British Bees / An Introduction into the Studies of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles

by William Edward Shuckard

Hylæus dilatatus, Curtis.

3. annularis, Kirby, ♂ ♀. 2½-3 lines.

4. hyalinata, Smith, ♂ ♀. 2-3 lines.

5. signata, Panzer, ♂ ♀. 3-3½ lines. ([Plate I.] fig. 2 ♀.)

signata, Kirby.

6. cornuta, Kirby, ♂ ♀. 3-3¼ lines.

7. varipes, Sm., ♂ ♀. 1½ lines.

8. variegata, Fab., ♂ ♀. 2-3 lines.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

This genus is named from προσωπὶς, apparently in allusion to its seemingly masked face, most of the species having yellow markings more or less conspicuous upon the face.