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 INSECTS Anthophila {continued) Sphecodes puncticeps, Thorns. One male only taken Andrena hattorfiana, Fab. Eaton, Wor- stead ; July, 1 876, at flowers of Knautia arvensis — decorata, Smith. Norwich, Brundall, Costessey ; end of July and in August, plentiful at bramble blossom — cetii, Schr. Eaton ; on flowers of Knautia arvensis in August — cingulata. Fab. Norwich ; May, June, in flowers of Veronica chamsedrys — pilipes. Fab. Norwich ; occasional in May and June — thoracica, Fab. Norwich, Brundall, Wroxham ; April and May, and if the weather is hot, again at the end of July — nitida, Fourc. Norwich, Brundall, Lynn ; not common ; end of April to June — vitrea. Smith. Momehold, Brundall; at flowers of bramble, July, scarce — albicans, Kirby. Common every- where — analis, Panz. Felthorpe ; once taken in June, 1 88 1 — clarkella, Kirby. Yarmouth, Horning ; March — gwynana, Kirby. Abundant in early spring on dandelion flowers — bicolor. Fab. Norwich, Brundall ; June, July — helvola, Linn. Norwich ; common, April to June — varians, Rossi. Norwich ; not so com- mon — atriceps, Kirby. One of the earliest of spring bees ; abundant at sallow- bloom and other spring flowers — nigro-asnea, Kirby. Abundant and generally distributed — trimmerana, Kirby. Norwich ; fairly common, April to June — picicornis, Kirby. Mousehold, Cringle- ford ; three females and two males only taken, April — bimaculata, Kirby. Norwich, Brundall ; very local, April — smithella, Kirby. plentiful — nigriceps, Kirby. Norwich ; female plentiful on ragwort flowers in July and August ; male very rare — pubescens, Kirby. Momehold; zlt2Ahzr bloom, August — tridentata, Kirby. Mousehold and Eaton ; males common on ragwort flowers in July ; female scarce Norwich, Brundall ; Anthophila {continued) Andrena angustior, Kirby. Mousehold ; one female only. May, 1875 — fucata, Smith. Carhrooke ; taken by the Rev. J. L. Brown — aprilina, Smith. One specimen taken in April, 1873 — fiilvicrus, Kirby. One male taken at Brundall in 1874 by the Rev. J. L. Brown — albicrus, Kirby. Generally distributed and common ; April and May — labialis, Kirby. Eaton, Harford Bridges, Brundall, Yarmouth, Lynn ; in June, but not common — chrysosceles, Kirby. Carhrooke, Eaton ; very rare — coitana, Kirby. Norwich, Brundall; common in July and August — parvula, Kirby. Very common ; end of March — minutula, Kirby. Norwich, Lynn ; July, August, uncommon — nana, Kirby. Eaton, Earlham, Mouse- hold ; May, June — dorsata, Kirby. Common at flowers of bramble ; July, August — combinata, Kirby. Norwich, Brundall ; at sallow bloom ; sometimes com- mon — connectens, Kirby. — fuscata, Kirby. May — afzeliella, Kirby. May and end of July — convexiuscula, Kirby. Norwich ; plenti- ful, April to June — collinsonana, Kirby. Recorded by Kirby as taken in the county in June, 1799 — xanthura, Kirby. Generally distri- buted ; April, May Cilissa ha;morrhoidalis. Fab. Frequent on flowers of campanula ; July, August — leporina, Panz. Eaton, Brundall ; July, August, occasionally at the flowers of white clover Halictus rubicundus, Kirby. Not un- common at Norwich — leucozonius, Schr. Very common — quadrinotatus, Kirby. Abundant — cylindricus. Fab. Common — malachurus, Kirby. Cromer ; taken by Mr. F. Smith — albipes. Fab. Very common — fulvicornis, Kirby. Cromer ; taken by Mr. F. Smith — villosulus, Kirby. Norwich, Cromer — tumulorum, Linn. Very abundant Norwich Mousehold ; April, Common, April, lOI