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SPECIERUM /. NOMINUM SPECIFICORUM SY-
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SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM.

e—. . MELITPA. (a) -

O§ proboscide subcylindrica, porrecta, linguam
brevem, planiusctlam, exerente.

Antenne mediz, aculeatis subclavate articulis

ryetr

Aculeus punctorius, reconditus.

*.° Gi.

_ Os lingua apice biloba; valvulis plicatis.

, Labium anticé. obtusangulum.

Corpus-yillosum.
succincta. 1, M. nigra, albido-villosa; thorace fulvo; abdo-
mine ovato; segmentis margine albis. (1)
v fodiens. 2, Mi nigra,*albido-villosa;- thorace fulvescenti ;
abdomine conico, basi subretuso; segmentis
margine pallidis. (2)
eb:

Os linguA subtruncata, auriculata.
Labium anticé obtusangulum.
(a) Tab. 1—4.
& wtbdomen

“SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta:) 5
_ Abdomen conicum, supra gibbum. -.---
Corpus glabrum.

Obs. Antenne feminee en recurve... Lge

3. M. atra; aiie maculata ; tibas posticis albide annulata, \

annulatis. (1)

4, M. atra; fronte maculata; tibiis omnibus flavo annularis. .
annulatis. (2) 7

5. M. atra; tibiis flavis, nigro annulatis; antennis dilatata.
scapo patelliformi. (3) Sq] avast

, 6..M. atra; fronte maculata; abdomine segmento signata,

prime. margine mae: albo. (A) °

¥x, a,

Os lingua acuta, auriculata,

Labium inflexum;anticé emarginatum.
Abdomen ovatum, glabrum, Sty otbbum..
Corpus subpilosum.

Obs, Antenne feminee apice recurve. Al-
domen masculum lineare; antenne submonili-—

formes,

7. M: atra; abdomine ferrugineo, apice nigro. (1) gi//a,
8. M. atra; abdomine rufo, apice, pedibusque, Geofiel:
nigro-piceis; maxillis, tarsis, tibiisque. anticis, la.

~ rufescentibus. (2)
g. M. aterrima; abdomine ferrugineo, basi apice- Sphecoi-
que nigro; alis nigricantibus. (2) soa
v 10. M. atra; antennis piceis, thorace longioribus ; monilicor=
abdomine cingulo rufo. (3) a
11. M. atra, glabriuscula ; abdomine piceo, nitido ; picea.
AQ segmentis

Las

divisa,

quadri-

clncta.

rubicun-
da.

Slavipes.

12.

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta)
segmentis intermediis basi et utrinque ferru.
gineis. (5)

M: atra; abdomine subovali, nitidissimo, cin-
gulo ferrugineo; antennis thorace breviori-
bus. (6).

* *. b.

Os lingua acuta, auriculatd; valvularum loris

elongatis.

Labium pectinatum, appendiculatum.

Abdomen subovale, ano rima perpendiculari.

Corpus subvillosum.

13.

14.

15.

seladonia, 16,

e@rata,

leucopus.

Morio,

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18.

19.

Obs. Antenne feminee apice recurve. La-
bium masculum pectinatum, absque appendice ;
corpus elongatum; anus rimd nulld. !

M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine con-
vexo, segmentis margine albis; pedibus,
anoque, villoso-pallidis. (1)

M. atra, rufescente-pubescens ; abdomine seg-
mentis margine albis; tarsis, tibiisque pos-
ticis, fulvis. (2)

M. nigro-zenea, nitida ; pedibus flavis. (3)

M. nigro-zenea, pallido-subpubescens; abdo-
mine segmentis margine pallidis. (4)

M. virdi-znea, nitida; abdomine nigro-
eeneo. (5)

M. znea; abdomine nigro; antennis subtus _
fulvis; tarsis albidis. (6)

M. enea; metathorace ceerulescenti; abdo-
domine nigro. (7)

20. M,

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.) 7
20. M. nigra, nitens; antennis subtus fulvescen- minuta.

tibus. (8)

1. M. atra, albido-villosula ; abdomine subovato; viliosula,
antennis subtus, tarsisque, rufescentibus. (Q)

22. _M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine _nitidissi- minutissi-
mo. (10) a

23. M. nigra, glabriuscula; antennis subtus flavis; nitidius-
maxillis, labio, tarsisque, albidis. (11) de;

24. M. atra, pallido-villosula; abdomine nigro, levis.
leevi, nitidissimo. (12) .

25. M. atra, pallido-villosula; abdomine subpube- punctula-
scenti, punctulato, segmento primo levi, gi
nitidissimo. (13)

-26. M. nigra, griseo-subpubescens; abdomine sub- males:
tomentoso. (14)

27. M. nigra; antennis thorace longioribus, ful-/vicor-
vescentibus ; abdomine nitido, segmentis in- i
termediis basi albis. (15)

28. M. nigra, rufescente-pubescens; abdornine sub-fulvo-
tomentoso, segmentis margine fulvis, inter- rae
mediis basi utrinque pallidis. (16)

29. M. atra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine segmen- aldipes. |
tis intermediis rufis, fascia, punctisque late-
ralibus, nigris ; labio flavo. (17)

30. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomine seg- abdomi-
mentis_anticis rufis, macula media, punctis- ue
que lateralibus, nigris. (18)

31. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo, obovata.
obovato, segmentis basi albis, (19)

32. M. atra, rufo-subpubescens; horace fer- /evigata.

TUgINEO 5

V

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.)
-rugineo; abdomine nitidissimo, segmentjs
intermediis basi pallescentibus. (20).

leucoxo- 33. M. atra, cinereo-pubescens; abdomine seg-

nia.

pus.

mentis intermediis basi albis. (21)

wantho- 34. M. nigra, rufo-pubescens; thorace ferrugineg;

abdomine segmentis utrinque basi pallidis ;
pedibus posticis testaceis. (22)

quadrino- 35. M, atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; abdomine sub-

tata.

incano, segmentis duobus intermediis basi
utrinque albis. (23)

higubris. 36. M. atra, albido-subpubescens ; abdamind seg-

mentis intermediis basi utrinque, plantisque,
albis; antennis thorace longioribus. (24)

sexnotata.37. M., aterrima, pube incana ; abdomine segmen-

2 a.

Rose.

tis tribus intermediis basi utrinque albis ; alis
apice nigtis. (25)
eon

Os lingua acutiuscula, aur oie! aa cerpius hasta-
ta, apice reflex4.

Lalium antice pptean eatin, supra tuberculo
munitum. ne

Femora postica flocculo instructa.

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Anus fimbriatus.
Corpus villosum. d

Obs. Alas alsque Jiocculo atque fimbrid.

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Ve

Lisi M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nigro, cin-

gulo antico, ano, scopaque, rufis. (1) «>

39. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa ; abdomine .cingulo

s

antico rufo; scopa yersicolori. (2) 9° |
Ao. M.

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.y fe)
40: M. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine nigro, cin= zonalis,
gulo rufo; pedibus posticis piceis. (3)
Al. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine cingulata,
glabriusculo, cingulo ferrugineo utrinque
puncto nigro. (4)
, 42. M. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace rufescens Schrank-
ti; abdomine cingulo rufo, segmentis pos-°”
ticis flavo-ciliatis.. (5)
43. M. nigra, cineréo-subvillosa; thorace rufescen- affinis.
ti; abdomine subtomentoso, segmentis pos-
ticis flavo-ciliatis. (6) |
AA, M. nigra, griseo-villosa; thorace pube’ rufA ; fulvago,
_abdomine punctulato, nitido ; pedibus pos-
ticis, anoque, fulvis. (7)
45. M. nigra, albicante-subvillosa; thoracej ano+ allicans.
que, ferrugineis; tibiis plantisque posticis
fulvis. (8)
» 40. M. -aterrima, subvillosa; abdomine. nitido ; pilipes
tiblis posticis scopa albida.’ (Q)
A7. M. atra, albido-pubeéscens; thorace: hirsuto cineraria,
fascia atra; abdomine atro-cerulescenti. (10)

v AS. M. atra, villosa; trunco hirsuto-albicanti. (11) pratensis.
49. M. atra, villosa; trunco supra hirsuto-rufo. (12) thoracica:
50. M.atra, subvillosa; thorace hirsuto-flave- melanoce-
~ onc. scenti; abdomine ovato, nigro. (13) FEAF
5). M. nigra, pallido-subvillosa; thoracé hirsuto- nitida.

fulvo; abdomine nitido; tibiis posticis sco-
eae. pa versicolori. (14) » '

vy 52. M. nigra, albido-pubéscens; thorace rufescenti; tilialis.
Soe. tubus posticis fulyis, scop. fulvo-aurea. (15)
idied 53. M.

10 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Méelitta.)
Mouffet- 53. M. nigra, pallido-pubescens; abdomine pilosoy
—~ nigro-eneo; thorace, digitis, tibiisque pos-
ticis, rufis. (16)
nigro- 54, M. nigra, fulvo-pubescens ; capite anoque atris;
wr abdomine subhirsuto, nigro-zneo. (17)
atriceps. 55. M. nigra, rufescente-villosa; capite atro; tar-
sis rufis. (18)
bimacu- 56. M. nigra, rufescente-villosa; capite atro; ventre
os basi utrinque macula rufa. (19)
Trimme- 57. M. nigra, grisescente-pubescens; abdomine
hess hirsutulo; tibiis posticis scopA versico-
lori. (20)
varians. 58, M. atra; thorace, abdominisque basi, hirsuto-
fulvis; tibiis posticis scopa versicolori. (21)
helvola. 59. M. nigra, albido-villosa; thorace, abdominis-
que basi, hirsuto-ferrugineis ; tibiis posticis
scopé flavescenti. (22)
Gwynana 60, M. atra, villosa; thorace, abdomine anticé,
tibiisque posticis scopa, ferrugineis. (23)
angustior. 61. M. nigra, rufo-subyillosa; thorace, pubescent;
femoribus, pedibusque quatuor anticis, pi-
ceis; posticis ferrugineis. (24)
picicornis.62. M. nigra, grisescente-subvillosa; capite atro;
antennis piceis; abdomine fusco. (25)
spinigera. 63. M. nigra, hirsuto-cinerascens; maxillis longi-
tudine capitis atri, basi spina filiformi ar-
matis (26)
. armata. 64. M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; maxillis longi-
tudine capitis, basi dente armatis. (27)
_ subdenta- 65. M, nigra, cinerascente-villosa; facie anticé
7 barba

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.) 1]
barb albé; maxillis longitudine capitis, basi
obtusangulis. (28)

66. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace falvescenti; picipes.
abdomine fusco; pedibus rufo-piceis. (29)

67. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace hirsuto-fer- angulosa.
rugineo; capite posticé utrinque rectan-
gulo. (30)

68. M. atra; thorace, abdomineque supra, hirsutis, fulve.
fulvo-aureis. (31)

6g. M. atra, hirsuta; thorace, pedibusque posticis, Clarkelia.
fulvis. (32) ,

- 70. M. nigra, grisescente-subhirsuta; thorace ab- Smithel/a |
domineque hirsutis, fulvescentibus, segmen-
tis margine albidioribus. (33)

71. M. nigra, fulvo-subhirsuta; labio tridentato s tridenta-

digitis testaceis. (34) ey

. M. atra, albido villosa; maxillis basi denticulo denticula-

armatis; labio tridentato; abdominie strigis .
~ tribus albis. (35)

73. M. attra, thorace fulvyo; abdomine fasciis tri- zigriceps.
bus villoso-rufescentibus. (36)

74. M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; thorace flave-rufitarsis.
scenti; abdomine segmentis margine albi-
dis; antennis subtus, digitisque, rufis. (37)

75. M. nigra, pallido-subvillosa; »thorace fulvo; fuscipes,
abdomine segmentis margine albidis; tibiis
posticis scopa fusca. (38)

76. M. atra, pallido-subvillosa; abdomine segmen- Listerella
tis margine albidis; thoracis disco subpiloso,
nigro. (39)

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12 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.)

v fulvicrus. 77. M. nigra, grisescente-villosa; abdomine fasciis

. tribus pallidis; tibiis posticis scopa fulva. (40)

lanifrons. 78. M. nigra, supra fulyo-pubescens; abdomine
ovato, basi fulvo-yilloso; segmentis apice
pallidioribus. (41)

contigua. 79. M. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine segmentis

, margine yilloso-albis. (42)

pubescens, 80. M. nigra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine ovali;
labio subcornuto. (43)

hemor- 81. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens ; abdomine seg-

— mentis posticis utrinque margine albis; ano
ferrugineo. (44)

is aaa 82. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine

nitido, fasciis interruptis albidis; ano, tarsis,

tibiisque posticis, testaceis. (45)

dorsata. 83. M. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace fulvo;
abdomine fasciis tribus albis, antica inter-
rupta; tarsis rufis. (46)

Wilkella. 84. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomime seg-
mentis intermediis utrinque margine albis;
plantis, tibiisque posticis, rufis. (47) *

provima, 85. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; thorace gri-
sescenti; abdomine utrmque strigis tribus
albis; scopé pallida nitenti. (48)

Coitana. 86. M. atra, nitida, albido-subvillosa; frontis an-
gulis, nasoque, albis. (49)

latialis. 87, M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace fulvescenti;
facie anticé albidd; ‘abdomine segmentis
margine utrinque pallidis. (50)

Lewinel- 88, M. nigra, paillido-villosa; thorace, tarsisque

le, rufescen-

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM.' (Melitta.) 13
rufescentibus; abdomine segmentis inter-
mediis utrinque strigd albida. (51)

89. M. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine ovato; seg- ovatula.
mentis margine albidis. (52)

go. M. nigra, lutescenti-villosa; abdomine sub- larlaca.
ovato; segmentis margine membranaceis,
albido ciliatis. (53)

Q1. M. atra, hirsuto-canescens; abdomine levi Lartila- \/
lanceolato; facie anticé barba densa ar- Dats
gented. (54)

g2. M. atra, albido villosa; abdomine subovali, Zartatu-
punctulato; segmentis intermediis margine Bi
utrinque albis. (55)

93. M. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine subovato, Collinson-
nitido; segmentis posticis margine albi-“"
dis. (56)

g4. M. cinereo-subpubescens; thorace rufo; me- comlina-
tathorace utringue fimbrid pallida; abdomine a
fasciis tribus, interruptis, albidis. (57)

Q5. M. atra, supra nudiuscula; metathorace utrin- nudiuscu-
que, tibtisque posticis, pallido-lanatis. (58) ne

, 96. -M. atra, cinereo-villosa; thorace fulvo; abdo- alsicrus. |
mine ovato, pilosulo, strigis tribus albis;
scopa versicolori. (59) .

g7. M. atra, supra nudiuscula; abdomine convexo, connec-
nitido; tarsis omnibus, tibiisque posticis, “””
rufis. (60)

gs. M. nigra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine punc- swlincana
tulato; digitis omnibus, plantisque posticis, |
rufis. (61)

BQ og. M.

14 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Melitta.)

digitalis. QQ. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; tibiis posticis sco-
pa argented; digitis ferrugineis. (62)

Shawella, 100. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo,
subcuneiformi, segmentis intermediis utrin-
que albo-ciliatis; scopa versicolori. (63)

minutula, 101, M. atra, glabriuscula; antennis subtus fulve-

scentibus; abdomine nitido; tibiis posticis
scopa argented. (64)

- nana. 102. M. atra, albido-villosula; abdomine nitido,

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segmentis basi punctulatissimis; tibiis pos-
ticis scopa argentea. (65)

parvula. 103. M. atra, cinereo-subyillosa; abdomine sub-

~ rotundo, (66)

pilosula, 104. M. nigra, cinereo-subpilosa; capite atro;
abdomine spbovali, segmentis margine
membranaceis; digitis ferrugineis. (67)

zanthura. 105. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; ano, tibiis
plantisque posticis, rufescentibus ; abdomine
fasciis subinterruptis, albidis. (63)

converius- 106. M. nigra, griseo-subpubescens; abdomine

prt ovato, convexo, segmentis margine pallidis ;
tibiis plantisque posticis rufis. (69)

Juscata. 107. M. nigra, grisescente-subpubescens; thorace
fusco; abdomine ovato, convexiusculo, seg-
mentis margine pallidis. (70)

Afwliella 108. M. atra, fulyo-yillosa; thorace ferrugineo ;
abdomine subcordato, fasciis tribus, inter-
ruptis, pallidis. (71)

tricincta. 109. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; thorace fla-
‘yescenti; abdomine ovato, basi subretuso,
fasciis tribus, angustis, pallidis, (72)

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SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) 15
» 110, M. atra, grisescente-subpubescens; thoracis chrysura.
limbo fulyescenti; abdomine ovato, basi re-

tuso; ano fulvo-aureo, (73)

~ 111, M. atra, pallido-villosa; abdomine fasciis tri- pion
bus albidis; pedibus posticis fulyo longis- 77),
simé lanatis. (74)

APIS. (3)

Os proboscide fracta, inflexa, linguam cylindri-
cam, elongatam, exerente.

Antenne mediz, aculeatis articulis 13; maribus
articulis 14.

Oculi laterales, subovales, integri.

Ale plane.

culeus punctorius, reconditus.

#.a,

Os proboscide quinquefida; lingua acuta; pal-
pis exteriorforibus sexarticulatis, interioribus
quadriarticulatis.

Antenne clavate in omni sexu. ”

Labium ovale.

Corpus subpilosum,

Obs. Caput masculum anticé truncatum.

1, A. atra, supra glabriuscula; pedibus posticis wrsina.
fulvo-hirsutissimis. (1)

2, A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula; antennis dimidiato- Lincella,
rufis. (2) ,

3, A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula: digitis rufis. (3) Bankiana

(2) Tab. 4—13,
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16 ‘SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Apis.)
*. b.

Os crassum, proboscide quinquefida; palpis ex.
terioribus sexarticulatis, interioribus_quadri~
articulatis,

Antenne rectiuscule, filiformes in omni sexu.

Labium suboyale.

Abdomen glaberrimum.

Corpus subvillosum.

Goodeni- 4, A. atra; tuberculis, squamulis, scutellique punc-

ame tis, flavis; abdomine fasciis flavis, nigrisque,
alternis. (1)

alternata,5. A. atra, griseo-subvillosa; tuberculis, squamu-
lisque flavescentibus; abdomine fasciis flavis,
nigrisque, alternis; scutello immaculato. (2)

Lathburi-6. A, atra, cinerascente-subvillosa; scutelli punctis

7 duobus, abdominisque fasciis posticis, flavis,
antica rufa. (3)

varia, “7. A. atra; scutello, tarsis, tibiis extra, abdominis-
que fasciis posticis, flavis, antici ruf?. (4)

- faa. 8. A. atra, subvillosa; squamulis fulvis; abdomine

fasciis flavis, ferrugineisque, alternis. (5)
rufiven- Q. A atra; scutelli punctis fulvescentibus; abdo-
me minis ventre ferrugineo, tergo rufo, nigro,
flavoque fasciato. (6)

» Marsham-10, A. atra; antennis, squamulisque ferrugineis ;

_ scutelli punctis, abdominisque fasciis, flavis,

anticis tribus interruptis. (7)
cornigera.11. A. atra; labio subcornuto; abdominis ventre
basi ferrugineo, tergo maculis, fasciisque
flavis, variegato. (8)
| 12. A.

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) Y7

12. A. atra; labio subcornuto; abdominis ventre;subcornu-
maculisque tergi anticis, ferrugineis, pos- ‘”
ticis sex, anoque, flavis. (9)

43. A. atra; labio subcornuto; abdomine maculis Copree,
anticis ferrugineis, intermediis quatuor, fas-
cid, anoque, flavis. (10)

14, A. atra; abdomine fascid antica ferrugined ; lineola,
maculis quatuor intermediis, fascia, anoque,
flavis. (11) |

15. A. atra; scutello sulphureo; abdomine flavo; fucaza.
basi ferrugineo, fasciis quatuor nigris. (12)

16. A. atra, cinereo-villosula; abdomine piceo, leucoph-
maculis septem sulphureis; antennis supra ‘alma.
nigris. (13)

17. A. atra; tarsis rufis; abdomine fasciis sex sex-cincta
flavis, anticis tribus interruptis., (14)

1g. A. atra; scutelli punctis duobus, abdominisque Schefer-
maculis sex, fascid, anoque, flavis. (15) ie

19, A. atra; scutelli punctis duobus, abdominisque connexa,
maculis sex, fasciis tribus, pedibusque, fla-
vis. (16)

20. A. atra; pedibus ferrugineis; scutelli punctis, Jacotee, »
abdominisque maculis fasciisque, flavis;
antennis supra nigris. (17)

21. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; scutelli punc- flavo-pic-
tis duobus contiguis, abdominisque maculis, a
fasciisque, flavis. (18)

v 22. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; scutello, ab- Solidagi-
dominisque maculis, faciisque, flayis; seg-””

mento primo immaculato. (19)

F 23. A.

