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 A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE Apid^ {continued) Megachile centuncularis, Linn. IVorcester (Fletcher) ; IVyre Forest, Moseley (Bradley) Osmia rufa, Linn. In gardens, Worcester, Bewdley, Moseley, etc. — xanthomelana, Kirby. Trench Woods (Bradley) ; Middleyards (Fletcher) — caerulescens, Linn. In gardens (Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest, Droitwich, etc. — fulviventris, Panz. Moseley (Bradley) — bicolor, Schk. Middleyards — leucomelana, Kirb. fVyre Forest (Mar- tineau) Anthidium manicatum, Linn. At labiate flowers, Worcester Eucera longicornis, Linn. Middleyards, Birchen Groves * (Fletcher) ; Bewdley Martineau) Melecta armata, Panz. Wyre Forest, Grimley Anthophora retusa, Linn. Wyre Forest, Shrawley — pilipes. Fab. At flowers in town and country — furcata, Panz. One, Middleyards (Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest (Martineau) Psithyrus rupestris. Fab. At thistles, Monk- wood (Fletcher) ; Moseley (Bradley) — vestalis, Fourc. Crown East, Middle- yards (Fletcher) ; Moseley (Bradley) Apid^ [continued] Psithyrus barbutellus, Kirby. Bransford — campestris, Panz. Monkwood (Fletcher) ; Moseley (Bradley) — quadricolor, Lep. Moseley (Bradley) Bombus venustus, Sm. Claphill Lane, Mart- ley Road (Fletcher) ; Pershore, Wyre Forest, Moseley — agrorum. Fab. Crown East, Wyre Forest, etc. ; common generally — hortorum, Linn. Grimley, Oldbury Farm (Fletcher) ; Wyre Forest, Moseley (Bradley) var. subterraneus. Moseley (Brad- ley) var. harrisellus. Wyre Forest, Mose- ley (Bradley) — latreillellus, Kirby. 5r<2«s/o?-^ (Fletcher); Wyre Forest (Martineau) — sylvarum, Linn. Thistle flowers, Teme- side, Powick, Malvern, Droitwich, Wyre Forest — derhamellus, Kirb. Stanhrook (Fletcher); Malvern (Martineau) — lapidarius, Linn. Generally common. — pratorum, Linn. Powick ; in garden, Worcester — terrestris, Linn. Stanhrook ; generally common Apis mellifica, Linn. Grimley ; generally common PHYTOPHAGA This county is fairly well represented in the phytophagous Hymen- optera. The sawflies number 172 species, some of which are recent discoveries. The gall-raisers also are fairly represented. In collections of sawflies many species are represented by females only. The deficiency of males might in some instances be remedied were careful breeding pursued by energetic young collectors ; or failing in that aim, further evidence would be gained of the unisexuaHty of the creatures experimented on. Among the gall-raisers, notwithstanding Dr. Adler's discoveries, many species remain very imperfectly known. Here a young and intelligent man gifted with a spirit of inquiry might do much good service. Tenthredinid^ {continued) Rhogogastera punctulata, Klug. Bransford — viridis, L. Cotheridge — lateralis, F. Whitehall, in Worcester — picta, Klug. Callow End — aucupariae, Klug. Powick Tenthredopsis cordata, Fourc. In garden, Worcester — nigricollis, Lep. Crown East serted therefor will have to Tenthredinid^ Tenthredo livida, L. Wyre Forest, Monk- wood — colon, Klug. One, Bransford — rufiventris, Pz. Tibberton — dispar, Klug. Oldbury Farm — atra, L. Meadows by the Teme, Cotheridge — mesomela, L. Crown East 1 This wood was stubbed up many years ago and so the records here be again verified in the adjacent Crown East Woods. 90