No study like natural history, pursued in a humble and docile spirit, so harmoniously elicits the religion of the soul, or than which so fitly prepares it to enter, by the pathway of the works of God, the august temple of His revealed Word. But to return: what we call science is the mere accidence of nature, which in fact aggravates our infirmity by permitting our intelligence to attempt to grasp, through the various details, their intricate combinations. But as truth sooner arises out of error if methodically pursued, and its results recorded, than out of confusion and guesswork, theories based upon observation, however inaccurate at first, ultimately lead up to the certain acquisition of the truth itself. -------------- AN EASY DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEES, THE NUMBERS REFERRING TO THE SCIENTIFIC SERIES. ANDRENIDÆ (Subnormal Bees). TONGUE SHORTER THAN THE MAXILLÆ, PORRECT. _Posterior tibiæ clothed with hair to convey pollen._ Two submarginal cells. Posterior legs very robust, polliniferous hair on tibiæ and plantæ dense but short - =MACROPIS (7).= Posterior legs slender; polliniferous hair on femora, tibiæ, and plantæ dense and very long - =DASYPODA (8).= Three submarginal cells to the wings. Abdomen truncated at base - =COLLETES (1).= Abdomen ovate. Abdomen entire at apex; maxillary palpi as long or longer than the maxillæ - =ANDRENA (4).= Abdomen entire at apex; maxillary palpi half the length of the maxillæ - =CILISSA (5).= Abdomen with a vertical incision at the apex - =HALICTUS (7).= _Posterior tibiæ without hair to convey pollen._ Two submarginal cells to the wings. - =PROSOPIS (2).= Three submarginal cells to the wings. - =SPHECODES (3).= APIDÆ (Normal Bees). TONGUE AS LONG OR LONGER THAN THE MAXILLÆ, INFLECTED BENEATH, AND COVERED BY THE MAXILLÆ IN REPOSE. _Without polliniferous organs._ Two submarginal cells to the wings. Abdomen at apex rounded - =STELIS (17).= Abdomen at apex conical - =CŒLIOXYS (18).= Three submarginal cells to the wings. Abdomen lanceolate - =NOMADA (14),= Abdomen subtruncate at base. Abdomen obovate, thorax glabrous - =EPEOLUS (16).= Abdomen subconical, thorax hirsute - =MELECTA (15).= Entire body densely hairy - =APATHUS (25).= _With polliniferous organs._