4

is SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.)
% picta. 93. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; abdomine
ferrugineo, maculis quatuor, fasciisque dua-
bus, scutelloque, flavis. (20)
rufo-pic- 24. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; abdomine
aa ferrugineo, maculis sex, ano, scutelloque,
flavis. (21)
Hillana, 25. A. atra; labio, squamulis, scutelloque, ferru-
gineis; abdomine rufo, maculis quatuor,
fasciisque tribus, lutescentibus. (22)
ochrosto~ 26, A. atra; scutello sanguineo; abdomine rufo,
ia maculis, fasciisque interruptis, flavis, varie-
gato. (23)
. ruficornis.27. A. ferrugineo; thorace lineis tribus longitudi-
nalibus, atris; abdomine maculis, fasciisque,
flavis. (24)
aantho- 28. A. atra; antennis, scutellique punctis, ferru-
asi gineis; abdomine rufo, maculis duabus fla+
vis. (25)

- Fabriciel-29. A. atra; antennis rufis, nigro annulatis; ab-
a domine ferrugineo, maculis duabus flavis.(26)
quadri- 30. A. atra; abdomine ferrugineo, maculis quatuor
Bi flavis; antennis, pedibusque, nigris. (27)
Slavo-gut- 31, A. atra; antennis fulvis; abdomine rufo, punc-
aap tis quatuor luteis. (28)

rufo-cinc- 32, A. atra; scutello ferrngineo; abdomine fusco,
mc punctis quatuor luteis; fascia, yentreque,

rufis. (29)
Sheppard+33, A. atra; scutello ferrugineo; abdomine fusco,
ma immaculato. (30)
coe 34. A. atra; antennis, pedibus, abdomineque, ‘fet-
= rugineis; labio subcornuto. (31)

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SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4Apis.) ‘gq
2
BEM ,
Os crassum, proboscide septem-fida, subinvo-
luta; palpis exterioribus quinquearticulatis,
interioribus biarticulatis.
Antenne filiformes in omni sexu.
Labium subquadratum.
Abdomen breve, acutum:
Corpus villosum. .

v 35. A. aterrima, albido-villosa; abdomine segmen- punctata,
tis utrinque puncto albo; scutello biden-
tato. (1)

Cae Sha: Pia

Os crassiusculum, proboscide septem-fida, val-
vulis obtusis ; palpis exterioribus exarticulatis,
interioribus biarticulatis.

Antenne rectiuscule, filiformes;

Labium anticé curyum.

Abdomen subconicum.

Corpus tomentoso-maculosum.

» 36. A. nigra; trunco, abdomineque, albido varie-variegata,
gatis; pedibus ferrugineis. (1)
i ae ae
Os proboscide septemfida, subinvoluta ; palpis
omnibus biarticulatis.
Antenne filiformes in omni sexu.
Labium inflexum.
Abdomen conicum, rectum, acutissimum, ven-
___ tre glabro.
Corpus subyillosum.
VOL. TI. c Obs.

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v conica,

inermis.

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Apis.)

Obs. Abdomen masculum ano spinoso, ey
menio septimo obsoleto.

37. A. atra; scutello bidentato; abdomine conico,
segmentis margine albidis; ano femineo, acu-
tissimo, masculo multidentato. (1)

38. A. atra; scutello inermi; abdomine masculo
lineari, segmentis margine albis, ano multi-
dentato. (2)

**. Cc. 1. B.

Os proboscide septemfida, subinyoluta ; palpis
omnibus biarticulatis.

Anienne filiformes.

Labium inflexum. '

Abdomen subcylindricum, obtusum, ano im-
curvo; ventre glabro.

Corpus subvillosum.

/ punctula- 39. A. nigra, punctulatissima; scutello bidentato ;

tissima.

ubdomine segmentis margine decoloribus.(1)

v pheopte- 40. A. atra, punctulatissima; albido-subpubescens ;

Ta,

ano rectangulo. (2)

**. C. 2. a.
- Os proboscide septemfida, subinvoluta; palpis
omnibus biarticulatis.
Antenne sepius filiformes.
Labium inflexum.
Abdomen femineum horizontale, rectum, supra
planiusculum; yentre hirsuto. "2

Corpus villosum. ”
Al Ph

é ie 4

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) ai
» 41. A. fulyescente-pubéscens; abdomine brevi, ano Willughs
nigro; antennis masculis articulo extimo ma- Hela.
jori, manibus dilatato-ciliatis. (1)
< A2. A. cinerascente-pubescens; abdomine femineo centuncus
subcordato, segmentis margine albidis; mas- le
culo subgloboso. (2)
A3. A. pallido-pubescens; thorace fusco; maxillis maritima,
magnis prommentibus; abdomine oblongo,
segmentis margine albicantibus. (3)
v 44, A. griseo-pubescens; abdomine femineo sub- ligniseca,
ovali; masculo subgloboso, ano emargi-
nato. (4)

45. A; lanuginoso-flava; capite, anoque, atris, (5) <”"”-

cincta,
A6. A. aterrima, villosa; thorace, abdominisque rantho-

2 Ma ; melanas
basi, lanuginoso-flavescentibus. (6) Cate

* *.C. 2. 8.

Os proboscide septemfid4, subinvolutd; palpis
exterioribus exarticulatis, interioribus biar-
ticulatis.

Antenne feminez subclavate.

Latium inflexum.

Abdomen subglobosum, ano incutvo, ventre
femineo hirsuto.

Corpus villosum.

Obs. Abdomen masculum ano inflexod, spi=
noso; antenne filiformes.

“ia 47. A. albido-villosa; abdomine maculis flavis, manicata,
| ») lateralibus; ano masculo inflexo, quinque-
_ dentato. (1)
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2 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Apis.)
* #.C. 2. Y:
Os proboscide septemfid4; palpis exterioribus
biarticulatis, interioribus exarticulatis.
Antenne subclavate.
Latium inflexum.

Corpus elongato-cylindricum, ventre femineo
subhirsuto.

Obs. Antenne mascule fiiformes.

. mazillosa A8. A. atra, supra glabriuscula; maxillis promi-
nentibus, intus barbatis; abdomine seg-:
mentis margine albis. (1)
forisom- AQ, A, atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine masculo in-
ie -curvo, ventre basi cornuto, ano obtusé bi-
dentato. (2)
Compa- 50, A. atra, glabriuscula; ano masculo inflexo,
nularum. : ae
acuté bidentato, ventre basi gibbo. (3)
trunco- 51, A.atra; abdominis basi transyersé carinato,
atin segmentis margine albidis; ano masculo in-
flexo, inermi. (4)

*%*. C. 2.0.

Os proboscide septemfid4, subinvoluta ; palpis
exterioribus quadriarticulatis, interioribus bi-
articulatis.

Antenne subciavate.

Latium inflexum.

Corpus subcylindricum, villosum, interdum,
hirsutum, ano subincuryo, ventre femineo
hirsuto.

;
Obs. Antenne mascule filiformes. -

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SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) 23

52. A. aterrima, albido subvillosa; abdomine seg- /eucome-

mentis margine utrinque albis, ventre lana on
cinerascenti. (1)

» 53, A. atra, cinereo-subyillosa ; scutello bidentato; spinulosa,
ano masculo inflexo, spinuloso, ventre basi
cornuto. (2) »

, 54, A. atra, griseo-villosa; abdomine nitido, atro- Leaiana,
cerulescenti, ventre lana ferruginea. (3)

v 55. A. corpore femineo atro, albido-subpubescens ; cern/e-
abdomine cerulescenti, segmentis margine
albicantibus, ventre land.atra ;

corpore masculo zneo, fulyo-pubescente ;
ano bidentato. (A)

y 56. A. nigra, rufo-villosa; abdomine segmentis Tunensis,
margine pallidioribus; ano masculo emar-

ginato. (5)

wae e corpore femineo atro, hirsuto; fronte bi- icornis.
corni; abdomine eneo, hirsutie rufa :

corpore masculo hirsuto-cinerascenti; fronte
albida ; abdomine zeneo, hirsutie rufa, ano
integro. (6)

vy 58. A. hirsuta, aterrima; abdomine, tarsisque qua- bicalor.

tuor posticis, hirsuto-ferrugineis. (7).
wedge! T,

Os crassum, proboscide septemfid4, rect4, su-
bulato-conica ; laciniis interioribus involutis,

exteriorum longitudine; palpis exterioribus
sexarticulatis, interioribus biarticulatis.
Antenne feminez subclayate, mascule longi-

iin * tudine corporis.
* a3 Latium

.
a Pa eae Fe ee eee ee “ EN mee.

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D4 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (pis.
Labium antic® emarginatum,
Corpus villosum,

_

v fonts 59. A. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace, abdominis-

que basi, hirsuto-fulvis; ano femineo pal-
lido. (1)
linguaria.60, A. hirsuto-cinerascens; abdomine nigro. (2)
pollinaris.61. A nigra, albido pubescens ; thorace flavescen-
ti; abdomine fusco, polline pallido. (3)
Druriella.62. A, nigra, hirsuto-cinerascens ; antennis subtus
fulyis; abdomine segmentis posticis utrin-
que mucronatis. (4) :

#*. d. 2. a

Os crassum, proboscide septemfida, recta, su-
bulato-conica; laciniis imterioribus quam

exteriores brevioribus; palpis exterioribus

sexarticulatis, interioribus biarticulatis.
Antenne feminez subclavate, mascule thorace
breviores. ~ (
* Labium subquadratum, verticale.
Corpus villosum, interdum hirsutum,

\ timacula- 63. A. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa ; facie anticé, ore-

ta. . i
r “que, rufescentibus; ano tomentoso-incano.(1)

v furcata. 64, A, corpore femineo nigro, griseo-pubescenti ;
facie anticé, labio, anoque, villoso-ferrugi-

. neis :
corpore masculo atro, cinereo-pubescenti ;
facie anticé, lJabioque, flavis; abdomine
apice furcato. (2)

65. ‘-

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) 23
65. A. atra, villoso-pallescens ; thorace flavescen- vulpina.
ti; abdomine segmentis margine pallidis;
femoribus intermediis magnis, clavatis. (3)

66. A. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace flavescen- rotundata
ti; facie anticé fulya ; abdomine subgloboso,
segmentis margine albis. (4)

67. A. nigra, fulvo-pubescens; abdomine segmen- pallicinc-
tis margine pallidis. (5) 6s
6g. A. atra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine subglo- su/gloto~
boso. (6) Jat
y 69. A. corpore femineo atro, hirsuto; tibiis posticis retusa,
scopa fulvo-aurea :
corpore masculo nigro, hirsuto-fulyo; ano
_higricanti; pedibus intermediis elongatis,
crinito-pectinatis. -(7)

40, A. hirsuto-fulya; ano nigro; plantis interme- Haworth.
diis extrorsum barbatis. (8) Bir

v 71. A. ceruleo-virens, glabriuscula, cylindrica; ab- cyanea,
. domine cuneiformi; ore masculo albo. (Q)

% eh Bc By
Os, proboscide septemfida, recta, conica; val- :
vulis corneis, fornicatis; laciniis interioribus
quam exteriores brevioribus; palpis exteriori-
bus sexarticulatis, interioribus, biarticulatis.
Antenne sabclavate; masculz thorace brevi-

ores.
Labium tuberculo: munitum, anticé emargi-
natum.

Corpus subhirsutum.

72. A. violacea, supra glabra; alis nigricantibus. (1) iricolor,
cA #*#. eC

y mellifica, 73,

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (Apis.)
**.e, 1.

Os proboscide septemfida, subinvoluté ; laciniis
interioribus brevibus, obtusis; palpis exte-
rioribus exarticulatis, interioribus biarticu-
latis.

Antenne filiformes, scapo fusiformi.

Latium lineare, planiusculum.

Stemmata in triangulo.

Tibie posticze apice inermes.

Corpus villosum.

A. corpore femineo pubescenti; thorace sub-
griseo; abdomine elongato, conico, alis cor-
pore dimidio brevioribus; tarsis rufescen-
tibus :

corpore neutro pubescenti; thorace subgri-
seo ; abdomine subprismatico ; plantis posticis
intus transyersé striatis:
corpore masculo pubescenti; trunco tomen-
toso-fulvescenti; oculis posticé conniven-
tibus; alis corpore longioribus. (1)

ae, ec. 2,

Os proboscide septemfida, subinvoluta; laciniis
interioribus brevibus, obtusis; palpis exte-
rioribus exarticulatis; interioribus biarticu-
latis.

Antenne subfiliformes.

Labium lineare, ineequale.

Stemmata in linea curyé,

Corpus hirsutissimum,

74. Ay

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (A4pis.) oF

7A, A. hirsuto-flavescens; thorace fulvo. (1) a
. 75. A. hirsuto-cinerascens; thorace, abdomineque, Francil-
i lonana.

fulvis. (2)

» 76. A, hirsuto-flavescens; thorace fulvo; abdo-foralis.

mine maculis, fasciisque, atris. (3)

- 747, A. hirsuto-flavescens; thorace, anoque, fulvis; Sowerbi-
abdomine fasciis duabus nigtis. (4) mgt’), |

78. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace, anoque, fulvis; Beckwith-
abdomine fascia media atra. (5) ee

79. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace fulvo; abdomine Cwrtisella
atro, basi rufescenti. (6)

go. A. hirsuto-albida; thoracis fulvescentis basi, Forster-
abdominisque fasciis obscuris, nigricanti-
bus. (7) .

81. A. atra, hirsuta; thorace, anoque, ferrugineis.(8) agrorum.

82. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace inter alas, abdomi- sylvarum,
neque fasciis, nigris, ano rufescenti. (Q)

- §3. A. supra hirsuto-flava; thoracis fascia atra. (10) fragrans.

» 84. A. supra hirsuto-flava; thorace inter alas, ab- Latreiil-
domineque fasciis duabus, atris. (11) eine

85. A, supra hirsuto-flava; thorace inter alas, ab- Rossielia,
dominisque fascia, atris. (12)

g6. A. atra, hirsuta; thorace anticé, scutello, ano- Lecana.
que, flavis. (13)

87. A. atra, hirsuta; ano flavescenti. (14) resagien

v 88. A. atra, hirsuta; thorace anticé, scutello, ano- campes-

que inflexo utrinque, flavis; abdomine sub-“*

globoso. (15)

. §Qg. A. supra hirsuto-flava, ano albido; thorace lucorum,

- fascia nigra. (16) )

oe go. A,

28 SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.)
* Jonella. QO. A, hirsuto-flava, ano albo; thorace abdomine-
que fascia atra. (17)
’ hortorum,Q1. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé, scu- |
tello, abdominisque basi, flavis; .capite elon-
- gato. 18)

‘ Scrimp- Q2. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé,
arr scutello, abdominisque basi, flavis. (19)
Bariutel- 93. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; vertice, thorace
* anticé, scutelloque, fulvis; abdomine sub-

globoso. (20)
‘ Tunstall- QA. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé, scu-
pa telloque, fulvescentibus. (21)
\ vestalis. 95, A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo, apice nigro; thorace
basi flavo. (22) 3

. virginalis 96. A. atra, hirsuta, ano alho; thoracis cingulo,
abdominisque~ segmentis duobus anticis,
flavis. (23) |

v terrestris. 97. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thoracis basi, abdo-

minisque fascia, flavis. (24)
Soroensis.Q8. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo. (25)

. subinter- QQ. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvo; thoracis basi, ab-
frien dominisque fascia anticd, flavis. (26)
Donovan- 100. A. atra, hirsuta, ano rufo; thoracis abdomi-
ella. nisque basi flava. (27)

» Burrell- 101. A. hirsuto-flava, ano fulvo; thoracis abdo-
wie minisque subglobosi fascid atra. (28)

» Cullum= 102. A. hirsuto-pallida, ano ferrugineo; thoracis
Whi abdominisque fascia atra. (29).

“ pratorum.103. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulyo; thorace anticé

flavo. (30)
104, A.»

SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. (4pis.) 29
~ 104, A. atra, hirsuta, ano rufo; thoracis limbo, Aldinelia.
| abdominisque lateribus, cinerascentibus. (31)
. 105. A. hirsuta, fusco-cinerascens, ano fulvo; tho- Derham-
racis abdominisque fascia atra. (32) ni
. 106, A. corpore femineo atro, hirsuto, ano rubro : Japidaria,
corpore masculo supra atro, hirsuto, ano
rubro; facie, thoracisque basi et apice, fla-
_ vis. (33), |
_ 107. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvo; tibiis posticis cor- Raiella.
bicula rufa. (34)
v 108. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvo; alis nigricanti-rupestris.
bus. (35)
10g. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fusco; capite masculo subterra=
subgloboso; maxillis supra tomentoso-ful-
vis. (36) |

110, A. hirsuta, aterrima. (37) Harriss

ella.

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MONOGRAPHIA

APUM ANGLILZ:

PARS QUARTA.

DESCRIPTIONES, SYNONYMA AUCTORUM,
MUSEA in quibus species heic descriptz asservantur, necnon
OBSERVATIONES quasdam miscellaneas lingua vernacula
scriptas, complexa,

ae ee Ee

En ista sunt partes viarum ejus. Job.

O Jenova,
Omnia ista animantia in TE sperant
ut des illis escam tempore suo;
TE ipsis dante, illam colligunt,
aperiente Manum Tuam satiantur bono;
Tz recipiente spiritum eorum pereunt
et in pulverem revertuntur ;
Te emittente Sprritum Tuum creantur,
et renovas faciem terre.
Gloria JEnov erit in secula
et letatur JEHova operibus suis.
Canam Jenovz in diebus vite meze
reflectam SaPrent1@ Ejus radios, quamdiu superero,
Benedic anima mea Jenova.
Haevvu-Jan, David.

ne Be

MELITTA. (x. a)

succincta. 1, M nigra, albido-villosa; thorace fulyo; ab-

FIG.

MUS.

* dorhine ovato; segmentis margine albis.
g

Apis succincta thorace flavescente subvilloso; abdomine
nigro, cingulis quatuor albis.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed.12..18. Fn. Suec. 1694.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3.n.15.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.714. Apis, n.7.

Andrena succincta thorace hirto, fulvo; abdomine nigro,
cingulis quatuor albis.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 31.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2792. n. 18.

Grew’s Rarities, § 7. c.1. p.154.

Reaum. tom. 6. mem. 5. p.131—39. tab. 12. fig. 1—13.
Apis succincta. Christii Hymenopt. p.185. tab.15. fig.7.

D, Smith Linnean. Latham, Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 43.

Hab. prope Londinum, Nidum in murorum cavitati-
bus secundum Reaumurium, in fistulis sambucinis
auctore Grewio, cellilis e membrana diaphana, tenu-
issim4 confectis, struit.

DESCR. Acul. |
CORPUS nigrum, pube albescenti.
Capur. Facies anticé pube, densa admodum,

albicanti, posticé fulvescenti, tecta. Nasus
glabriusculus, ruguloso-punctulatus. -4nten-
ne capitis longitudine, nigre.

Truncvus supra punctatus, pube falva vestitus.

Squamule nigro-picese. Ale hyaline, nervis
nigrican-

MELITTA. (+. a.)
higricantibus. Pedes nigri, albido-pilosi, fe-
moribus posticis hirtis.

Arpomen fusco-nigrum, ovatum, acutum, su-
pra valde convexum /. gibbum; segmento
primo punctulatissimo glabro, secundo basi et
apice, reliquis apice, lat@ tomentoso-niveis.

Maris Antenne thoracis longitudiné articulis
arcuatis.

The Melitta here described, is the genuine Apis
succincta of Linneus, as I find upon comparing it
with the authentic specimen preserved in the Lin-
nean cabinet: the rostrum, however, or proboscis,
scarcely merits the epithet of suwbulatum which he
has given to it. In the same cabinet there is
another insect of this family, labelled by that great
naturalist Apis marginata; this is much smaller
than M. succincta, but in other respects it scarcely
differs from it.

I have excluded the synonym of Geoffroy, re-
ferred to by Linneus for this insect, since it ap-
pears to me to belong rather to Apis rotundata of
Fabricius. He places it next to pis longicornis,
and says of it ‘ Cette abeille a-beaucoup de rap-
port avec la ‘précédente;” and again, “ Le levre
supérieure et le devant de la téte de linsecte sont
@un jaune citron(a).” Both of which circumstances
agree well with 4. rotundata, but not at_all with
M., succincta. Gmelin and Villars refer to another

(a) Hist. Ins, Par. tom. 2. p.413, n,11.
synonym

ob

MELITTA. (x. 2.)

synonym of this author for our insect, which I hayd
likewise excluded, as to me it appears intended for
the species that I shall next describe. That this
species is Reaumur’s Abeille “ gui fait son nid de
membranes soyeuses,” appears evidently from a spe-
cimen of that insect which was sent by M. La-
treille, the ingenious author of the work upon the
Genera Insectoruim noticed above (Lb), for my in-
$pection, under the name of Hyleus glutinosus.
This specimen was rather smaller than ours, but
there was no material difference between them.

