima, Panz. Norwich ; in garden at flowers of Coreopsis, scarce INTHOPHILA {continued) Stellis phaeoptera, Kirby. Brundall; one specimen, in August, 1879 Coelioxys quadridentata, Linn. Eaton, Postwick, Yarmouth, Lynn — simplex, Nyl. Very abundant, June, July — acuminata, Nyl. Not uncommon — rufescens, St. Farg. Eaton, Mousehold, Brundall Osmia rufa, Linn. Abundant in early spring — anea, Linn. Not uncommon, April to June ; female at red nettle — fulviventris, Panz. Norwich, Eaton, Brundall, Harford Bridges ; common, June, July — spinulosa, Kirby. Brundall ; two females from ragwort flowers, in July and August Chelostoma florisomne, Linn. Harford Bridges, June, July — campanularum, Kirby. Norwich, in gardens, about flowers of Cam- panula Anthidium manicatum, Linn. Abundant at midsummer Megachile centuncularis, Linn. Very common in gardens and at bramble flowers, from June to August — versicolor. Smith. One female in the garden, 1873 — circumcincta, Kirby. Norwich ; June, July — willughbiella, Kirby. Norwich ; plenti- ful, June to August — maritima, Kirby. Mousehold, Yarmouth ; not scarce, July and August Eucera longicornis, Linn. Norwich, Post- wick ; end of May Anthophora retusa, Linn. Mousehold ; plentiful. May, or even end of April — acervorum. Fab. Every dry bank ; abundant in earliest spring — furcata, Panz. Eaton, Earlham, Mouse- hold, Brundall ; frequenting flowers of red nettle, middle of May till August Bombus muscorum, Linn. Very abun- dant — agrorum. Fab. Norwich district — venustus. Smith. Not uncommon — elegans, Seidl. Mousehold, Brundall, Yarmouth, Cromer — sylvarum, Linn. Very common — derhamellus, Kirby. Common — pratorum, Linn. Abundant — jonellus, Kirby. Norwich; two neuters in 1873 102
