CHAPTER VII. BRIEF NOTICE OF THE SCIENTIFIC 142 CULTIVATION OF BRITISH BEES CHAPTER VIII. A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH 153 BEES, WITH ITS RATIONALE, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY, SUBFAMILIES, SECTIONS, AND SUBSECTIONS CHAPTER IX. A TABLE, EXHIBITING A METHOD 170 OF DETERMINING THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES WITH FACILITY EASY DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEES 176 CHAPTER X. THE SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT AND 184 DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERA, WITH LISTS OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE INSECTS, WITH INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE SUBJECT =ANDRENIDÆ (SUBNORMAL BEES)= 185 GEN. 1. COLLETES 185 GEN. 2. PROSOPIS 191 GEN. 3. SPHECODES 196 GEN. 4. ANDRENA 200 GEN. 5. CILISSA 211 GEN. 6. HALICTUS 214 GEN. 7. MACROPIS 220 GEN. 8. DASYPODA 224 =APIDÆ (NORMAL BEES)= 227 SCOPULIPEDES (BRUSH-LEGGED 227 BEES) GEN. 9. PANURGUS 227 GEN. 10. EUCERA 231 GEN. 11. ANTHOPHORA 236 GEN. 12. SAROPODA 242 GEN. 13. CERATINA 245 =NUDIPEDES (CUCKOO-BEES)= 249 GEN. 14. NOMADA 249 GEN. 15. MELECTA 255 GEN. 16. EPEOLUS 258 GEN 17. STELIS 262 GEN. 18. CŒLIOXYS 265 =DASYGASTERS (ARTISAN BEES)= 269 GEN. 19. MEGACHILE 269 GEN. 20. ANTHIDIUM 279 GEN. 21. CHELOSTOMA 283 GEN. 22. HERIADES 288 GEN. 23. ANTHOCOPA 290 GEN. 24. OSMIA 294 =CENOBITES (SOCIAL BEES)= 302 GEN. 25. APATHUS 302 GEN. 26. BOMBUS 307 GEN. 27. APIS 318