Panzer’s Andrena succincta(c) is very different
from the true one; it appertains to another family
of this genus, and seems very nearly related to
Melitta Swammerdamella. |

Linneus mentions the present species as very
rare in Sweden; the aculeate sex has often been
taken in the neighbourhood of London, but of
the male I have seen only a single specimen, which
is in the cabinet of Dr. Latham.

* fodiens. 9, ™M. nigra, albido-villosa; thorace fulvescenti;

abdomine conico, basi subretuso; segmentis
margine pallidis.

Apis sylvestris in terra foramen sibi fodiens, an tertia
Purchasii ?

Willugh. in Rai. Hist. Ins. p, 244,

Apis nigra; thorace hirsuto fulvo; abdomine glabro
incisuris albis,

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. tom. 2. p.411. 2.7? ;

(2) Vol. 1. p. 80. (c) Fn, Ins, Germ, Init, n. 7, tab. 10.
‘ Apis

MELITTA. (z. a.)
Apis fodiens. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n.7?

FIG. Acul. Tab. 15. fig. 1. Mas. ibid. fiz. 2.

MUS. D. Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.

Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus Jacolee femina semel at-
que iterum lecta; mas aggeres circum apricos volitat,
sed rarus admodum. Multz simul habitant, et
foramina in terra fodiunt, teste Willughbio, terram
egerentes ad modum vermium, ubi cellas quasdam
rotundas ex alba et tenui cute conficiunt, in quibus_
mel densum sordidum reponunt.

DESCR. Acul. |

CORPUS nigrum, albido-pubescens.

Caput. Facies anticé pube densd admodum
albicanti, posticé fulvescenti, tecta. Nasus
glabriusculus, ruguloso-punctatus. Antenne
capitis longitudine, piceo-nigree.

TRUNCUS supra punctulatissimus, pube fulves-

* centi mollis. Squamule pallide. Ale hy-
alinze nervis nigricantibus. emora postica
densits barbata.

ABDOMEN elongatum, subconicum, acutum,
supra tomento nigricanti, nisi a latere et sub
lente vix corispicuo, vestitum, basi retusum
et utrinque villosum ; segmento primo punc-
tulatissimo margine utrinque, secundo basi
apiceque, reliquis apice, tomentoso-pallidis.

Maris Corpus magis angustum. Facies hirsutie
densa et longa pallescenti. -4ntenne capite
longiores. Squamule nigra. Abdomen basi
hirsutulum, segmentis margine villoso-pallidis.

VOL. II, D ‘rasow he

36

MELITTA. (x. a. b.)

The aculeate sex of this and the preceding species
are extremely similar to each other ; but the abdo-

- men of M. fodiens is proportionally longer, more

conical, and much less convex ; it is also rather
retuse at its base. ‘The males, however, are more
strikingly distinguished. I am a little dubious as
to the synonym I have quoted from Geoffroy, but
I think it ought to be referred to this rather than
to M. succincta, on account of its nidificating un-
der ground. His description will suit either equally
well. Concerning the identity of Willughby’s Apis
sylvestris in terra foramen sibi fodiens, with our
insect, I have scarcely any doubt.

*. b.

annulata.3. M. atra; fronte maculata ; tibiis posticis albido

annulatis.
Apis annulata nigra; fronte, annulisque pedum, Aibis.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed.12. & Gmel. p.2779. n.33. Fn.
Suec. 1706.
Miill. Zool. Dan. 1909.
Fn. Frid. 647.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. 0. 26.
Hyleus annulatus. Fab, Ent. Syst. Em. n. 12.
Vespa nigra; fronte, flava.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. p.380. n. 14. NB.
YiG. Tab.15. fig. 3.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer,
Sowerly, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 25—34.
Hab. Barhamiz et alibi, in floribus Resedarum frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum.
Caprut

¥ _ MELITTA. («. b.)

Capur obscurum, punctulatissimum. Antenne
nigre. Frons utrinque ad oculos macula
lutea. io |

Truncus obscurus, punctulatissimus. Squa-
mule puncto albo notate. Ale subhyaline,
netvis nigris. Pedes nigri, tibiis posticis basi
luteo-albis.

ABDOMEN atrum, lucidum, parva pube parum
canescens.

Var.@ antennis subtus piceis; frontis maculis,
tibiarumque annulo, flavis; tuberculis di-
midiato-flavis.

y frontis maculis obscuré ferrugineis ; tu-
tuberculis puncto flavo. D i
6 antennis subtus fulvis; frontis maculis
trianeularibus, rufis.

¢ antennis subtus obscuré rufescentibus;
frontis maculis trapeziformibus, tubercu-
lisque, flavis.

Maris Antenne capite longiores, subtus obscuré
fulvee, scapo crassiusculo. Facies infra an-
tennas lutea, punctis duobis nigricantibus.
Collare utrinque striga alba. Plante postice,
interdum et intermedia, basi albide. Tibie
anteriores antrorsum rufescunt. Abdomen
punctulatissimum.

Var. 8 fronte, tuberculisque, luteo-albis.

The insect I have here described agrees with the
authentic specimens of 4pis annulata, in the Lin-
D2 nean

” athe aera ee eo Leda eee

37

Ss

38 MELITTA. (x. b.)

nean cabinet; indeed, several distinct species are
there placed together as varieties of it, which Lin-
‘neus appears to have regarded merely as such.
Panzer’s Hyleus annulatus(d) is a very different
insect, and belongs to a male of my third family
of this genus. The observation of Fabricius upon
his “ Moscham spirat,” proves its identity, at least
with one of this family.

annularisA. M. atra; fronte maculata; tibiis omnibus flavo
annulatis.
FIG. Sphex annulata atra, nitida; abdomine subpetiolato ;
tibiis quatuor posticis flavis, nigro annulatis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 53. tab...
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer,
Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 23—3.
Hal. Barhamiz cum pracedente.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum.

Carur subtriangulare, anticé truncatum, ob-
scurum, punctulatissimum. Antenne nigre,
subtus fulve. Facies maculis duabus flavis,
antrorsum acutis, infra antennas notata.

Truncus obscurus, punctulatissimus ;. tubercu-
lis, punctoque squamularum, flavis. Pedes
atri, tibiis omnibus basi flavis.

AnpomeEn speciei hujusce abdomen precedentis
exactissimé refert.

(d) Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 55, tab. 3.
Far.

MELITTA. (x. b.) 39,

Var.8 fronte, macularum loco, punctis duo-

bus obscuris, pallidis, notata.

Maris Caput anticé rotundatum. Facies infra
antennas luteo-alba. Antenne subtus diluté
fulyee, scapo brevi conico. Truncus albido-
pilosulus, tuberculorum apice, tarsisque, albi-
dis, tibiis luteis nigro annulatis.

Var.@ maxillis albis, apice fuscis; tibiis anticis

antrorsum rufis, digitis nigricantibus.

y facie infra antennas pallidé rufescenti ;
nasi lateribus, antennisque nigris, scapo
puncto flavescenti; tuberculis immacula-
tis; tibiis basi, anticis quatuor extrorsum,
flavis; plantis flavescentibus; digitis ob-
scureé ferrugineis.

d facie maculis tribus distinctis, flavis ;
antennis subtus piceis, alias praccedenti
simillimus. |

This species appears to me to be very distinct
from M. annulate: the head of the aculeates is
rounder, and truncate before. The spots of the
front, instead of being close to the eyes, are sepa-
rated from them, and placed just below the base of
the antennz. All the tibiae are yellow at their base.
The scapus, also, of the antenne of the males is
shorter, and more conical:

5. M. atra; tibiis flavis, nigro annulatis; antennisdilatata.
scapo patelliformi. «ats

EG. Tab. 15, figvae® 2 »*
i D3 MUS,

AO MELITTA. (#. b.)}
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Kirby.
Long. Corp, Lin. 3.

Hal, Barhamiz, rarissima.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum.

Capur triangulare. Mazille albe, apice fusce.
Antenne nigre, subtus apiceque fulve; scapo
dilatato, subquadrato, concavo-convexo /. pa-

. telliformi, dimidiato-luteo(e). Facies infra
antennas alba, .

Truncvus obscurus, punctulatissimus, cinera-
scenti-pilosulus; tuberculorum vertice, punc-
toque squamularum, flavis, die subhyaline,
nervis nigris. Pedes flavi, femoribus, tibiarum
posticarum annulo, anteriorumque quatuor
macula, nigris. |

ABDOMEN -parva pube, vix conspicua, fe-
spersum. a ath

The extraordinary size and shape of the scapus
of the antennz, which much resembles a Patella,
will, I think, sufficiently justify me for considering
this insect as a distinct species. Were this cir-
cumstance a sexual distinction only, the other
males of the family would have it as well as this,
which is not the case. I observed a variety of this

insect in the Linnean cabinet with the dilated joint
entirely black.

(e) Tab.1, #. b, fig. 8,
6. M.

MELITTA. (z. b.) Al
6. M. atra; fronte maculata; abdomine segmentosignata. .
primo margine utrinque albo.

Vespa nigra; fronte, thoracisque basi, flavis.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins, 2. p.379. n. 14. Var. y.
Vespa pratensis, Fourcroy, Ent. Par, n, 34.

FIG, Sphex signata atra, nitida, immaculata; alis albis;
fronte sub antennis maculis duabus flavis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 53. tab. 2.

MUS, D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Sowerly, Kirby,
Long: Corp. Lin. 3.
Hab, Barhamiz, cum precedentibus obvia,
DESCR. Acul,
CORPUS atrum, obscurum, punctulatissimum.
CaputT subtriangulare. -d4ntenne subtus ob-
scuré fulvee. facies anticé utrmque ad ocu-
los macula fulyé. |
Truncus. Tuberculi vertice lutei. Squamule
puncto flavo. die hyaline, nervis nigris. Pedes
atrif tibiis anticis antrorsum obscure rufis.
ABDOMEN lucidum, punctulis minutissimis per-
seminatum; tergo valde conyexo, segmento
primo margine utringue pilis brevibus, de-
cumbentibus, niveis, ciliato.
Far. @ antennis. subtus piceis, collare utrinque
~ albo.
y antennis subtus piceis, collare tuber-
culisque luteis.
Maris Corpus pilis brevissimis, albidis, subinca-
num. facies infra antennas albida. Anten-
n@ scapo crassiusculo,

F ’ DA This

ae es —_—— . ee ae * ~

- gibba,

MELITTA. (#. b.)

This Melitta is larger than any of the preceding
species of this family. It is entirely black, ex-
cepting only the underside of its antennz, the
spots on its front, a white fringe of short hairs on
each side of the margin of the first dorsal segment
of the abdomen, and its anterior tibie. Variety
y, appears to be Vespa nigra, fronte thoracisque
basi fiavis of Geoffroy, I am not certain that this
may not be more than a variety. The aculeate sex
of M. annulata, annularis, and signata have each
a male agreeing with them in their peculiarities, a
circumstance which furnishes a very strong proof
that they are distinct species. On the other hand
they all emit the same strong scent of balm, and
are to be found usually on the same plants, viz. the
different species of Reseda, to which they appear
to confine themselves; this seems to indicate that.
they are only varieties. But when we consider
that the same circumstances attach to M. dilatata,
so remarkably distinguished from the other males
by the shape of the scapus of its antennz, I think
we are warranted in concluding that they. point
out the habit of a family, rather than of a species.

**. a.
7. M. atra; abdomine ferrugineo, apice nigro.

Nomada gil:ba nigra; abdomine rufo, apice nigro.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 12,

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2794. n. 202.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3. Apis, n. 68.

Ross. Fn, Etruse, Mantiss. n, 325,

Apis

MELITTA. (*#. a.) A3
Apis nigra; abdomine rufo, nitido, apice nigro,
Geoff. Hist. Ins. Par.2. p. 415. n. 17.
Apis rufescens. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n.17,
Nomada succincta abdomen ellipticum basi rufum,
Scop. Ann. Hist. Nat. 4. p.45..2?

x

FIG Proateille noire a ailes brunes, 4 antennes en massue,
dont le yentre est roux a extremité noire.
De Geer. 2. ptie.2. Mem. 12. p. 755. tab. 52. fig. 6.
Reaumur. 6. Mem. 4. p.96. tab. 9. fig. 4—7.
Apis gilba. Christit Hymenopt. p.183. tab.15. fig. 3.
MUS. D. Banks, Marsham, Latham, Haworth, M*Leay,
Sowerby, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3}—4,
Hab. Barhamiz in floribus et aggeribus apricis, ubi pro-
fundeé nidificat, passim et frequens obyia.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-subpubescens.

CapuT punctulatissimum. Mazille nigre, fas-
cia ferruginea. Antenne subtus picee.

Trouncvus punctulatissimus. Squamule pices.
Ale paululim infuscate, nervis nigris. Pedes
nigri, cinerascente-pilosuli; tibiis anticis an-
trorsum ferrugineis; digitis apice rufescen-
tibus.

ABDOMEN oyatum, nitidum, supra convexum,
acutiusculum, ferrugineum, segmentis duobus
ultimis nigris.

Var.@ minor; abdomine rufo, apice nigro;

tibiis anticis rufis. aa
y tibiis anticis totis nigris.

Maris Facies anticé tomentoso-alba. Antenne

submoni-

i i

MELITTA. (++. a.)

submoniliformes, thorace breviores, fusco-
nigra. Abdomen subovale, segmentis tribus
ultimis nigris. _

That this is the genuine Nomada giblba of Fa-
bricius appears from the specimens labelled by him
in the cabinet of Sir Joseph Banks, with which I
formerly compared it. He observes, “ variat sexu
abdomine toto rufo.” 1 believe I possess the three
sexes of this insect, but in all mine the anus is
black. Amongst my exotic Apes, I have one
which agrees with this description, but it is not at
all related to M. gibba, though, at first sight, it
somewhat resembles it. It is a genuine pis, and
seems to come near to 4. variegata, but it has a
singular labium, elongate, and I suppose, m_ its
natural situation, inflected; gibbous at its base and
shaped like an isosceles triangle, with the angle at
the vertex somewhat rounded. Of how many
joints its exterior palpi consist, I have not yet dis-
covered. It may possibly be a connecting link
between Apis yariegata, and the family with an
inflected lip. Scopoli says of his Nomada succincta,
which is quoted, as synonymous with M. gibba,
by Fabricius, and after him by Villars and Gmelin.
* Ceriferd vix minor, abdominis segmenta tria ni-
gra sunt, margine tamen pallid rufa. Nervi ala-
rum majores pariter rufi.”. Circumstances which
do not altogether agree with our insect. On this
account I have added a mark of interrogation to

. this

MELITTA. (#%. a.)
this synonym. This species, in common with
many others of the different families of this genus,
is frequent in bare sunny banks. Reaumur found
pupz of three sizes in its cells(f) whence we may
conjecture that it has three sexes. I take a to be
the female, and the smaller variety @ to be the
neuter. From an examination of the proboscis of
this species, this illustrious naturalist, as I observed
above, and the Baron De Geer, were led to sepa-

rate the genus, which they have called Proabeille,
from Apis.

AS

8. M. atra; abdomine rufo, apice, pedibusque, Geoffrel- .

nigro-piceis ; maxillis, tarsis, tibiisque anticis,
rufescentibus.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par.2. p.416. 7.17. NB.
FIG. Tab.1. fig. 5.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M°‘Leay, Haworth, Sowerby,
Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 25.
Hal, Barhamiz cum precedente frequentissima.
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum. glabriusculum.
Carurt. Mazille itemque Labium rufe. <An-
tenneé picee, subtus obscuré rufescentes.
Truncus nitidus, punctulatus. Squamule
picee. dle paululim infuscatz, splendidé
iricolores, nervis ferrugineis. Pedes piceli,

(f) Reaum, tom, 6. Mem. 4. p. 96, 97.
pallido-

la.

AO MELITTA. (#«. a.)
‘pallido-pilosi; tarsis omnibus, tibiisque anticis
- antrorsum, rufis.

ABRpoMEN ovatum, nitidum, rufum, segmentis
duobus_ ultimis wena pean Anus pallido-
pilosus.

Geoffroy supposes this msect to be merely a

variety of the preceding species, but the difference
of size so far exceeds the limits which separate the
sexes in this genus, that I cannot help regarding it
as distinct. It differs likewise in the colour of its
maxille, lip, antennz, legs, and abdomen. |

rginie g. M. aterrima; abdomine ferrugineo, basi apice-
r que nigro; alis nigricantibus.

Sphex gilba nigra; abdomine ferrugineo apice fusco ;
alis primoribus apice nigricantibus.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed.12. & Gmel. p. 2732. n. 33. Fn.
Suec. 1658.

Vill. Ent. Bur. 3. n. 40.

Fah. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 59.

FIG. Apis rufa. Christi Hymenopt. p. 201. tab. 17. fig. 12.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hal. Barhamie cam arieineiagng tiie sed rarior.

DESCR. Acul. , .
CORPUS aterrimum, punctulatum, cinereo ra-
ris pilosulum. _ | yk
Carut. Vertex pilositate parva, atra. Labium

triangulare. Mawille fascid fusch. Antenne
nigree, r ge
. TRUNCUS

_.

MELITTA. (x. a.)

Truncus. Thorax nitidus, glaber. Squamule
nigre. Ale infuscate, apice, nervisque, ni-
gris; anastomosi ferrugineé. Pedes atri, sub-
pilosi, digitis rufescentibus.

AspomeEn subovale, nitidum, segmento primo
basi nigro, margine, duobus intermediis totis,
antepenultimique basi, ferrugineis, reliquis
nigris.

The species I have now described, very strongly
resembles M. gilla; but the base, as well as the
apex of the abdomen, is black. This part is also
more oval, the lip is longer and triangular, and the
wings have.a black cloud at their tip. It is the
genuine Sphex gibba of Linneus, as appears from
the remains of the authentic specimen in the Lin-
‘riean cabinet. I have excluded the synonym of
Scopoli(g), since it is evidently intended for a dif-
ferent insect, nearly related to Sphew viatica and
belonging to the Fabrician genus Pompilus. MM.
sphecoides appears to be the insect figured by Chris-
tius under the name of Apis rufa.

A7

10. M. atra; antennis piceis, thorace longioribus ; 5 monili-

_ .abdomine cingulo rufo.
FIG. Var. @. Tat.1. fig.6

MUS. a Reh
Tong. Corp. Lin. 38.

* Hab: Barhamiz, bis capta.

Es ‘(g) Ent. Car. n, 786.

the DESCR,

48

picea.

MELITTA. («+#. a.)

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, albido-pilosulum.

Caput pube incan4. Mazille apice ferruginez.
Facies infra antennas tomentoso-argentea.
Antenne picee, thoracis longitudine, articulis
arcuatis; certo situ tamen submoniliformes
sunt (h).

Truncus pilis rarioribus subincanus. Thorax
nitidus, punctatus. Sgquamule picee. Ale
subhyaline, iricolores; nervis, excepto costali
interiori fusco, testaceis. Pedes nigri, pallido
subpilosi, tibiis piceis, anticis antrorsum rufo-
fulvis; tarsis rufescentibus.

ABDOMEN lineare, segmentis duobus interme-
diis, primique margine, rufis.

Var. @ abdomine segmentis intermediis ferrugi-

neis, nebuld obscurd, piced.

This may possibly be the male of the preceding

species, but the differences between them are too
considerable to take this for granted without fur-
ther proof. The antennz of this and other males
in this family, seen under a strong magnifier, ap-
pear to consist, like those of the male of A. longi-
cornis, &c. (7), of minute lenses, and probably of
the same hexagonal form.

11. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine piceo, nitido,

segmentis intermediis basi et utrinque ferru-

gineis.
(h) Tab.2, **. a. fig. 9. (i) Tab. 10. *#. d. 1. fig. 8.
MUS.

MELITTA. (#*. a.)
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Barhamiz in floribus semel lecta, anno 1799,

DESCR: Mas.

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum, punctulatum.

Caput. Facies mfra antennas tomentoso-ar-
gentea. -dntenne nigre, thoracis longitu-

- dine, articulis arcuatis.

Truncvs.,. Thorax nitidus. Squamule nigre.
Ale hyaline, iricolorés, apice, nervoque cos-
tali interiori, nigris; venis anastomosique fla-
vescentibus. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosuli.

Aspomen lineare; nitidissimum, punctulatissi-
mum, nigro-piceum, segmentis duobus inter-
mediis fetrugineis, nebula picea. Venter basi
ferrugineus.

12. M. atra; abdomine subovali, nitidissimo, cin- divisa,

gulo ferrugineo; antennis thorace brevioribus.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 2—3.
Hab. Barhamiz e¢ rarioribus una.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, piloso-subincanum.

