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 A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Sphegida: Astata stigma, Panz. One of the earliest records in Britain of this, till recently rare, species was made by B. Cooke (June 1879) from specimens taken by him at Southport. It is one of the most noteworthy of our local wasps Trypoxylon figulus, L. Bowden Ammophila hirsuta, Scop.l Occur on the — lutaria, F. J sandhills Diodontus minutus, F. Manchester district Psen pallipes, Panz. „ „ Gorytes mystaceus, L. Generally dis- tributed, but not common Oxybelus uniglumis, L. Southport and near Manchester Crabro podagricus, V. d. Lind. Hazle- gtove near Manchester DIPLOPTERA Vespid^ Vespa crabro, L. One nest of this usu- ally southern species is recorded from the county, found at Hawkshead near Coniston, and now in Owen's College Museum, Manchester — norvegica, F. Not infrequent in pine woods throughout the county EUMENID^ Odynerus, callosus, Thoms. Rainhill — pictus. Curt. Bolton — trimarginatus, Zett. Near Manchester — sinuatus, F. „ „ ANTHOPHILA Coi-LETID^ Colletes succinta, L. Among heather, on many of the mosses — fodiens, Kirb. Southport — daviesana, Sm. Banks of Mersey, Bol/in, etc. cunicularia, L. This species was first recorded as British from specimens taken at Wallasey in Cheshire. The first captor was the Rev. H. H. Hig- gins (May 1855), who however did not publish his discovery. In 1867 the bee was taken by N. Cooke of Birkenhead, and recorded by F. Smith {E.M.M. 1869), the locality being erroneously given as Ventnor. Since then it has occurred freely along the Lancashire coast from Crosty as far north as Blackpool, and it also seems to occur sporadically in- land Prosopis communis, Nyl. Fairly common — si^nata, Panz. J) )) — confusa, Nvl. Near Alanchester Andrenid/e Halictus latvigatus, Kirb. — villosulus, Kirb. „ „ — atricornis, Sm. Is another local bee of considerable interest. When first discovered by B. Cooke at Hazle- grove near Manchester it was not only new to Britain, but new to science {Ent. An. 1870, p. 26). The species has since been recorded from Stretford and from Whalley in Lanca- shire as well as from other localities, in the Midlands, but it still remains exclusively British Other species of the genus re- corded from Lancashire are : — — minutissimus, Kirb. — tumulorum, L. — morio, F. Sphecodes pilifrons, Thoms. Hazlegrove Southport Andrena fulvicrus, Kirb. Is only recorded from Rainhill neax Liverpool. The fol- lowing species, together with others of general distribution, have been recorded from the Manchester or Southport districts — cineraria, L. — angustior, Kirb. — helveola, L. — humilis, Imh. — labialis, Kirb. — minutula, Kirb. — nana, Kirb. — wilkella, Kirb. Dasypoda hirtipes, Lat. Occurs on the sandhills and also inland near Man- chester Nomada. The following of the less common species of the genus have been recorded, principally from near Manchester : — — jacobaeae, Panz. — lathburiana, Kirb. — lateralis, Panz. — ochostroma, Kirb. — ferruginata, Kirb. — fabriciana, L. ApidjE Epeolus productus, Thoms. Near Man- chester Chelostoma florisomne, L. Rainhill Ccelioxysquadridentata, L."» Occur on sand- — elongata, Lep. / hills Megachile maritima, Kirb. — willughbiella, Kirb. — circumcincta, Lep. Osmia fulviventris, Panz. Crosby Anthidium maiiicatum, L. Near Alan- chester, Rainhill r ccur not in- frequently IIO