Carut punctulatum. Os rufescens. Antenne
nigre, thorace breviores, submoniliformes.
Facies infra antennas tomentoso-argentea.

Trunevs. Thorax punctulatissimus. Squamule
nigre. le hyaline, iricolores, nervis nigti-

cantibus.

MELITTA: (##. a.)
cantibus. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosuli; tarsis
omnibus, tibiisque anticis, rufescentibus.
AxzpomeEn breve, subovale, nitidissimum, ni-
grum; segmentis duobus intermediis, primi-
que margine, ferrugineis.
Var. abdomine segmentis intermediis nebula
nigricanti.
y abdomine piceo, segtnentis intermediis
margine et utrinque ferrugineis.
6 tertid feré parte minor, alarum nervis, ex-
cepto costali interiori nigro, testaceis ; ab-
domine segmentis intermediis fascia nigri-
canti. An eadem?
¢ tertid parte minor, abdomine nigro, cin-
gulo angusto rufo.

Its black antennz not so long as the thorax, and
its short abdomen nearly oval, sufficiently distin-
guish this Melitta from the one just described,
which it somewhat resembles. Its head and tho-
rax likewise are not shining, which occasions a
striking contrast between them and its lucid abdo-
men, on which account I have named it divisa.
I am not clear that variety y is not a distinct spe-
cies, but as the only specimen I ever possessed of
it was accidentally destroyed, unless I could have
given it a more thorough examination, I thought
it most adviscable to consider it as a variety. Vari-
eties 3 and :, which are little more than half as big
as «, may also be distinct, and are petliaps males of

M. Geoffrella.
* *. Db.

MELITTA, (##. bi)
#*. b.

GA

13, M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; »abdomine quadri-

convexo, segmentis margine albis; pedibus,
anoque, villoso-pallidis.
MAS.

Fyleus quadricinctus niger, abdorhine cylindrico, fa<
sciis quatuor albis.

Fal. Syst. Ent. Em, n.3.

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2779. Apis, n. 96.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3. Apis, n. 64,

Apis hirsuta; pedibus croceis; abdomine nigro, in
cisuris albis.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2, p.414. n.13. .

Apis hortensis. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n.13.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 84.

MUS. D. Latham acul. Kirby acul. mas.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.
Hab. prope Londinum rarissima a D, Latham et Mars
sham lecta.

DESCR. Acul:

CORPUS atrum, pube cinerascenti.

Capur. Antenne nigre, subtus piceee. Os bar-
ba flavescenti.

Truncus. Thorax punctulatissimus. Metatho-
rax posticé rotundatus. Squamule pices. Ale
hyaline, apice pauld obscuriores ; nervis, ex
cepto costali interiore nigro, flavescentibus.
Pedes nigri; tibiis tarsisque pilis pallidé luteis
hirti; digitis omnibus, plantisque posticis,
rufescentibus. :

ABDOMEN breve, valde convexum, ovale, punc-

_~ tulis. minutissimis, creberrimis, irroratum ;

VOL, Il. E segmentis

cinctd.

MELITTA. (««. b.)

segmentis margine lat@ tomentoso-albis, an-
ticis interrupté. Anus et Venter pallido-hirti.
Maris Corpus atrum, pube albid4 canescens.
Facies infra antennas villoso-nivea. Nasi apex
flavus. Mazille basi valde dilatate (hk). Gene
subtus concave. Antenne thoracis longitu-
dine, submoniliformes, fulvae, supra basi fuscze,
scapo toto nigro, articulis extimis pellucidis.
Pedes flavi, femoribus nigris, anterioribus
quatuor antrorsum fulvo-flavis ; tibiis posticis
litura fuscd. -Abdomen lineare, ano obtuso.
Venter anum versus depressus /. concavus.

The male insect now described, appears evidently
to be the Hyleus quadricinctus of Fabricius, and,
I think, also pis, n. 13. of Geoffroy, named by
Fourcroy 4. hortensis, although Villars has intro-
duced them both into his work as distinct insects.
The remarkably dilated maxillz, and concave gene,
distinguish this sex of M. quadricincta, from the
male of the following species, which it otherwise
much resembles: I have never met with either sex
of this insect in this part of England; but it has
been taken, the aculeate sex twice by Dr. Latham,
and the male once by Mr. Marsham, in the neigh-
bourhood of Eondon. I will not take upon me to
assert positively, that these are the two sexes of the
same individual species ; but as they agree together
as much as males and females in this family usually
do, I thought it better to consider them as such,

(k) Tab. 2. ##, b. fig. 10, bb, and fig. 11.
than

MELITTA. («x. b.)
than to multiply the species without necessity by
making two of them.

ro"

14. M. atra, rufescente-pubescens ; abdomine seg-rubicun-
mentis margine albis; tarsis, tibiisque posticis, “”
fulvis.

FIG. Apis rubicunda. Christii Hymenopt. p. 190. tab. 16.
Jig. 10.

Apis flavipes pubescens, atra; thorace; tibiis tarsisque,
flavo-villosis; abdomine subcompresso, segmentis
margine albido pubescentibus.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab, 17?

MUS. D. Smith, Marsham, Latham, MeLeay, Lathlury,
Haworth, Trimmer, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.

Hal. Barhamiz:. Sexus aculeatus tempore zstivo et au-
tumnali flores frequentat, pungens acriter. Mas
tempore autumnali proveniens, in Curduis et Cen=
taureis preecipué queerendus,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pube rufescenti.
_Capurt, Anienne nigre. Os barba flavescenti-

aurea.
TrRuncus. Thorax ferruginea pube, sed haud

densa, tectus. Metathorax posticé rotundatus.
Squamule ferruginee. Ale hyaline, apice
obscuriores ; nervis, excepto costali interiore
nigro, testaceis. Pedes nigri, rufescente-pi-
losi; tarsis, tibiisque posticis, fulvis, pilis ful-
vo-aureis hirtis. . Plante posteriores litura
nigricanti.

E2 ABDOMEN

MELITTA. © (+x. b.)

Azpomen subovale, basi _pallido-villosulum,
tergo minis convexo, pilis atris, nisi a latere
vix conspicuis, scatenti; segmentis margine
tomentoso-niveis, anticis interrupté. Venter
pallido-hirtus.

Var. @ minor, abdomine subcuneiformi, alias, ut

ovum Ovo, & simillima.

Maris Nasi apex Labiumque lutei. Antenne
thorace breviores. Sgquamule nigra. Pedes
sulphurei, femoribus, tibiarumque macula sub-
annulari, nigris. .4ldomen lineare, segmentis
quatuor anticis margine utrinque tomentoso-
albis. Venter anum versus depressus.

Var. cinereo-subpubescens ; tibiis utrinque li-

turd nigricanti.

y cinereo-subpubescens ; antennis subtus
fulvescentibus : abdomine segmentis tribus
anticis margine utrinque tomentoso-albis.
An eadem?

The aculeate sex of this species appears to be
the Apis rubicunda of Christius, but I am not so
certain that it is the Apis flavipes of Panzer; his
figure agrees with it very well, but his description
differs from it in some respects. Though very
similar to the preceding species, it is certainly dis-
tinct; for its tarsi, the first pair excepted, and its
posterior tibia, are not only covered with tawny
hair, but their substance is likewise of the same
colour; the down of the body also is rufescent,

while

MELITTA, (##. b.) 55

while that of the thorax is ferruginous. In the
male, the differences are still more striking. The
lip is yellow instead of black, the maxillze are not
dilated at their base (/), the genze are convex be-
low. The antennz and thighs are black. Variety @
of the aculeate sex in nothing differs from a, ex-
cept size, and the form of its abdomen, the base
ef which is narrower than the apex. It may be
the neuter,

15. M. nigro-znea, nitida; pedibus flavis, flawipes,
Hyleus flavipes. Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. n.11.
Lin. Syst. ed. Gmel. p.2773. Apis, n.73.
Vill, Ent. Eur,3. Apis, n. 80.
Apis nigra, pedibus croceis ; abdomine leviter cupreo.
Geoff. Hist. Ins. Par.2. p.414..14?
Apis crocipes. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n, 14?
MUS. D. Marsham, Lathbury, Trimmer, Haworth, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 32.
Hab, Barhamiz. In floribus passim, sed rara admodum,

DESCR: Mas.

CORPUS nigro-zneum, levissimé punctulatum,
parva pube pallida subpubescens.

Caput. Nasi apex, Mazille, itemque Labium,
flavi. Antenne thorace feré longiores, arti-
culis subarcuatis, fuscze, subtus, exceptis tri-
bus extimis articulis, fulvae, scapo nigro.

Truncus paululim virens. Thorax lined longi-
tudinali intermedia exaratus. Squamule picez.
Ale hyaline, iricolores, nervis fuscis. Pedes

(1). Tabs2.) * #. be fig, 12.) 00,"
E3 sulphurei,

56 MELITTA. (#«. b.)
sulphurei, femoribus posticis basi, anterioribus
subtus, piceis. -Apophyses primi paris articulo
‘secundo subtus flavo.

Azgpomen lineare, nitidissimum, ano sdb

segmentis intermediis basi depressiusculis.

Var.@ tibiis quatuor posticis strigd nigricanti,

digitorum etiam articulus extimus nigrescit.

I have added a mark of interrogation to the sy-
nonym of Geoffroy, because he describes his spe-
cimens as haying, the abdomen excepted, a black
body ; in other respects they appear to have been ex»
actly similar to our insect. M. flavipes is not very
unlike the Apis tumulorum of Linneus. Since the
latter insect has been universally mistaken by en-
tomologists for one of the Eucere of Scopoli and
Fabricius, (as I shall have occasion to observe more
at large when I come to that family) it will not, I
think, be unacceptable if I give a fuller description
of it below, taken from the authentic specimens in
the Linnean cabinet ; thus future errors concern-
ing it may be prevented (m),

16. M,

(m) tu- M. atra, glabriuscula; antennis corpore brevioribus, subtus
mulorumn. fulvis; pedibus, maxillisque, flayescentibus.

Apis tumulorum antennis filiformibus longitudine cor-
poris nigri; pedibus maxillisque flavescentibus.

Lin. Syst. Nat, ed. 12. & Gmel. p.2770. n.2.. Fn,
Suec, 1685. It. Gotl. 336. ,

MUS. D. Smith Linnean,
Long. Corp, Lin. 3.
Hal, In Wisingsoe Sueciz tumulis sepulchralibus, Lin.
DESCR,

MELITTA. (##. b.) 57
i6. M. nigro-znea, pallido-subpubescens; abdo-seladonia,
mine segmentis margine pallidis.

Apis seladonia hirta, virescens; abdomine segmentis
margine albis,

Fab. Suppl. Ent. Syst. Em. p.276. n. 120.

Apis sulaurata pubescens ; tibiis tarsisque ferrugineo-
flavis.

Ross, Fn. Etrusc. Mant. p, 144. n. 321.

FIG. Apis subaurata. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.56. tal.4,

MUS, D. Marsham, Haworth, Lathbury, Trimmer, Sowerly,
Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3.
Hah. Barhamiz in floribus tempore vernali, in Belle
frequentior. ;

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigro-zneum, pallido-pubescens.
Carvut. Mazille, itemque dntenne, nigre.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum, statura fere Melitte flavi-
pedis.

Carur pube pallida. Mazille, Lalium, et Nasi apex lutei.
Antenne thorace longiores, nigrz, subtus fulve, articulis
tribus extimis fuscis.

Truncus. Squamule pallide. Ale fuscescentes. Pedes

’ flavi, femoribus anticis basi litura fusca.

ABpoMeEN lineare, immaculatum,

M. tumulorum should be placed in this family, next before
M. flavipes, I have altered the Linnean nomen specificum, be-
cause the terms “‘antennee longitudine corporis,” have Jed all
authors to mistake it fora Eucera. The antenne, in fact, are
only a little longer than the thorax. I have also excluded all
the synonyms usually given under this insect, because they be-
long to another,

EA TruNcus

58 MELITTA. (++. b.)

TFrencvs. Thorax virescens levissimé punctu-
_latus, lineolis tribus longitudinalibus exaratus.
Metathorax postice truncatus. Squamule pi-
cee. Ale hyaline, iricolores ; nervis, costali
interiore excepto, rufescentibus. Pedes nigri,
pilis lutescentibus hirti. Scopule flavescunt.
AzBpomen breve, suboyale, tergo pube subin-
cano;. segmentis margine, anoque, tomen-
toso-pallidis. Venter nigricat.
Var. @ minor, maxillis basi rufis, antennis sub-
tus, tarsisque, rufescentibus. An Sex.neut.?
y antennis subtus fuscis, abdomine seg-
mentis margine utrinque albicantibus.

With the male of this insect I am not acquaint-
ed, without it be M. flavipes. Panzer has given a
tolerable figure of it, but it has more green than
our English specimens,

grata. 17. M. viridi-cenea, nitida; abdomine nigro-zneo.
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 24—3.
Hal. Barhamiz et prope Londinum rara admodum,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS punctulis levissimé impressis. irrora-
tum; parva pube pallida subincanum.
Capur viridi-eneum. Antenne nigre basi
valde approximate. a
Truncus viridi-eneus. Thorax glabriusculus,
Metathorax viridis posticé truncatus, Squar
, nile

1 SR Qe eee alee

MELITTA. (*##. b.)
mule picese. Ale subhyalinz splendidissimé
iricolores; nervis fuscescentibus, anastomosi
pallida. Pedes nigri, pallido-hirti.
ABDOMEN nigro-zeneum, nitidum, lave, pallido-
pubescens, maximé anum versus et ad latera.
Maris Corpus atro-virens, albido-pilosulum. 4n-
tenne thorace vix breviores, fusca, subtus
pallidiores. Nast apex pallidus. Abdomen
lineare, segmentis duobus intermediis basi de-
pressiusculis, tomentoso-subincanis. Tarsi
obscuré rufescunt, —

59

18. M. enea; abdomine nigro; antennis subtus/eucopus.

fulvis; tarsis albidis.

MUS. Kirly.

Long. Corp. Lin. 23.
Hab. In floribus rarissima.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS ezneum, subpilosum.

CapurT pube parva canescens. Nasus apice
pallidus. -4ntenne nigre, apice subtus fulvo.

Truncvus nigro-eneus. Thorax cupreus, punc-
tulatissimus. Metathorax posticé rotundatus.
Squamule pice. Ale hyaline, coloribus
prismaticis splendidé micantes, nervis nigri-
cantibus. . Pedes nigri, glabriusculi, _ tarsis
luteo-albis, articulo extimo rufescenti.

AzBpomen ovale, pilosulum, segmentis duobus
intermediis basi depressiusculis.

3 This

60 MELITTA. («+#, b.)

This little insect is somewhat similar to the male
of the preceding species, but its antenne are
shorter and paler underneath; its abdomen is black
and of a different figure, being proportionally wider,
and oval. The tarsi are yellowish white. I do not
find either noticed by any author.

Morio. 19. M. enea; metathorace cerulescenti; abdo-

mine nigro.
MAS.
Siti: Morio niger ; thorace cerulescente ; eae
atro nitido.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 16.
FIG. Coquebert. Ill. Ic. Ins. 25. tab. 6. fig.5. A. E.

MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, M‘Leay, Haworth, Lathbury,
Sowerby, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 23.
Hal. Barhamiz, in floribus et terris verticaliter sectis
frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS pilositate parva pallida.

Capvur obscuré viridi-eneum. Antenne basi
valdé approximate, nigra, apice subtus fusce.

Truncvus nigro-eneus. Thorax cupreus, gla-
ber, punctulatissimus. Metathorax atro-cze+
rulescens, posticé rotundatus. Squamule
picee. Ale paululim nigricantes, coloribus
prismaticis sub lente pulcherrime, nervis ni-
gris, anastomosi testaced. Pedes nigri albido-
hirti. .

ABDOMEN

MELITTA, (#. b.)

ABDOMEN ovale, nigrum, nitidissimum, pube
parva pallida, anum versus preecipué, subin-
canum.

Maris Corpus atro-virens, interdum czruleo
etiam paululim tinctum. Nasus apice albi-
dus. Antenne thoracis longitudine, apicem
versus paulo crassiores, subtus fulve. -dnas-
tomosis nigra. Digiti obscuré rufescunt,
Abdomen lineare, atrum, segmentis duobus
intermediis reliquis convexioribus.

The male of this species agrees so well with
Fabricius’s description of his Hyleus Morio, that I
have little doubt of their identity; more especially
as the figure given, by Coquebert in his elegant
Illustratio Iconographica Insectorum, which was
taken from the authentic specimen of this insect,
agrees very well with ours. The aculeate sex ap-
proaches very near to M. grata, but the abdomen
is black, and the metathorax atro-czrulescent.

20. M. nigra, nitens; antennis subtus fulvescen-minuta,
tibus.

Apis minuta. Schrank. Enum. Ins. Aust. n. 829.
Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel, p. 2788, n, 150,
Vill. Ent. Eur, 3. n.45.

FIG. Reaum. tom,6. Mem.4. p.Q5. tab. 9. fig. 1.
MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Haworth, Lathbury,
Trimmer, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp, Lin, 22—3,
Hal.

62 MELITTA. (+. b.)

' Hab, Barhamiz. Apud nos, itemque in Gallia, teste ill,
Reaumurio, sub terra nidificat hee species; in Aus-~
tria tamen secundum Schrankium “ in foraminibus
palorum antiquorum apricorum.” In floribus fre~
quens obyia.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, parcé pilosulum.

Capur. Antenne basi approximate, nigre,
subtus fulvescentes.

Truncus. Thorax glaber, nitidus, punctulatus.
Metathorax posticé rotundatus. Ale subhy-
alinze, iricolores; nervis migris, anastomosi
pallida striga nigricanti. Pedes nigri, albido-
hirti. |

AzspomeEn ovale, nitidissimum, punctulatissimum
punctulis levissimé impressis. Venter hirtus,

Var.@ tertia parte minor, anastomosi nigr4.

Maris Facies infra .antennas tomentoso-alba.
Nasus apice albus. Antenne thorace longi-
ores. Abdomen segmentis intermediis. basi
depressiusculis.

This insect agrees well with Schrank’s descrip-
tion of his Apis minuta, but in this country and in
France, if Reaumur’s synonym be right, it nidifi-
cates under-ground; . whereas the habitat of his
was in old pales: this leads me to doubt, in some
degree, whether they are the same. ,

villosula, 21. M. atra, albido-villosula; abdomine subovato;

antennis subtus, tarsisque, rufescentibus.
MUS.

MELITTA. (##. b.) 63
MUS. Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 23.
Hal. Unde habui non bene memini. Hane unicam
tantum vidi,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, albido-villosulum.

Caput. Facies ante antennas tomentoso-alba.
Nasus immaculatus. 4ntenne thorace brevi-
ores, nigra, subtus rufo-fulve.

Truncus levis, villosus. Metathorax posticé
rotundatus. Squamule picee. dle hyaline,
iricolores, nervis nigricantibus, anastomosi
striga pallida. Pedes picei, subhirti; tarsis
rufescentibus.

AzgpomeEN ex lineati subovatum, convexum,
pilosulum.

This insect is not unlike the male of M. minuta,
but its antenne are shorter, the abdomen approach-
és nearer to the ovate form, and its intermediate
segments are not depressed at their base.

22. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo. minutissi-
¥ ma,

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby,
- Long. Corp. Lin. 2—23.
Hab. Barhamiz in floribus et aggeribus viarum, haud
tamen frequens. é

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, subglabrum.

Caput. Antenne nigre.

Truncus. Thorax punctulis creberrimis levis-
simé

64 MELITTA. («+. b.)

simé impressis, irroratus. Metathorax posticé
-rotundatus. Sgquamule picee. dle subhya-
aline, iricolores, nervis nigricantibus. Pedes
pallido-hirti.

AxzpomeEN lineare, nitidissimum.

Var. @ tarsis, abdominisque segmentis interme-

diis margine, rufescentibus. An eadem?

Maris. Corpus albido-villosulum. Nasus apice
pallidus. Antenne thorace breviores, subtus
fulve. Ale apice nigrescentes, coloribus
prismaticis splendidissimé micantes. Tarsi
obscuré rufescentes. Abdomen ovale, seg-
mentis intermediis basi depressiusculis.

This very diminutive Melitta is less hairy than
M. minuta, its abdomen is more shining, and its
antennz are entirely black. The male is the
smallest insect of this genus with which I am at
present acquainted. It is remarkable for the un-
common splendor and brilliancy with which the
prismatic colours adorn its wings,

«« As the scite varies in the gazer’s hand.”

nitidius- 23. M. nigra, glabriuscula; antennis subtus flavis;
’ maxillis, labio, tarsisque, albidis. —
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Sowerby, Lathbury,
Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 2}—3.
Hal. Barhamiz cum precedentibus, sed frequentior.
DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, subglabrum.
| Carut

MELITTA. (#*. b.)

Caput parva pube albida incanum. Nas? apex,
et Labium, itemque Mazille, albidi. Antenne
thoracis longitudine, subtus flave.

Trunevus. Thorax nitidus. Metathorax levis,
posticé rotundatus. dle subhyaline, irico-
lores, nervis nigris. Pedes nigri, tibiarum
geniculis, tarsisque, luteo-albis. Tibie anticze
antrorsum fulve.

ABDOMEN sublineare, nitidum. Venter utrin-
que, anum versus, fimbria pallida.

Var. 8 tibiis totis nigris, tarsis rufescentibus.

An eadem ?

This species comes very near to the Hyleus
annulatus of Panzer(n), but I think it is distinct.
It is distinguished from all those that I have before
described, not only by its white lip, maxilla, and
tarsi, but also by a singular fringe of pale hair ob-
servable upon the underside of the abdomen, near
the anus, a little within the margin.

24. M.. atra, pallido-villosula ; abdomine. nigro, levis.
levi, nitidissimo.

MUS. Kirby, 9

Long. Corp. Lin. 33.

- 4
Hal, Barhamiz semel capta, iterum in Nacton Suffolcie,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pallido-subvillosum.
Caput. Antenne nigre, vix capitis longitudine.
Trunevs. Thorax obscurus, punctulatus. AMe-
(m) Panz, Fn. Ins, Germ. Init. n. 55, tab. 3.
tathorax

66 MELITTA. © («+. b.)
tathorax posticé truncatus, rugulosus. Sguas
mule nigre. Ale hyaline, iricolores ; nervis;
costali interiori anastomosique fuscis, exceptis;
ferrugineis. Pedes pallido-hirti. |
ABDOMEN oyale, piceo-nigrum, glabrum, luci-
_ dum, ano pallido-villoso. Venter hirtus.

punctu- 25, M. atra, pallido-villosula ; abdomine subpu-
_ bescenti, punctulato, segmento primo levi,
nitidissimo.

MUS. Kirly. , r — e

Long. Corp. Lin. 4.

Hal. Barhamiz rarissima, semel tantum lectd.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube cinerascenti.

Carut. Antenne nigre, capitis longitudine.

Truncus. Thorax nitidus, punctulatus. Meta-
thorax rugulosus, posticé rotundatus. Sgua-
mule nigre. Ale subhyaline, iricolores,
nervis nigris. Pedes pallido-hirti.

ABDOMEN sub-ovatum, atrum, nitidum, punc-
tulis minutis, creberrimis, leyiter impressis,
‘perseminatum, segmento primo lzvi lucido,
tribus ultimis pallido-pubescentibus. Venter
hirtus.

This species, although very similar to the prece-
ding, is distinguished from it by several peculiarities,
the most striking of which is its punctulate abdo-
men. ‘These punctula are slightly impressed, and

not visible without a magnifier,
26. M.

MELITTA. (#%. by - Gy
26. M. nigra, griseo-subpubescens ; abdomiiiemalachu-
subtomentoso. tig

MUS. D. Trimmer, Kirby.
. Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Brentfordie prope Londinum, a D.J. Trimmer
bis capta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti.

Capurt obscurum. Antenne nigre.

Troncvus. Thorax obscurus, punctulatus. Me-
tathorax posticé rotundatus. Squamule nigree.
Ale subhyalinz, iricolores, apice obscuriores ;
nervis, costali interiori fusco excepto, flavis.
Pedes flavescente-hirti. Scopule rufee.

ABDOMEN ovale; pilis grisescentibus subtomen-
tosum, sed haud ita densé ut non transluceat
nigredo corporis. Segmentorum margines, et
anus, pilis decumbentibus, subflavis, confertits
hirti. Venter anum versus per fascias longits

villosus.

The abdomen of this species is not so narrow,
id is also much more downy, than the same part
"MM. punctulata.

7. M. nigra; antennis thorace longioribus, ful-fulvicor-
vescentibus ; abdomine nitido, segmentis in-""*
termediis basi albis.

‘IS. Kirby. |

Long. Corp. Lin. 24,

Hal. in Anglia rarissima, |

ak. IT. E DESCR.

68 MELITTA. («#. b.)

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pube haud dens4 subincanum.

Capvut. Facies infra antennas tomentoso-incana.
Nasus apice albidus. Antenne thorace lon-
giores, rufo-fulve, supra saturatiores, scapo
nigro. |

Truncvs obscurus. Metathorax posticé trun-
catus. Squamule picee. Ale subhyaline,
iricolores, nervis nigris. Pedes nigri, glabri-
usculi, tarsis flavescentibus, articulo extimo
ferrugineo. Tibie quatuor posteriores basi
extrinsecus flave, anteriores antrorsum ful-
vescunt.

Azspomewn sublineare, nigrum, nitidissimum,
glabrum, segmentis intermediis basi depressi-
usculis et utrinque tomentoso-albis. Venter
glaber, ano pilosulo. —

The aritennz of this insect are nearly, if not al-

~ together, as long as those of M. tumulorum ; it is,

however, extremely distinct from,that and every

other described insect, of which I have any know-
ledge.

fulvee 28. M. nigra, rufescente-pubescens; abdomine
dais: subtomentoso ; segmentis margine fulvis, in-
termediis basi utrinque pallidis.

ACUL.
Apis nitida nigra, incisuris abdominis nitidi, pedibus-
que, luteo-cinereis.
Miill. Zool. Dan, n. 1619.
MAS,

MELITTA.* («%. b:)
’ MAS. &.
Apis bicincta nigra; ore, cingulisque duobus abdomi-
nis, albis.
Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 826.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2787. n. 140.
Vill. Ent, Eur. 3. n.4l.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M‘Leay, Lathbury, Haworth,
Sowerly, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin, 3—44.
Hab. Barhamiz et alibi frequens. In capitula Planta-
ginis lanceolate tempore vespertino agglomerant
mares, ibique dormitant,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, rufescente- pubescens.

Caput obscurum, hirtum satis. dntenne nigre.

Trunevus obscurus. Thorax subpubescens,
punctulatissimus. Metathorax rugulosus, pos~
ticé truncatus. Squamule pices. dle sub-
hyalinz, apice obscuriores ; nervis, costali in-
teriori nigro excepto, ferrugineis. Pedes nigri
rufescente-hirti. Jibie posticee scopa flave~
scenti. Scopule fulvo-aurez.

ABDOMEN ovale, nitidissimum, subpubescens,
segmentis margine pallidé fulvis, pilis flaves-
centibus densis ciliatis, intermediis duobus basi
utrinque tomentosolpallidis. Ani pili fulves-
cunt. |

Var.@ minor, abdominis segmentis intermediis

basi albidis.

y minor, atra; abdominis segmentis mar-

gine obscuré rufis, vix ciliatis. In hac

vatietate alee sunt testaceze. An eadem ?
BQ } tertia

69

MELITTA. (+#*. b.)
3 tertid feré parte minor, abdomine angus-
tiori, alias @ similis.

Maris Corpus pube subcinereé. Facies ante an-
tennas tomentoso-argentea. /Vasus porrectus,
apice luteus. Labium pallidum. -dntenne
thorace breviores. Thoracis pili subrufi. Squa-
mule extrorsum pallid. Ale subiricolores.
Pedes pilosuli; tibiis quatuor posticis basi et
apice, anticis lined longitudinali, tarsisque,
luteis ; digitorum articulis extimis rufis. 4b-
domen lineare, ventre planiusculo.

Var. & labio nigro; alarum nervis nigricantibus,
tibiis primi et secundi paris tantummodo
basi albis; abdomine segmentis margine
immaculatis.

y labio nigro; tibiis immaculatis, digitis
ferrugineis.

§ minor, corpore atro, albescente-subvilloso,
labio nigro. Alias @ similis.

< tertid feré parte minor, abdominis seg-
mentis intermediis basi albis.

Variety y of the aculeate sex of this insect, and
variety 6 of the male, may be distinct, but thé dif-
ferences appeared to i we striking enough to
warrant my considering them as the sexes of a
separate species. One of the varieties of the acu-
leates, I take to be the Apis nitida of the Zoologia
Danica; but, since, after Fourcroy, I have given this
name to another insect of this genus, I have dis-
tinguished this by another. Variety ¢ of the male,

is,

MELITTA. (**. b.) 7)

is, I think, evidently the Apis bicincta of Schrank,
but as his name harmonizes well with this variety
only, I have not adopted it. Whether the Hyleus
similis of Fabricius (0) may not belong to a variety
of this insect, I am not certain; but as I have
as yet found none that will quite agree'with his
definition, I have not referred to it. ‘Twice in the
year 1799, in the month of August, in the evening,

_~ I found the males of this species, in considerable
quantities, taking their repose upon the heads of
the Ribwort Plantain.

29. M. atra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine seemen-albipes.
tis intermediis rufis, fascid, punctisque late-
ralibus, nigris ; labio flavo.

Zyleus allipes fuscus; abdomine medio rufo,; tibiis

fay ;
albis.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n, 13?

Lin. Syst, Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2779. Apis, n. 98.

Fill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 65.

Ross. Fn, Etrusc. Mantiss.'n. 320,

FIG. Harris. Exp. tab. 39. fig. 19.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init, n.7. tab. 15,

MUS. D. Marsham, Sowerby, Kirby. |
. Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hat, Barhamiz in floribus passim sed rarits, °
DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube albescenti subincanum.
Caput obscurum. Nasus porrectus apice e fulvo
flayescenti. Labiwm flavum. Mazille basi
(0) Fab. Ent. Syst. Em, n, 14. ;
F3 nigre,

MELITTA. (*«. b.)
nigree, dein flava, apice ferrugines. Facies
ante antennas tomentoso-argentea. Vertex
cinerascenti-pilosulus. Antenne thoracem
subzequantes, fuscze, supra basi nigre.
Truncus. Thorax obscurus, punctulatus, pube
parva cinerascenti. Metathorax posticé ro-
tundatus. Squamule, itemque Fuberculorum
vertex, pallid. le hyaline, splendidé iri-
colores, nervis nigricantibus. Pedes luteo-
albi, femoribus, tibiarumque litura subannu-
lari, nigris. ;
ABDOMEN sublineare, anum versus latius, gla-
brum, nitidum, basi nigrum, dein rafum,
fasciis duabus abbreviatis, dorsalibus, punctis-
gue quatuor lateralibus, anoque nigris. Venter
rufus ano nigricanti. Obs. Segmenta postica
margine obscure rufescunt.
Var. 8 antennis totis nigris.
y maxillis nigris; tibiis tanttm basi luteis,
3 maxillis nigris, alarum nervis testaceis ;
abdomine supra nigro segmentis margine
late rufis, intermediis basi tomentoso-albis.
An eadem ?

It is not without some hesitation that I give this
as the Hylcus albipes of Fabricius; but, as he says
of his, ‘* variat interdum segmento secundo tertio-
que rufis, macul4 medid nigra,” this variety may
probably be our insect. The tibia, in all that I
have had an opportunity of examining, haye either a

blackish

MELITTA. (s+. b.) 73
blackish cloud, which nearly surrounds their mid-
dle, or they are black with a yellowish base, as is
the case with variety y. Panzer’s figure exactly
resembles the insect here described, except that it
omits the two black dots which distinguish each
side of the abdomen ; and, in his description, he
makes no mention of the yellow lip. Variety ¢, I
suspect, may be a distinct species.

30. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomine seg-aldomi-
mentis anticis rufis, macula media, punctisque”™”
lateralibus, nigris.

FIG. Hyleus aldominalis abdomine segmentis primo, secun-

do et tertio, rufis, macula media nigra, reliquis nigris.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 53. tal. 18.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Lathlury, Haworth, Trimmer,
Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.
Hat, Barhamiz cum precedente in floribus passim obvia,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube cinerascenti.

Caput obscurum. facies infra antennas to-
mentoso-argentea. Nasus porrectus, apice
flavus. Lalium atrum, Antenne nigre,
thoracem subzquantes.

Truncus obscurus, punctulatus. Metathorar
posticé subtruncatus. Sguamule pallide. Ale
hyaline, apice pauld obscuriores, iricolores;
nervis, costali interiori nigro excepto, ferru-
gineis. Tibie postice basi, Planteque, lu-
teo-albe. Digiti rufescunt.

FA | ABDOMEN

MELITTA. (#+#. b.)

AxzpomeEN sublineare, apicem versus latius, niti-
dum, glabrum; segmento primo basi nigro,
margine laté, secundoque, rufis macula media
trapeziformi nigra, tertio nigro lateribus rufis,
ultimis nigris. Segmenta duo intermedia
utrinque puncto nigro, itemque basi tomen-
toso-alba. Venter basi rufus litura semicir-
culari nigricante.

Var. é alarym nervjs nigricantibus; tibiis imma-
culatis, plantis rufis basi albidis; abdomine
segmentis margine rufis, secundo rufo
macula magna dorsali, punctisque duobus
Jateralibus, nigris.

- This insect is nearly related to the preceding
species, but I think, with Panzer, we may venture
to separate them. He, indeed, supposes that they

may be different sexes of the same individual, but

in this he is mistaken, as they are both certainly
males, the female in this family being of a very
different form. MM. abdominalis is larger than MM.
albipes, its labium and maxilla are black, the tibicze
also are black, the last pair only having a white
ring at their base. The spots on the red segments
of the abdomen are of a different form, and at the
base of the three intermediate ones is a small patch
of white decumbent hairs. Panzer’s figure varies
somewhat from our specimens, the margin of the
intermediate segments of the abdomen in that
being yellow, as well as the joints of the legs,
which is not the case with ours,

31. M,

) aeons ernen ~~

MELITTA. (##.b.) "95

31; M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo, olovata.
obovato, segmentis basi albis.
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Barhamiz, semel lecta,
- DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, subglabrum.

Caput pilositate parva grisescenti respersum.
Antenne nigre, subtus picee.

Truncus grisescente-pilosulus. Thorax glaber,
punctulatissimus. Metathorax posticé trun-
catus. Squamule picee. dle testacez, ner-
yo costali interiore nigro. Pedes griseo-hirti.
Tibie postice scopa, densa admodum, grises-
centi. Digiti ferruginei. Scopule flave,
subaurate. |

ABDOMEN ex cuneiformi obovatum, leve, niti-
dissimum, segmentis tribus intermediis basi
tomentoso-niveis. Anus griseo-pilosulus. Ven-
ter grisescente-hirtus.

32..M. atra, rufo-subpubescens; thorace ferrugi-Jevigata,
neo; abdomine nitidissimo, segmentis inter-
mediis basi pallescentibus.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby,

Long. Corp, Lin, 4.
Hal, Barhamiz.e rarioribus una.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pube rufescenti.
Caput. Antenne nigre.

Truncus

76 MELITTA. («#. b.)

Truncvus. Thorax nitidus, punctatus, ferrus
gineo pubescens. Metathorax posticé trun-
catus, utrinque denticulo armatus, Squamule
picee. die hyaline, subiricolores, apice
obscuriores; nervis, costali interiore nigro
excepto, ferrugineis. Pedes rufo-hirti: Fe-
mora ultimi paris lanata. Tibie postice
scopa flavescente-aurea.

ABDOMEN ovatum, nitidissimé levigatum, basi
rufo-subvillosum, segmentis margine crassi-
usculis, intermediis tribus basi tomentoso-.
luteo-pallidis. | nus et Venter pallido-hirti.

This and the remaining species of this family,
are distinguished from the rest by having the mar-
gin of the dorsal segments of the abdomen much

thicker.

leucoxo- 33, M. atra, cinereo-pubescens; abdomine seg-
wid. . os : °
mentis intermediis basi albis.

Apis leucoxonia nigra; abdominis segmentis basi albis.
Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 819.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2787. n.137.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3.n.34.

Ross, Fn. Etruse, Mantiss. n.319.

MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Latham, Haworth, Lathbury,
M*Leay, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—4}.
Hab, Barhamie, flores frequentans.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, cinereo-pubescens.
Carvur,

——

?

MELITTA. (*#. b.)

Caprut. Antenne nigre. Lingua apice acu-
minata.

Truncus subglobosus. Thorax punctulatus.
Metathorax posticé truncatus. Squamule atre.
Ale hyaline, subiricolores; nervis, costali in-
teriore anastomosique nigris exceptis, ferrugi-
neis, Pedes nigri, cinereo-hirti. Scopule ful-
vescunt. Digit? articulis extimis ferrugineis.

AzpomeEn, subovale, aterrimum, nitidiusculum,
punctulis levissimé impressis perseminatum,
basi cinereo-subpubescens, segmentis mar-
gine crassiusculis, intermediis tribus basi to-
mentoso-niveis. nus et Venter cinereo-hirti.

Maris Corpus albescenti-imcanum. Antenne
thorace breviores. Facies infra antennas to-
mentoso-argentea. MNasus apice albidus. Ale
valdé diaphanz, iricolores. Plante quatuor
postice albe. Digitorum articulus extimus
rufus, reliqui nigri. .dbdomen sublineare,
conyexum, pilosulum.

This species a good deal resembles M. levigata,
but it is of a black still deeper. The pubescence
of its whole body is cinereous.. Its abdomen is
punctulated, and the base of the intermediate seg-
ments are covered with decumbent hairs as white
as snow. ‘The wings of the male are beautifully
transparent, not having their brightness obscured
by the least shade of colour; at the same time, when
the light falls upon them in a certain direction,
they exhibit the hues of the rainbow. I think the

| aculeate

17

78 MELITTA,. («x. b.)
aculeate is beyond a doubt the Apis leucozonia of
‘Schrank.

xanthopus34. M. nigra, rufo-pubescens; thorace ferrugineo ;
abdomine segmentis utrinque basi pallidis;
pedibus posticis testaceis.

FIG. Apis maxillosa. Christii Hymenopt. p. 179. tab. 14,
Jig. 7?
MUS. Mas. Marsham, Haworth, Lathbury. Acul. et Mas.
Trimmer, Kirhy.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hal. Barhamiz. ‘Tempore autumnali mas flores fre-
quentat, sed rarus admodum. Femina bis capta
Aprile exeunti 1800; semel etiam a D. Trimmer
accepl.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, obscurum, pube rufa.
Caput. Mazille forcipate. Antenna nigre,
capite feré longiores. ©
Truncus supra pube ferruginea. Thorax punc-
tatus, rarits villosus. Metathorax posticé ro-
tundatus. Squamule picee. Ale subhyalne,
apice obscuriores ; nervis, costali interiori ni-
gro-excepto, testaceis, Pedes nigri, rufo-hirti,
tarsis quatuor, tibiisque, posticis, rufo-testaceis.
Scope, Scopuleque fulvo-auree. }
ABDOMEN ovatum, atrum, nitidum, punctula-
tissimum, basi rufo-villosum ; segmentis mar-
gine crassiusculis, intermediis tribus basi
“utrinque tomentoso-pallidis. .dnus et Venter
pallido-hirti. |
to Par

-MELITTA. («x. b.) 79
Var.8 segmentis intermedius per totam basin
tomentoso-pallidis; alarum nervis ferrugi-
neis; plantis quatuor posticis nigricantibus.
Maris Corpus pube cinerascenti. dntenne tho-
race breviores subtus picecze. Nasi apex macula
obscura albidd notatur. Mazille haud pro-
tense. Thorax pube subrufa. dle iricolores.
Aldomen subovale, segmentis tribus interme-
diis basi tomentoso-albidis.
Var. @ thoracis pube cinerascenti, plantis posticis
quatuor albis.

This is one of the largest species of this family
that we have in England, it may always be distin-
guished from all the rest by the colour of the pos-
terior legs, which, the thighs excepted, are always
red, and covered with reddish hair. I take this to
be the insect which Christius has figured as the
Apis maxillosa of Linneus, but it is certainly a
widely different species. IfI am right in my re-
ference to him, the thorax of his specimen had lost
all its ferruginous hair, an accident which not un-
frequently happens to these insects. His Apis
emarginata, likewise, very much resembles our
insect (p), it may possibly be the male.

35. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine sub-quadrino-
imcano, seementis duobus intermediis basi “””
utringque albis.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M¢Leay, Trimmer, Bone ‘TY,

Haworth, Sowerby, Kirby.

(p) Tab. 15, fig. 2;. p. 183, Long.

80

MELITTA. (x. b.)
Long. Corp. Lin. 23—34.
Hal. Barhamiz terhpore vernali in floribus Oxyacantha@
frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube parva cinerascenti sub-
imcanum.

Caput. Antenne nigra, capitis longitudine.

Truncvus obscurus. Thorax punctulatus. Me-
tathorax posticé rotundatus. Squamule ni-
gre. dle subbyaline, subiricolores; nervis,
costali interiori nigro excepto, testaceis. Pedes
cinereo-hirti. Scopule falve.

Azpomen ovale, punctulatissimum, punctulis
levissimé impressis, anticé nitidum, glabrum,
posticé tomentoso-incanum, sed non ita densé
ut non transluceat nigredo corporis; segmen-
tis margine crassiusculis, intermediis duobus
basi utrinque tomentoso-niveis.

Obs. In recentioribus fulvescit anus.

Maris Antenne thorace breviores. Facies
infra antennas tomentoso-nivea. Nasus apice
albidus. Tarsi, tibiarumque apex, luteo-albi,
digitorum articnlis extimis rufescentibus. .db-
domen lineare.

This minute species, although similar to M. leu-

cozonia, must not be confounded with it. The
apex of its tongue is not acuminate in either sex, a
circumstance which strongly marks both the sexes
of that insect. The base of two only of the inter-
mediate segments of the abdomen are white, and the

three

MELITTA. («%. b.) 81

three last are frosted by a thin coating of decum-
bent down. All the tarsi of the male are whitish.

36. M. atra, albido-subpubescens; abdomine seg-/ugulris.
mentis intermediis basi utrinque, plantisque,
albis; antennis thorace longioribus.

MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3.

Hat. Barhamiz, semel capta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube albicanti.

Caput. Facies infra antennas tomentoso-nivea.
Nasus porrectus, immaculatus. Antenne ni-
gre, thorace longiores,

Truncus. Thorax obscurus, punctulatissimus,
pube cinerea. Metathorax posticé truncatus.
Squamule pallid. -Ale hyaline, iricolores ;
nervis testaceis, costali interiore nigro. _Pedes
atri, albido-pilosuli, tibiis posticis basi, plan-
tisque omnibus, albis; digitis pallidé rufis.
Palme etiam rufescunt.

AxspomeENn lineare, aterrimum, nitidum, subgla-
brum; segmentis margine crassiusculis, mter-- 1B:
mediis tribus basi utringue tomentoso-niveis. —

I know only the male of this species, which much

resembles the same sex of the preceding. But its
antennze are proportionably longer; its nasus has
no white spot, a remarkable circumstance in this
family; its posterior tibize are white at their base;
and its abdomen has six white spots, in that par-
ticular resembling the species Iam next to describe.

37. M.

82 MELITTA. (+x. b.)
sernotata.37. M. aterrima, pube incana; abdomine segmen-

tis tribus intermediis basi utrinque albis; alis:

apice nigris.
FIG. Acul. Tab. 15. fig.7. Mas. ibid. fig. 8.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Lathbury, Haworth,
Trimmer, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab. Barhamie, in floribus tempore autumnali haud
frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS. Corpus aterrimum, pube albescenti
incanum.

Carut obscurum. Antenne nigre, capitis lon-
gitudine.

Trouncus obscurus, villosus admodum. Meta-
thorax posticé rotundatus. Squamule magne,
atre. Ale subhyaline, apice nervisque cras-
sioribus, nigris; venis, nervo costali exterior,
anastomosique, rufo-piceis. Pedes albido-hirti.
Tilie posticee scopa versicolori, sub luce ta-

» men argentea. Scopule flavescunt.

AxzpomeN ovatum, nitidum, basi albescenti-

subvillosum ; segmentis margine crassiusculis,

intermediis tribus basi utrinque tomentoso-.

niveis. Venter albido-hirtus.

Maris Antenne nigre, thorace breviores. Facies
piloso-albicans. Nast apex obscuré pallidus:
Abdomen sublineare, anum versus paulo latius.

MELITTA. (##. c.) 33

##. Ce
38. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nigro, cingulo Latham
antico, ano; scopaque, rufis, ie
MUS. D. Latham,
Long. Corp. Lin. 8.
Hab. in Anglia, a D. Latham ornithologo przstantissi-
mo et jure celeberrimo, in entomologia etiam appri-
mé docto, mihi transmissa; in cujus honorem nomen“
imposui,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.

Caput. Facies infra antennas, cinereo-villosa,
Antenne nigre, subtus pices. Maville apice
dilatatee. }

Truncus punctulatus. Squamule ferruginez,
Ale testacéz, apice, nervisque, nigricantibus,
Pedes nigri, fulvo-hirti, tibiis posticis scopa
rufa. Flocculus rufescens.

AzBpomeEN ovale, depressum, glabriusculum, ni-
* grum; segmento primo margine, secundoque,
rufis. Ani Fimbria densa, ferruginea. Seg-
mentum antepenultimum cilia marginali pal- |
lida. Venter ferrugineo-hirtus, segmento se= —
cundo rufo. 2

~

This is the largest English Melitta T haye eye
, ae

seen. ,

39. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomine cingulo Rose.
antico rufo; scopa versicolori,

FIG. Andrena Rose thorace pubescente; gbdomine nigro,
VOL, 3h, G nitido,

sh. ’ MELITTA. (««. ¢.)
nhitido, segmento secundo, tertioque, rufis, macul4
media, nigra.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.74. fig. 10.

Apis cingulata. Christii Hymenopt. p.187. tab. 15.
Jfig.10?
MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Latham Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hal. in Anglia, capta sepius prope Londinum, seme]
in Insula Eliensi; @ in Cambria Aprile medio a
D. Goodenough.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube cinereé.

Carur villosum, latum. Antenne nigre. Maz-

_ ille basi denticulo armate.

Truncus. Thorax pube haud densa. Squamule
picee. dle testacee. Pedes pilis brevibus
nigricantibus scatent. Femora lana pallida.
Tibie posticee scopa pro situ nunc nigricanti,
nunc palleseenti, revera pili superiores nigri
sunt, inferiores cinerei. Digiti ferruginei.
Flocculus obsoletus. Scopule fusce. a

AxspoMEN subovatum, -glabrum, basi nigrum
nigredine triloba, segmento primo margine,

__ proximisque duobus, rufis. Ani Fimbria sor-
didé pallida. Venter pallido-hirtus, segmento
secundo rufo.

Ke ar. @ alis hyalinis, apice fuscescentibus; abdo-
mine segmento tertio nigro, lateribus rufis ;
ani fimbria nigricanti.

y alis, nervo costali interiore piceo; abdo-

mine segmento secundo rufo macula media

nigra, tertio nigro lateribus rufis.
Sd antennis

MELITTA. (# *. ¢.)
6 antennis subtus rufo-piceis ; maxillis basi
inermibus; abdomine segmento primo mar-
gine laté rufo,.sectindo rufo fascia nigri-
canti; alis ut in precedente; ventre seg-
mento primo margine rufo, reliquis nigris.
¢ minor, antennis subtus rufo-piceis ; max-
illis basi inermibus; abdomine segmentis
margine, secundique lateribus, rufis; ano
fimbrid fuscA. Obs. In hdc varietate color
rufus marginum segmentorum abdominalium
interdum valde obscurus et tantum non eva-
midus. 3
Maris Corpus densids villosum. Caput trunco
majus. Antenne capite longiores. Mazille
forcipate, apice acute. Pedes cinereo-hirti.
Abdomen piceo-nigrum, ex lanceolato ovatum,
pilosulum, segmento primo margine rufo, se-
cundo rufo fascia picea. Venter basi rufus.

_ Variety « of this species, somewhat resembles
M. Lathamana, but it is nevertheless very distinct.
Not to mention the difference of their size, which
is very considerable, M. Rose wants the ferruginous
scopa and fimbria of the former. In the present
family, the colour of the scopa affords an excellent
character for the definition of species, as it is not
subject to variation. I have defined it, upon the
present occasion, and in several other instances, by
the term versicolor, because, although the hairs of

its upper side are of a different colour from those of

G2 the

Ps

MELITTA. (#%. ¢.)
the under, yet, in certain lights, they appear wholly
either of one colour or the other.

“Had I known no other varieties than « and < of
M. Rose, 1 should, most probably, have regarded
them as very distinct species ; but by means of the
irittermediate ones, which exhibit the gradual change
of the abdominal colours, their identity seems pretty
clearly established ; although I am still not without
a suspicion, from the absence of the very minute
tooth at the base of the maxillz, which distinguishes
a, @,and y, whether 5 and < may not be more than
varieties; unless we may suppose this to be a sexual
distinction, and look upon «, #, and y as ciawuihig
and 0 and < as neuters.

The abdomen of « is distinguished by a red belt,
which occupies the margin of the first, and. the
whole of the second and third segments: in @, the
third segment is red only on the sides; in y, the
second also has a black spot in the middle; in 3,
this spot becomes a fascia, extending nearly from
side to side; and in «, only the margin of the seg-
ments is red, and that sometimes very faintly.
Through all these varieties the colour of the scopa
remains the same. 2H

Panzer’s Apis Rose is evidently one of the va-
rieties of our insect, but his description and figure
are at variance. The former says, “ abdomine
segmentis secundo, tertio, quandoque etiam primo
postice, rujis;” whereas, in the latter, the margin

only

MELITTA. (##, ¢.)

only of the first, and the whole of the second seg-
ment, are red, the latter having an intermediate
blackish spot. This figure represents our variety y.

Variety 5 appears to be the insect which Christius
has figured as the Nomada cingulata of Fabricius.

I have never met with any of the numerous va-
rieties of this insect in my own neighbourhood,
but it seems common enough, « and @ excepted,
in the vicinity of London. )

AO. M. atra, cinereo-villosa ; abdomine nigro, cin-
gulo rufo; pedibus posticis piceis. |
MUS. D. Trimmer, Kirby:
Long. Corp. Lin. 42.
Heal. In Anglia, a D. H. Trimmer propé Londinum
bis capta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum.

—Capur. Antenne nigra, thoracis longitudine
articulis subarcuatis. Maxille basi dente ob-
soleto.

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale subtestacex,
apice obscuriores, nervo cosiali interiore nigro.
Pedes nigri, cinereo-hirti, posticis piceis. Dz-
giti ferruginei.

ABDOMEN lanceolatum, pilosulum, nigro-pice-
um; segmento secundo apice, tertio basi ¢t
apice obscuré, rufis; segmenta postica cilia
marginali, anoque, albidis. Venter cinerco-
hirtus, segmentis anticis rufo-fulyis.

G3 . This

tp

zonalis,

88

MELITTA. . (#«. c.)

This, at first sight, resembles not a little the
male of the preceding species; but its antennz are
much longer, and the abdomen is of different form.
The head also is smaller, and the maxille not so long.

cingulata.Al. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine

FIG.

MUS.

FIG.

glabriusculo, cingulo ferrugineo utrinque
puncto nigro. rm

ACUL.
Nomada cingulata cinereo-villosa; abdomine glabro
nigro, segmento secundo tertioque ferrugineis.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 15.
Vill, Ent. Euy.3. Apis, n. 70.
Ross. Mantiss. n. 326. :
Apis Suecica. Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2794. n.200.

Apis sphegoides atra, cinereo-pubescens ; abdomine ova~

to, segmentis secundo et tertio rufis, pedibus flavis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab. 2A.
D. Smith, Marsham, Trimmer, Lathlury, Kirby,
MAS.
Andrena labiata villosa, nigra; abdominis segmento
secundo tertioque rufis ; labio albo.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 5,
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. Apis, p. 2793. n. 192.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.71.

Apis albilabris atra, pubescens ;, labio niveo albido bar-
bato, punctis duobus nigris; abdomine ovato, seg-
mentis secundo et tertio rufis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab. 23. ’

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Hill, Kirby.

m

Long. Corp. Lin. 33—4t.

Hal. Barhamiz. Femina in floribus Ranunculi bulbosi
Maio mense sepius capta. Mas tempore autumnali
provenit rarus admodum. ‘

DESCR,

MELITTA. (xx. c.)

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube cinerea.

Carut. Antenne subtus rufe,

Truncus. Squamule rufescentes. Ale sub-
hyaline apice nigricantes, nervis nigris. Pedes
cinereo-hirti, scopa cinerascenti. Scopule fla-
vescunt. Flocculus pallidus.

ABDOMEN ovatum, glabriusculum, punctulatis-
simum, nigrum; segmentis intermediis duobus
ferrugineis, secundo utringue puncto nigro.
Ani Fimbria cinerascens. Venter cinereo-hir-
tus, basi rufus.

Maris Corpus albido-villosum. Facies anticé al-
ba, barba argentea. asus punctulis duobus
nigris. Labium atrum. Antenne sensim cras-
siores, capite longiores, subtus fulve. Thorax
pube cinerascenti. Sguamule pice. Abdomen
sublineare, convexum, pilosulum ; segmentis
intermediis duobus rufis, secundo utrinque
puncto nigricanti.

It is without any hesitation that I give the two
sexes of this insect as the Nomada cingulata, and
Andrena labiata of Fabricius, since they exactly
answer his description, except only that he does
not take notice of the minute blackish spot on each
side of the second abdominal segment, a circum-
stance easily overlooked. Panzer’s figure, also,
and description of his pis Sphegotdes and albila-
bris, accurately represent them, only'he describes
the hair of the legs of the former as yellow, which

G4 is

90 MELITTA. («#. ¢.)

is not the case with our specimens. ' It is remark~
able that both Fabricius and Panzer, in this in-
stance, apply the term labium, not to the tongue,
which is the labium of the Fabrician system, nor
yet to the Linnean labium, but to the anterior part
of the face. The male agrees with the female in
all such circumstances as the sexes usually possess
in common, even so far as the black dot on each
side of the second segment of the abdomen: a
white or yellow nose is no uncommon character-
istic of the male. *

a 42. M. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace rufescen-
Nig 1i; abdomine cingulo rufo, segmentis posticis
flavo-ciliatis.

Apis Cetii nigra, abdomine ferrugineo, segmentorum
apicibus flavis.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 818.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2786. n. 136.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3.n.33. .

Andrena marginata thorace pubescente, abdomine fer-
rugineo, segmentorum marginibus cinereis, segmento
primo atro.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em, n. 10.

Vill, Ent. Eur.3. Apis, n.72.

Apis marginella. Lin. Syst. ed. Gmel. p.2793. .191.

FIG. Andrena marginata, Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n, °
72. tab. 15.

MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Trimmer,’ Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.

Hab. Barhamie, tempore autumnali in floribus hayd

frequens.

=

DESCR,

——"

Oe lh Oe wm te eet te title tee He

MELITTA. (#*. a)

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum.

Caput. Lingue apex elongatus. Antenne fus-
ce, scapo nigro. Vertex pilis flavescentibus.
Facies poné antennas macula sericeo-pallida,
nisi a latere et sub lente, vix conspicua, notan-
da. Nasus valde convexus.

Truncus. Thorax pube rufescenti tectus.
Squamule nigre. Ale subhyaline, apice ner-
visque nigris. Pedes cinereo-hirti. Tibie pos-
ticze scopa supra nigra, subtus pallida, certo
situ versicolori. Scopule fulve, Digiti ferru-
ginel.

AspomeEn subovale, tomentoso-fulvum, tergo
depressiusculo; segmento primo nitido, nigro,
villoso, apice, proximisque duobus, pallide ru-
fis, secundo utrinque puncto nigro, reliquis
nigricantibus, apicibus pilis fulvo-flavis ciliatis.
Ani Fimbria fulyo-aurea. Venter convexus,
rufus, apice piceus, seementis pallido longids
ciliatis.

Obs. Abdominis segmenta ultima e ferrugi-
neo nigricant.

Far. g antennis totis nigris; abdomine segmento

secundo immaculato, tertio lined transversa
nigricanti.

y antennis totis nigris; squamulis piceis;
abdomine segmento secundo punctis tribus
nigris intermedio subquadrato, tertio ma-
cula media nigricanti.

This

gi

92

affinis.

MELITTA. (#*. c.)

This insect appears to be the Andrena marginata
of Fabricius; when first taken I have sometimes
found the whole abdomen red, but this colour in
the three last segments assumes a blackish hue,
The abdomen of his specimens he describes as
ferruginous, in ours the two intermediate seg-
ments are of a pale red, and the whole abdomen is
covered with down, which, if it be viewed from
behind, gives it a reddish hue; the yellow hairs
with which the margins of the last segments are
fringed, in insects long disclosed will turn paler.
Panzer’s figure represents our insect with tolerable
accuracy, only the thorax is too intensely red.
Variety y, I suspect, may be the Nomada Hattor-

Jjiana of Fabricius. As Schrank was the first de-

scriber of the species in question, under the name
of Apis Cetii(q), I have named it after that inge-
nious entomologist.

43. M. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace rufescen-
ti; abdomine subtomentoso, segmentis pos-
ticis flavo-ciliatis.

MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.

Hab, Coddenhamiz, prope Needham Market in Suffol-

cia, bis capta.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum.

(q) From mount Cetius, now called Kallenberg, or accord~
ing to some Karemberg.
CarurT,

‘ F Rigs otal .

MELITTA. (+#%. c.)

Caput. Lingue apex elongatus. .dntenne ni-
gre. Facies macula sericeo-pallida poné
antennas, ut in precedente (r).

Truncvus. Thorax villis e flavo rufescentibus
subpubescens. Squamule pices. Ale sub-
hyalinz, apice nervisque nigricantibus. Pedes
cinereo-hirti, tibiis posticis scop supra nigra,
subtus pallida, certo situ versicolor’. Scopule

- fulvescunt. | ,

ABDOMEN ovale, nigrum, tomentoso-flavescens
anum versus maximé. Segmentorum margi-
nes pilis pallidé flavis ciliati. Ani Fimbria
flava. Venter convexus, nitidus, segmentis
margine longiis ciliatis. ;

This insect is distinguished from the preceding,
which it greatly resembles if it be not a variety of
it, by the colour of its abdomen, which is entirely
black, without any red belt.

AA. M. nigra, griseo-villosa; thorace pube rufa; fiulvago.
abdomine punctulato, nitido; pedibus posticis,
anoque, fulvis.

FIG. Apis fulvago. Christii Hymenopt. p.189. tab.16. fig. 7.
MUS. D. Marsham, Lathlury, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Barhamie, mense Junio anni 1799 locis grami-
nosis in floribus frequens.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, griseo-villosum.

(r) Tab, 4, *x, c, fig. 16. aa.
CarurT,

"’ MELITTA. («+#. ©.)

Carut. Antenne nigre. Lingue apex elon-
gatus. Mazille basi obtusangule.

Truncus. Thorax pube haud densa, obscure
rufa. Squamule picee. Ale subhyaline,
apice obscuriores; nervis, costali interiore ni-
gro excepto, fuscis. Pedes nigri, rufescente-
hirti, posticis rufo-fulvis, femoribus nigris.
Scopa, item Scopule, auree. Digiti antici,
Tarsique intermedii, ferruginei. Flocculus

pallidus.

ABDOMEN subovale, supra convexum, nitidum,
punctulatum, subglabrum. Ani Fimbria, et
segmenti penultimi cilia marginalis, fulve.
Venter rufescente-hirtus, anum versus pre-
cipue.

This insect appears to agree with the pis ful-

vago of Christius. I have usually found it scarce,
but in the year 1799 it was very plentiful.

albicans. 45. M. nigra, albicante-subvillosa; thorace, anoque,
ferrugineis; tibiis plantisque posticis fulvis.

Apis albicans hirsuta, nigra; thorace, abdomineque
apice fulvescente.

Mill, Zool. Dan. n. 1930.

Apis sylvestris thorace et pedibus exterits lanugine sor-
didé fulva vestitis, squamis imis ad margines pilis al-
bentibus fimbriatis.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 242. n. 5.

FIG, Apis hemorrhoidalis. Christii Hymenopt. p. 189, tab.
16. fig. 8.
MUS.

MELITTA. (##. ¢.)

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M‘Leay, Haworth, Trimmer,

Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—5.
Hab. Barhamiz, mense Maio in floribus frequentissima,
presertim Taraxact.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, albido-villosum.
Caput. Antenne nigre. Facies utrinque pone

antennas macula sericeo-pallida, nisi-certo situ
et sub lente vix conspicua.

Truncus. Thorax pube densa, brevi, ferrugi-

nea, tectus. Squamule rufe. dle hyaline,
apice pauld obscuriores; nervis testaceis, cos-
tali interiore nigro. Pedes pallido-hirti, tibiis,
tarsisque posticis, scopulisque, fulvis. Scope
pallidé flave. Tarsi intermedi obscure fer-
ruginei.

ABDOMEN ovale, piceo-nigrum, supra convex-

um, glabrum, punctulatissimum, lateribus
albido-villosulis; segmentis tribus intermediis
linea transversa, arcuata, elevatiuscula4. Ani
Fimbria ferruginea. Venter segmentis mar-

gine albido-ciliatis; anum versus fulvescunt
villi.

Maris Corpus griseo-villosum. |Caput hirsutum.

Antenne thoracis longitudine, articulis arcu-
atis. Thorax pilis subrufis longids villosus.
Abdomen angustum, pilosulum.

M. albicans has usually been regarded in this
country, as the 4pis helvola of Linneus; upon this

eS ee

head

95°

pilipes.

MELITTA. (#4. °c.)

head J always entertained considerable doubts, and
when I consulted the authentic specimen of that
insect still preserved in the Linnean cabinet, I
found that I was not mistaken, the true J. helvola
being very distinct, as will appear hereafter. The
definitions of the Zoologia Danica are so short, and
unaccompanied by longer descriptions, that it is
not always easy to say what insect is intended by
them, but I think in my reference to that work
upon this occasion I am not mistaken. Christius
gives a figure of our insect as the Andrena he-
morrhoidalis of Fabricius, which, however, is very
different, it will be described in the course of this
work. M_albicais is one of our most common
Melitie.

A6. M. aterrima, subvillosa; abdomine nitido; ti-
biis posticis scopé albida.
Andrena pilipes glabra, atra ; pedibus posticis albo cili-
atis ; alis fuscis.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.21.
Andrena ciliata. Fab. Spec. Ins. 1. p. 474. v.12.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. Apis, p. 2792. n. 190.
Apis atra tota nigra, abdomine nitenti, alis fuscis.
Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. n. $14.

FIG. Reaum. Hist. Ins. tom.6. Mem.4. p.95. tab. 9. fig. 2?

Scheff. Icon. tab. 224. fig. 3, 4.

Andrena aterrima atra, nitida; thorace posticé nigro,
pubescenti; tibiis posticis extus albo-villosis; alis
apice nigris.

Panzer. Fn. Ins: Germ. Init. n. 64. tab. 19.

Apis alerrima. Christii Hymenopt. p. 189. tab. 16. fig. 6?

wma carbonaria. Ibid, p. 201. tab.17. fig.13?

MUS,

MELITTA. (#x. ¢.)
MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Latham, Trimmer, Haworth,
Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—7.
Hab. Barhamiz, cuniculos fodiens cylindricos in terrz
sabulosz sectionibus verticalibus, inibique nidificans,
In floribus haud rara, Allium spirat recens insectum,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS aterrimum, nigro-subpubescens.

Capur villosum. Facies inter oculos lata. dn-
tenneé subtus nigro-picez.

Trounevs. Squamule atre. Ale paululim in-
fuscate, apice nigre; nervis, excepto costali
interiore nigro, ferrugineis. Tibie posticz
scopa albida. Femora postica albido barbata.

“Scopule fuscee. Flocculus obsoletus.

Azpomen ellipticum, lucidum, supra glabrius-
culum, segmento primo villosulo. Ani Fim-
bria nigra,

Maris Antenne thorace breviores. Thorax pilis
subnigris /. fuscis villosus. Pedes postici hir-
sutie nigra.

This Melitta has been described, under different
names, by a variety of authors. It appears to be
the 4pis atra of Schrank, but not of Scopoli, the
Andrena pilipes of Fabricius, the 4ndrena aterrima
of Panzer, and the Apis aterrima and carbonaria
of Christius, for I take both these latter insects to
be varieties of M. pilipes, the one with clouded and
the other with unclouded wings; he does not, how-
ever, give the white scopa, which makes these sy-

| nonyms

07

3 MELITTA, (x. c.)

nonyms rather doubtful, they may be designied,
however, for male insects. The synonym of Reau-
mur is dubious, since he says of his insect ‘les
ailes sont d’un violet foncé,” which is not the case
with ours. Fabricius suspects that this species
may be the Apis retusa of Linneus, but upon the
authority of the Linnean cabinet I can venture to
assert that it is very different from that insect.
Indeed the principal character which this great
naturalist selected to denote that species (abdominis
basi retusé) is not to be found in this.

When this little insect has loaded the hair upon
the sides of its metathorax, and its posterior legs
with pollen, the contrast between the sable hue of
the animal and the whiteness of the pollen is very
striking.

cineraria.A7. M. atra, albido-pubescens; thorace hirsuto
fascia atra; abdomine atro-cezrulescenti.

ACUL.

Apis cineraria nigra; thorace hirsuto albicante fascii
nigra; abdomine czrulescente.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed: 12. (© Gmel. p. 2771. n. 5. Fn.
Suec. n. 1698.

Fal. Ent. Syst. Em, n. 67.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3.n. 5.

Apis atra nigerrima tota; fronte et thorace anticé et
posticé albo tomentosis; abdomine subrotundo; alis
semifuscis.

Scop, Ent. Car. n. 797.

Ross. Fn, Etrusc. n. 917,

FIG,

FIG.

MUS.

MELITTA.. (#%. -c.)} 99
Scheff. Ic. tab. 22. fig. 5,6. “i ag
Apis atra Christii Hymenopt. p. 174. tab. 14. fig. 1.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n. 56, tab. 14.

MAS.

Apis nigra, hirsutie cinerea.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. p. 412. 0.8,
Apis cinerea, Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 8.

D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Latham, Haworth,
Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. oth
Hab. Prope. Londinum haud rara. Mas semel a D,
Lathbury in Suffolcia captus. ;

DESCR.. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutie cinereo- -albida.
‘Carut. Facies hirsuta, vertice calvo. Antenne

capite longiores, nigre.

Truncvs supra mollissimé hirsutus, fascia inter

alas atra. Squamule atre. dle hyaline,
apice nervisque nigricantibus. Pedes atri,
hirti, femoribus anticis albido-lanatis. Tarsi
fusci, plantis pilosissimis ; anteriores pallidiores.
Flocculus nigricans.

AspoMEN subrotundum, glabrum, nitidum,

atro-violascens. Ani Fimbria nigricans. Ven-

ter convexus, hirtus anum versus preecipué.

Maris Antenne thoracis feré longitudine. Tho-

rax fascia atra, obsoleta: Ale apice obscuri-
ores. Femora omnia barbé albicanti. .Abdo-
men lanceolatum, segmentis duobus anticis
villoso-albicantibus.

VOL. II. git Scopoli

100 MELITTA. («*. ¢.)

Scopoli has given this insect under the name of
Apis atra, and Christius and Panzer have done the
same. It is, however, the genuine Apis cineraria
of Linneus, as appears from the authentic specimen
of the Linnean cabinet. The Apis cineraria of
Christius belongs to the species I am going next
to describe. .

pratensis.48, M. atra, villosa; trunco hirsuto-albicanti.

Apis pratensis pubescens, nigra; fronte pilis nigris, tho-
race albidis hirsuto.

Miill. Zool. Dan. n. 1912.

Andrena carbonaria atra, thorace cinereo-pubescente ;
pedibus lzvibus; alis fuscis.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 22.

FIG. Apis cineraria. Christii Hymenopt. p. 201. tab.17.
Jig. 14.
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 54.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus capta tempore vernali, sed
rara admodum.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube nigricanti.

Carut. Facies atro-hirsuta. Verticis pili albi-
do-cinerei. Antenne thorace vix breviores,
piceo-nigree, nitidz, articulis subarcuatis.

Truncus pilis albido-cinereis subhirsutus. Squa-
mule picee. Ale subhyaline, apice fusce ;
nervis testaceis, costali interiore nigro. Pedes
atri, nigro-hirti. Scopule obscuré ferruginez.

Axspomen lanceolato-oyatum, lucidum, pilis

r albido-

MELITTA. (xx. ¢)
albido-cinereis parciis villosum. Anus piloso-

nigricans.

- Obs. In adultiori tl horacis pubes sordescit.

M. pratensis much resembles the male of M.
cineraria, but the hirsuties of its head is black, its
abdomen is of a different form, and has no tinge
of violet, dnd its wings are black at their tips It
has been long ago described in the Zoologia Danica.
Fabricius gives it; if 1 am not mistaken in his in-
sect, as the 4. carbonaria, but that, as appears
from. the authentic specimen preserved in the Lin-
hean cabinet, is very different, and indeed is no
Apis, it seems to belong rather to the Fabrician
genus Scolia.

101

AQ: M. atra, villosa; trunco supra hirsuto-rufo. — thoraciéa,

ACUL.
Apis thoracica, atra; thorace rufo; alis apice fuscis,
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.63. ~
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2775. .77.
Vill. Ent. Eur.3.n.75.

FIG. Scheff. Ic. tab. 254. fig. 6, 7.
Harris. Exp. tab. 40. sfig. 19.
Andrena bicolor. Christii Hymenopt. p.177. tab. 14,
Jig. 5. :
, MAS. :
Andrena bicolor, thorace. villoso-ferrugineo; abdomins
atro immaculato.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 12.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel.. Apis; p. 2791. 1s 179.

q Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. Apis, n.73.
’ Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 896.
H 2 - FIG,

*

102 MELITTA. («*. c.)

FIG, _ Scheff. Ic. tab. 32. fig. 2.
“Apis thoracica. Christii Mymenopt. p. 178. tab. 14.

csbtitedescll
‘ Andrena Licolor. er. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 65.
tab. 19. :

MUS, D, Marsham, Latham, Trimmer, Sowerby, Lathbury,
Kirby. ’
Long, Corp. Lin. 6—63.
Hab. Barhamiz, # in floribus tempore vernali frequens’
satis, « semel capta a D, Marsham.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube nigricanti.

Carur hirsutum, vertice calvo. Antenne nigre.

Truncus supra hirsutie densa, ferrugineo-rufa
tectus. Squamule atre. Ale infuscate, di-
midio postico nigricanti macula media albida ;
nervis nigris. Pedes nigro-hirti, tarsis anticis,
digitisque quatuor posticis, fuscis. Scopule

fusco-nigree,

AzppoMeEN ellipticum, glabrum, lucidum. Ani
Fimbria nigricans. Venter convexus, nigro-
villosus, anum versus maximé.

Var. corporis hirsutie atra, thoracis ferruginea ;
alis subhyalinis, apice pauld obscurioribus ;
nervis, excepto costali interiore nigro, fer-
rugineis. An eadem?

Maris Antenne thorace breviores, nigro-picee,
articulis subarcuatis. 4/e immaculate, nervis
ut in sexs aculeati varietate 2. 4bdomen

- subovatum, pilosulum.
I observed

* ie ey

MELITTA. (#». ¢) 103

I observed in the introductory part of the
work(s), that Fabricius had placed the two sexes
of this insect in two different genera. He appears
to have been led to do this by the difference of
their form, the male being much more slender
than the other sex, without inspecting their in-
strumenta cibaria, which he would have found tox
be.exactly alike. Christius has given the male for
Al. thoracica, and the female for 4. bicolor. . Pan-
zer’s figure of the male is’ extremely accurate.
Variety @ of the aculeate sex is common enough
with us, but I never met with more than a singte
specimen of «, which appears to be the genuine 4.
thoracica, and that was given me by Mr. Mar-.
sham. ‘They may be distinct species, but they are
too similar to be separated, without a more striking
difference than merely the colour of their wings.
50. M. atra, subvillosa;. thorace hirsuto-flaves-elance:-

; s , phate.
centi; abdomine ovato, nigro. ca

MUS. Kirly.
, Long. Corp. Lin. 6,
Hab. In Anglia, a D. Goodenough semel lecta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube nigricanti.

Caput. Facies atra, hirsuta. Vertex calvus.
Occiput pilis flavescentibus. Antenne thorace
breviores, nigra, articulis subarcuatis.

TruNcvus supra hirsuto-flavescens. Squamule

(s) Vid, vol. 1, Introductory Remarks, p. 67.
H 3 pices,

See

104 , MELITTA. («*. c.)

pice. Ale subtestacez, nervis ferrugineis,
costali interiore nigro. Pedes nigro-hirti. Sco-
pule fasce. Digiti obscuré ferruginei.

- AnpomEn breye, ovatum, acutum, nigrum, pilo-
sulum.

This insect much resembles the male of the pre-
ceding species, but it is larger, the down of the
thorax is shorter, and rather yellow, and the abdo-

men is wider in proportion, and not so intensely
black. |

nitida. 51, M. nigra, pallido-subyillosa; thorace hirsuto-
fulvo; abdomine nitido ; tibiis posticis scopa
versicolori, ’

,

Apis subhirsuta, fusca; abdomine nitido; pedibus vil-
: losis.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2.p. 407. n. 2.
Apis nitida. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 2.
Apis cunicularia. Miller. inter notas M. §. Graianas
supra citatas,
Apis sylvestris corpore productiore, vulgari mellifica
pauld minor; thorace fulvo, abdomine nigro,
Rai, Hist. Ins. p, 242. n. 4. .
MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Latham, Haworth, Trimmer,
Lathbury, Sowerby, Kirly. mie
Long. Corp. Lin. 43—6.
Hat, Barhamiz in floribus et locis apricis mensibus

Aprile et Maio frequens, Mas in Salicum amentis
masculis;

DESCR. <Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, hirsutie pallida /. albicanti.

Carut. Facies fusco-villosa, anticé barbA densa
albida ;

MELITTA. («¥*. c.)

albidA; vertice calvo. Oculorwm intervallum
latissimum. -4ntenne fusco-nigre.

Truncus supra pube, densA admodum, fulva
mollis. Squamule nigre. dle subhyaline,
apice nigricantes; nervis testaceis, costali in-
teriore nigro. Pedes fusco-pilosi. Tibie ‘pos-
ticee scopa supra nigra, subtus albida, certo
situ, versicolori.

Azspomen subovyale, nitidum, fusco-nigrum,
segmentis tribus anticis utrinque villoso-palli-
dis. Ani Fimbria nigricans. Venter con-
vexus, segmentis margine cilia longa, albi-
canti. Ey rtl

Var. 8 thoracis hirsutie flavescenti; plantis pal-

lido-pilosis.
y thoracis hirsutie cinerascenti.

Maris Facies barba longa et densa infra anten-
nas tecta. -dntenne thorace vix breviores.
Abdomen lanceolatum, nitidissimum,: albido-
pilosulum. Pedes pallido-hirti,

Var. 8 dimidio minor, thoracis hirsutie albicanti.

This insect is often mistaken for the Apis cuni-
cularia of Linneus. As such it is described by
Miller in an interleaved copy of the Systema Na-
ture, which belonged to the late Mr. Gray (so
justly celebrated as the Pindar of our age) and con-
tains several valuable descriptions and observa-
tions of that great genius, who was an excellent
naturalist as well as poet. The following are
Miller’s words. “ Apis cwnicularia. Mense Aprili

HA frequens

(#) cuni-
cularia.

MELITTA. (#*. c.)
frequens in fossis sabulosis collium Hogmagog
prope Cantabrigiam. Tota fusco-nigra, abdomine
supra glabriusculo, nitente; thorace villoso fulvo-
ferrugineo; maculA ale marginali subfused. Si-
millima 4. mellifice” AM the species of this
family, at least so far as ] am acquainted with them,
excavate cuniculi for their little nests ; and many
of them, and among the rest M. nitida, have at
first sight a considerable resemblance'to the com-
mon hive bee; these circumstances occasion many
different insects to be mistaken for 4. cunicularia.
Linneus has given no Jonger description of that in-
sect, and his definition of it will agree with so
many distinct species, that it is not to be wonder-
ed at, if this has generated errors. To prevent all
future mistakes and confusion with respect to this
insect, I shall give below a full description of it
drawn from the authentic specimens preserved in
the Linnean cabinet (¢). 52. M.

M., atra, grisescente-pubescens; thorace ferrugineo ; tibiis pos-
ticis undique villosis; abdomine hirsutulo, subovato, acuto.

Apis cunicularia pubescens ; thorace ferrugineo, abdo,
mine fusco, pedibus undique villosis.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. n.23. Fn. Suec. 1698,

MUS. D. Smith Linnean.
Long. Corp. Lin. 63.

Hab. in Europe terrA sabulosa sicciore, quam forami-
nibus plurimis parum remotis penetrat, et distinct

iy inedificant plures. Simillima 4. mellifice. Lin.
Obs. A. mellifice prima facie simillima, revera ta-

’ men plurimium differt, et hujus generis est. K. ~
DESCR,

MELITTA. (#*. c.)

107

52.M. nigra, albido-pubescens; thorace rufescenti; tibialis.

tibiis posticis fulvis, scopa fulvo-aureda.
stat D. Marsham, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7£.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus Taraxaci tempore vernali
obvia, sed rarits,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, albido-pubescens.

Carvurt villosum, vertice calvo. Occipitis villi
flavescunt. Antenne nigree. Oculorum inter-
vallum latissimum.

“DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti.

Capur undique hirsutum. Oculorwm intervallum lIatissi-
mum. Antenne nigre.

TRuNcUs undique hirsutie dens4 mollis, subtus grisea, supra
ferruginea. Squamule nigre. Ale subtestacez nervis
nigricantibus.. Pedes griseo-hirti, tibiis posticis undique
villosis. Femora postica barba longa et dens4 pallida.

ABDOMEN ex ovato subconicum, nigrum ; tergo grisescente-
hirsutulo, Anus vix fimbriatus, acutus. —

Var. 6 trunco supra hirsutie cinerascenti.

Obs. Aldomen ex hirsutie fuscum esse, seu potins ‘fusco-
cineveum videtur, ast revera nigrum esr

Since the Linnean definition of this insect was intended prin-
cipally to distinguish it from 4. mellifica, which at first sight
it much resembles, although when closely examined it will be
found widely different ; I have taken the liberty of altering it,
so as to distinguish it from such of its congeners as will answer
to that definition, and with which it is liable to be confounded.
J have excluded all the synonyms usually referred to for it, as
they may very probably belong to other insects. That of Chris~
tius evidently does. (p. 164. tab. 13. fig.4.) I cannot find,
e — Melitta has ever been taken in England,

Truncus

108 _ - MELITTA. «=. c)
Tauncvs supra pube rufescenti tectus.. Squas
mule picez. diz subtestacez, apice nigri<
cantes; nervis, costali interiore nigro excepto,
testaceis. Pedes rufescente-pilosi, femoribus
albido-lanatis, posticis subtus apice - rufis,
Tibie postice fulve, scop4 fulvo-aurea undi-
gue vestite. Tarsi posteriores, item Digiti

primi et secundi paris, Scopulegque, ferruginel. -

AspoMEN subovatum, nitidum, tergo convex-
iusculo, albido-hirsutulo, segmentis margine
depressiusculis. Ani Fimbria nigricans. Ven-
ter convexus, segmentis margine albido-cilia-

| tis, anum versus densiis et longids.

_ War. tranco subtus pube grisescenti; tarsis
intermediis totis ferrugineis; femoribus pos~
ticis apice immaculatis.

Moxzfci- 53. M. nigra, pallido-pubescens; abdomine piloso
= nigro-zeneo; thorace, digitis, tibiisque posti-
cis, rufis. .
MUS. Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Het. Barhamiz in fioribus Tarazec semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-pubescens.

Carvt. Facies infra antennas hirsutie, pro situ
nunc nigricanti nunc cinerascenti, tecta. Ver-
ba albida. Oculorum intervallum latissimum.

Truncvs supra hirsutie, hand dens4, rufescenti
obsitus. Sguamule nigre. dle hyalme,

: epice

ae

MELITTA (#+#. c.) 109
ori nigro. Pedes rufescente-pilosi.. Femorum
barba albida. Tibie postice rufe, scopa
falyo-aure4. Tarsi quatuor posteriores, at-
que Digiti antici, ferrugimeo-rufi. Palme
ex pilis fusco-cinerez. Scopule fulve.

Aspomen subovatum, nigro-e2neum, convexi-
usculum, rufescente-hirsutulum, segmentis
margime albidioribus. Ani Fimbria fusca.
Venter pallido-hirtus.

Maris Corpus rufescente-villosum. Antenne
thoracis longitudine, articulis arcuatis. Tibie
posticz obscuré ferrugimee, litura fusc4. 4b-
domen densiis pilosum.

This species connects M. sitialis with that which

JT am next to describe; from the former it borrows
the colour of its posterior tibie; from the latter
the nigro-zeneous tinge of its abdomen.

54. M. nigra, fulvo-pubescens; capite anoque zigro-
atris; abdomine subhirsuto, nigro-eneo. ““*
MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Drury Apis, n. 43. Haworth,
Trimmer, Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirty.
Long. Corp. Lm. 6—7.
Hat. Barhamiz; tempore vernali frequens satis, Mas
in Salicum amentis.
- DESCR.. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, pube densa fulva.
Captt. Facies atro-hirsuta, Genarum barba
fulvescit. Verter calvus. Spatium mter
Oculos mterjectum latum,

Truncvus.

=.

310 MELITTA. («#. c.)

- Truncvs. Thoracis pubes rufa. Squamule
picee. Ale subhyalinz, nervis testaceis, cos-
tali interiore nigro. Anastomosis ferruginea.
Pedes nigri, supra ex pilis fusci, subtus tamen
pili fulvescunt. Femorum lana pallida. Tibie
poticee scopa -densa fulva undique obsite,

~ Scopule ferruginee. .

ABDOMEN ovale, supra nigro-zeneum, fulves~
cente-subhirsutum; ano atro. Venter’ con-
vexus, per fascias hirtus.

Var. 8. minor, facie, circa basin antennarim,
hirsutie sordidé fulva.

~ “Maris Facies ut in varietate 8. Antenne tho-

racis longitudine. Mazille basi obtusangule,

Pedes fulvo-hirti. -4ldomen ovatum,

Var. » faciei hirsutie rufescenti.

Obs. Abdominis color nigro-eneus, tum hujus
tum precedentis speciei, ex pilis, qui tamen
seorsum fulvescunt, exoritur; pilis enim
abrasis, abdomen fit. nigrum, -

This insect approaches nearer to the Apis cuni=
cularia of Linneus, than any other English species
with which I am acquainted: but it is sufficiently
distinguished from it, by its black head and anus,
and the form and colour of its abdomen. It is ré-
markable that the black abdomen should receive,
from the tawney hairs which cover it, a nigro-zene-
ous tinge. ,

Upon this insect I discovered, last spring, a very
singular animal, which seems appropriated to the

present

MELITTA. (##. c)
present genus. I had previously more than onee
observed upon other species something that I took
to be a kind of Acarus, which appeared to be im-
moveably fixed just at the inosculations of the dor-
sal segments of the abdomen: at length, finding
three or four upon a specimen of M. nigro-enea, 1
determined not to lose that opportunity of taking
one off to examine and describe; but what was
my astonishment when upon my attempting to
disengage it with a pin, I drew forth from the body

of the Melitta a white, fleshy larva, a quarter of an.

inch in length; the head of which I had mistaken
for an Acarus (uw). How this animal receives its
nourishment seems a mystery. Upon examining
the head under a strong magnifier I could not dis-
cover any mouth or proboscis with whieh it might
perforate the corneous covering of the abdomen,
and so support itself by suction(x), on the under
side of the head at its junction with the body there
was a concavity(y); but I could obserye nothing
in this but a uniform, unbroken surface. As the
body of the animal is inserted in the body, of the
Melitta, does that part receive its nutriment from
it by absorption? My memory does not fyenish
me with any instance of this kind: but hve the
vermes intestinales any mouth?

After I had examined one specimen I attempted
to extract a second, and the reader may imagine.
how greatly my astonishment was increased, when
| (u) Tab. 14) nol), fig, 7, and figi 9. a. (x) Ibid fig: 85

_ y) Teid. fig. 7.2, | |
: Seudhscrtieaeh after

tif

t12

MELITTA. (##. c.)

after I had drawn it out but a little way, I saw its skin
burst, and a head as black as ink, with large staring
eyes and antennz consisting of two branches,
break forth, and move itself briskly from side to
side. It looked like a little imp of darkness just
emerging from the infernal regions. My eagerness
to set free from its confinement this extraordinary
animal may be easily conjectured. Indeed I was
impatient to become better acquainted with so sin-
gular a creature. When it was completely dis-
engaged, and I had secured it from making its
escape, I set myself to examine it as accurately as
possible; and I found, after a careful inquiry, that

_ [had not only got a non-descript, but also an in-

sect of a new genus, whose very class seemed
dubious. From its mode of life it ought to belong
to the Linnean genus Ichneumon in the Hymenop-
tera; but it has neither stemmata, nor four wings,
and its palpi are not at all similar to those of the
insects of that class(z). From its elytra, (which,
however, are placed in a very extraordinary situ-
ation, being fixed to the sides of the thorax) it
ought to be a Coleopterous insect, but it seems to
possess but little of the general habit and character
of that class: perhaps it had better be considered
as Hemipterous, but till an opportunity occurs of
examining more specimens it would be rash to
speak too positively upon this head.

After I had sufficiently examined my animal, I
made a rude sketch of it, its antenne, &c. (a): and

(%) Tab, 14. n.11, fig.2.a,l. andfig.5. (a) Ibid. fig. 1—9.
it

MELITTA. (4%. ¢.)

it was well that I did, for upon leaving home for
some weeks, when I returned, it was so miserably
mauled by the great enemy of the entomologist, the
Acarus destructor (b), that I should have been un-

able to give a tolerable idea of it, since both elytra

and antennz were gone: enough of it, however,
still rémains to shew what it was. I have not as
yet met with another.

I shall attempt a description of it below (c)
55. M,

(4) Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. n.1057. tab. 2. fig. H.

(¢) STYLOPS(a). Character Essentialis.

Antenne bipartite. Oculi pedunculati,

Character Artificialis.
Antenne bipartita (b).
Oculi pedunculati (c).
Elytra \ateribus thoracis affixa(d).
Scutellum porrectum, abdomen obtegens (e),

i, St. aterrima; alis corpore majoribus ; pedibus fuscis.

MUS. Kirby.
Long: Corp. Lin. 12.
Hab. Barhamiz, larva in Melittarwm abdomine paras
sitica.

DESCR. CORPUS aterrimum, obscurum.

Caput anticé obsoleté trilobum(f): Palpi quatuor, exte«
riores biarticulati, articulo primo subclavato, secundo lans
ceolato, acuto(g) ; interiores breviores, exarticulati, tenues,
zpicem versus paulo crassiores(h). Antenne capite lon-

giores,
(2) Them. svdAos, columna; and wl, oculus:
(4) Tab. 14. n. 11. fig. 2- d,c. and 3, 4. (c) Ibid. fig. rf, fe
_ (d) Ibid. gg. (e) Ibid. b. and fig.6.5. . (f) Ibid, fig. 1. a

(g) Ibid, fig.2. 5. 2, — (b) Ibid. 6d,

113

Melitta.

al

€

314 ” MELITTA. *(«#. ©)

atriceps. 55. M. nigra, rufescente-villosa; capite atro; tars
sisrufis. .

\
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby. 1
Long. Corp. Lin. 55—63. k
Hab. Barhamiz, in Salicum armentis tempore vernali
satis frequens.

DESCR. Mas. é

CORPUS nigrum, pube densA rufescenti.

Caeur. Facies atro-hirsuta. Occipitis villi sor-
descunt. Antenne thoracis féré longitudine,
nigre, articulis subarcuatis.

giores, articulo primo magno, brevi (i); ramos duos emit-
tente; intériori breviori, latiori, exarticulato(k); exteriori
longiori, tenuiori; triarticulato(/). Oculi magni, promi-
nuli, conspicué reticulati, pedunculo brevi, crasso insi-
dentes(m). Vertex planiusculus.

Truncus. Llytra parva, sublinearia, thoracis lateribus
affixa(n). Ale magne, corpore longioreés, plicatz, lac-
teze, costa, lineolaque submarginali, nigricantibus (0) Scu-
tellum porrectum, elongatum, calceiforme, abdomen ob-
tegens(); processu corneo utrinque munitum (7). Pedes
compressi, picei.

Axpomen sub scutelli tegmine delitescens (r) , carnosum, ano
truncato, subemarginato(s).

Obs. Larve corpus sul:cylindricum, molle, albidum; in abdo~

mine Melitte insertum; capite cxerto, cornéo, cordato, pla-'

niusculo, subrufo, postice nigro, subtus postice concavo (t).

(i) Tab. 14. n. 11. fig. 1.5. fig. 3,4. 4. (A) Ibid. fig.2. 4. b. fig. 4. d.
~(1) Wid. fig. 2. d. fig. 4. c. (m) Ibid. fig. 1. ff. (n) Ibid. gg.
(c) Ibid. //, (p) Ibid. &. and fig. 6. 5. (¢) Ibid. fig. 1 i; .
and fig. 6. d. (r) Ibid, fig. 1, &. (s) Ibid, fig. 6. () Ibid.
4g. 7,8, 9. 4.

Troe cus

-* 1 *

MELITTA. (#*. c.) | 115
-Truncvs supra rufo-pubescens. Squamule
pices. dle subhyaline, apice obscuriores ;
neryis, costali interiore nigro excepto, testa-
ceis. Pedes rufescente-hirti, tarsis omnibus,
tibusque posticis, rufis.
ABDOMEN ovato-lanceolatum, hirtum. |
Var. 2 major, maxillis basi dente obsoleto ; tho-
% * racis hirsutie fulya ; plantis quatuor anteriori-
bus nigris ; tibiis posticis apice tanttm rufis.

_ This species resembles the male of the two pre=
ceding ones; from M. Mouffetella, however, it
seems sufficiently distinguished by its black head ;
and from M. nigro-enea by the colour of its tarsi,
and the want of the black anus. I am not certain
that variety @ is not a distinct species, although of
the same sex, it is much larger than «, and only the
digiti of the four anterior legs are red. The posterior

ibize also are red only at their tips: |

56. M. nigra, rufescente-villosa; capite atro; ven=2imazuli-
tre basi utrinque macula rufa. ai
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 52,
Hab, Barhamiz bis capta.

DESCR: Mas: ROTA i

CORPUS nigrum, pube pallidé rufescenti.

Caput atrum, hirsutum. Mavillarum barba
tamen, et Occipitis pili sordescunt. Antenne
nigre, thoracis vix longitudine, articulis ar-
cuatis. *

VOL, Le r TRUNCUS

*.
’ .

*

116 MELITTA. («+#. ¢.)

Truncus pube sordidé rufescenti, /. subgrised,
translucente nigredine corporis, supra obsitus.
Squamule nigre. Ale subhyalinz, apice ob-
scuriores ; nervis flavis, costali interiore nigro.
Pedes hirti. Scopule fulve.

ABDOMEN oyato-lanceolatum, hirtum. Venter
basi utrinque macula magna, rufa.

The red spot on each side of the base of the
underside of the abdomen, and the black tarsi, are
the principal characters which separate this species
from M. atriceps, which, in other respects, it a
good deal resembles. Indeed, the males of the
different species in this genus are often so similar,
that, where we are unacquainted with the other
sex, it is not always easy to say which is a species
and which a variety.

Trimmer-57, M. nigra, grisescente-pubescens; abdomine
A a hirsutulo; tibiis posticis scopa versicolori.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.
_ Long. Corp. Lin. 7.

Hat. Barhamie in floribus Augusto medio 1799 semel
lecta, P bis in floribus horti mense Maio. Capta
etiam a D. Jacobo Trimmer (entomologo cordato, et
horum insectorum historiz et oeconomiz acerrimo
indagatore) prope Hanwell Middlesexia,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, grisescente-pubescens.

Carvut. Facies posticé pilis nigricantibus. Vertex

. - ealvus. Maville basi obsolet® bidentate. An-

tenne capite longiores, nigra. :
TRUNcUs

MELITTA, (##. c.)_ 117

Truncvs supra pube rufescenti haud densd tec-
tus. Sgquamule picee. Ale hyaline, apice
obscuriores ; nervis testaceis, costali interiore
nigro. Pedes fusco-pilosi, tibiis posticis scopa
supra nigra, subtus albida, certo situ versico-
lori. Digiti ferruginei.

ABDOMEN ovatum, grisescente-hirtum. Ani
Fimbria atra. Venter segmentis basi pilis bre-
vibus, nigricantibus obsitis ; apice longioribus,
pallidis ciliatis.

Var. g adultior alis testaceis ; abdominis hirsutie
cinerascenti.

Obs. Primé facie Api mellifice simillima est hee

species.

M. Trimmerana strongly resembles M. cunicu-
laria; but it is smaller, the form of its abdomen is
very different, its anal fringe is black, and its scopae
are black above and white below. The antennz
of the aculeates of this species are much longer
than is usual in that sex.

58. M. atra; thorace, abdominisque basi, hirsuto-varians.
fulvis ; tibiis posticis scopa versicolori.
Apis varians nigra; thorace, abdominisque basi su-

perné, hirsuto-fulvis.
Ross. Fn. Etruse. Mantiss. n. 317.
FIG. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab. 12.
MUS. D. Marsham, Donovan, Karby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—6.

_ Hab. In Anglia, capta semel in floribus P, Mali in horto
quodam Gippovicensi.

BIS DESCR.

”

*

MELITTA. (#x. c.)

DESCR. Acul. . ;

CORPUS atrum, pubescens.

Caror pube nigricanti. Antenne nigre, capite
longiores.

Truncus supra hirsuto-fulvus, subtus pube ra-
riore pallida. Squamule ferruginer. Ale
subhyalinze, apice obscuriores ; nervis, excepto
costali interiore nigro, testaceis. Pedes nigri,
fusco-pilosi, femorum barba pallida. Tibie
posticee scopa supra fusco-nigra, subtus ar-
genteo-albida, certo situ versicolori. Tarsi
obscuré ferruginei. Flocculus albidus.

AzpomeEn subellipticum, anticé hirsuto-fulyum,
posticé nigro-hirtum. Venter pilis sordidé
nigricantibus hirtus. .

Maris Corpus cinereo-villosum. Capitis, hirsuties
item cinerea. Mazille forcipate, basi obtus-
angule. Antenne vix thorace breviores ar-
ticulis arcuatis. Thoracis hirsuties rufescente-
pallida. Pedes cimereo-hirti, digitis rufis.
Scopule fulve. Aldomen Yanceolatum, basi
hirsuto-cmerascens.

This is given by Rossi and Panzer as the Abeille
magonne a poils roux of Geoffroy (d); but that is a
genuine Apis, and belongs to one of the branches
of that family, the individuals of which are distin-
guished by an inflected lip. Panzer’s figure very
accurately represents our insect, but he is quite

. mistaken in asserting that it is a male.

(d) Hist. Ins, Par. 2. p. 409. n. 4,
59. M.

t

MELITTA. («#. c.)

119

59, M. nigra, albido-villosa; thorace abdomimis-~elvola.

que basi, hirsuto-ferrugineis; tibiis posticis
scopa flavescenti.

Apis helvola rufa, villosa, oblonga, subtus albida.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. & Gmel. p.2791. 0.16, Ln.
Oo ¢ Suece, L6Q3%,

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.13.

Fn. Frid. n. 645.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. 712. Apis, n.6.

Andrena helvola thorace ferrugineo; abdomine cine-

ascente.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em, n.11.

FIG. Tab.15. fig. 9.

MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Latham, Sowerly Mas,
Lathbury Mas. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hat. Barhamiz, flores Rilis nigri frequentans, sed
rarior.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube albida incanum.

Carut. Mazxille forcipate. Occiput pilis fla-
vescentibus. Vertex calvus. Antenne nigre,
capite longiores. Oculorwm intervallum latis-
simum.

Truncus. Thorax pube ferruginea tectus. Me-
tathorax villoso-flavescens. Squamule ferru-
ginez. le hyaline, apice obscuriores; ner-
vis, costali interiore nigro excepto, testaceis.
Pedes nigri, rufescente-pilosi, femorum barba,
flocculoque, albidis. Tilie posticee scopa
flavescenti. Tarsi quatuor posteriores, Digé-
tique antici, ferruginei. Scopule fulvo-aurez.

13 ABDOMEN

MELITTA. (##. c.)

AspDomeEN suboyatum, piloso-incanum, basi hir.
suto-fulvum. Venter albido-hirtus, ano fla-
vescenti.

Var. corporis hirsutie subfilava; plantis nigris.

Maris Corpus cinereo-villosum Caput_thorace
majus. Mazille basi obtusangule. Antenne
thorace breviores, articulis subarcuatis. Squa-
mule pice. Digiti ferruginei. Abdomen

ovato-lanceolatum, basi hirsuto-cinerascens,

segmentis margine obscuré rufis.

This is the labelled Apis helyola of the Linnean

cabinet; there are several specimens of the insect.

which | shall next describe placed by its side, which
probably Linneus considered as nothing more than
varieties of it. The description in the Fauna Sue-
cica seems to have been taken from one of these;
for the terms ‘* 4bdomen nigricans minis villosum.
Tibie postice land ferrugined,” will not agree with
the genuine 4. helvola, and vice versa, the last
term of the nomen specificum in the Systema Na-
ture, * subtus albida,” does not coincide with this
supposed variety, which underneath is of a deep
black. At first sight, the abdomen of this insect
looks as if half the tawny hairs had been rubbed
off, and only a patch of them left at its base; but
this circumstance constantly attends the most re-
cent individuals, |

Gwynana60. M. atra, villosa; thorace, abdomine anticé,

tibiisque posticis scopa, ferrugineis.
Apis

MELITTA. (##. c.)
Apis helvola. Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 895.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Latham, M-<Leay,
Haworth, Sowerby, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab. Barhamiz in floribus a primo vere ad serum au-
‘tumnum frequentissima allium spirans. Mas circa
terras apricas arenosas tempore vernali yolitat,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS aterrimum, pubescens.

CarurT trunco angustius, hirsutum. Antenne
nigra, capite longiores.

Truncus supra ferrugineo-hirsutus. Squamule
picee. Ale subhyaline, apice obscuriores ;
nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigro. Pe-
des atri, pilosi. Tibie postice extra scopa
ferrugineé. Flocculus rufescens.

ABDOMEN suboyatum, atrum, segmentis tribus
anticis ferrugineo-subhirsutis.

Maris Corpus lineare. -Antenne thorace brevi-
ores, articulis subarcuatis. Pedes rufescente-
hirti, posteriores maximé. Abdomen rufes-
cente-hirsutulum. .

Memorie botanici periti, tum et nature scruta-
toris indefessiy, mihi et omnibus Historie Na-
turalis cultoritus semper amicissimum se pre-
bentis, Nicolai Gwyn, M.D. povicensis,
hoc insectum dicatum volo,

_ This insect is extremely different from M. hel-
vola, although confounded with it. by Rossi, and,
as observed above, by Linneus himself. Ttmmigyen-

14 tirely

121

ano

122 MELITTA. (#%. c.)
tirely black, excepting only the thorax, the three
first dorsal segments of the abdomen, and the
scope, the hirsuties of which is ferruginous.

angustior.§1, M. nigra; rufo-subvillosa; thorace pubescenti ;
femoribus, pedibusque quatuor anticis, piceis ;
posticis ferrugineis.
MUS. D. Banks Acul, Kirly Mas.
Long. Corp, Lin. 4—44.
Hal. In Anglia. Mas Barhamiz lectus,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum pube rufa.

CapuT hirsutie fuscescenti. Aatenne picex.

Truwncus supra pube fulvescenti obsitus. Squa-

mule picee. Ale subhyaline, apice obscuri-
ores; nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigro.
Pedes picei, rufescente-pilosi. Tibie tamen et
_Tarsi postici ferruginei. Scopa rufa.
ABDOMEN angustum, sublanceolatum, segmen-
tis margine pilis rufescentibus ciliatis. Venter
fusco-hirtus. |

Maris Corpus lineare, cinereo-villosulum. Caput

trunco majus. facies infra antennas atro-
hirsuta. dnienne yix thorace _breviores,
Pedes postici rufo-picei. "“idibdomen cineras-
cente-pilosum,

I have had no opportunity of comparing what I
take to be the male of this Melitta with the other
sex which is in Sir Joseph Banks’s cabinet ; but the
colour of the legs, in which they appear to agree
very nearly, has induced me to consider it as such,

62. M,

La

=

MELITTA. (#x. ¢.) 123

62. M. nigra, grisescente-subvillosa; capite atro ;picicornis.
antennis piceis ; abdomine fusco.
MUS. Kirby. |
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.
Hal. Barhamiz, rarissima, semel tantim lecta,
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, grisescente-subvillosum.
Capvut atrum pube brevi, et haud densa, nigra
obsitum. Mazxille forcipate. Antenne capite
longiores, rufo-piceze, scapo nigro.

Truncus. Thorax pube, raré admodum, flave-
scenti. Squamule picex. Ale subtestacex,
apice obscuriores, nervo costali interiore piceo.
Tibie postice scopa parva flavescenti. Foc-
culus obsoletus.

\

ABDOMEN ovatum, fuscum, grisescente-pilosum.
Venter convexus.

63. M. nigra, hirsuto-cinerascens ; maxillis longi-spinigera.
tudine capitis atri, basi spina filiformi armatis,
FIG. Tab.15. fig. 10.
MUS. D. Banks Apis helvola, Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—5.
Hab. Barhamiz in Salicum amentis rarissima.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-hirsutum.

CaputT magnum, trunco latius, aterrimum, hir-
sutum. Maville minaces, capite vix breviores,
forcipate, subflexuose, sulco longitudinali
superné exaratz, acutissimz, apice edentule,

basi

494

armata.

MELITTA. («x, c)
basi spina filiformi deorsum spectante armata(e),
Gene posticé rectangule, dntenne nigre,
thoracis feré longitudine, articulis arcuatis.

Truncus. Squamule picex. Ale hyaline, iri-
colores, apice obscuriores; nervis, excepto
costali interiore fusco, testaceis. Pedes gri-
sescente-hirti, digitis ferrugineis. Scopule
flavescunt.

Axspomen lanceolatum, nitidum, pilosum; seg-
mentis tribus anticis margine rufo-membra-
naceis.

Var. g minor, capite, respectu thoracis, minori ;
maxillis brevioribus; thoracis hirsutie sordidé
grisea,

This is one of the most singular imsects of this
genus that I have ever seen. Its long, forcipate
maxilla, and large black head, give it a very fero-
cious aspect. The spine which arms the base of
the maxille is, probably, only a sexual distinction.

‘IT do not find it described by any author; or if it

be, the spines, its most striking characteristic,
are overlooked. In Sir Joseph Banks’s cabinet it
stands as Apis helvola, it is the right-hand specimen.

64. M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; maxillis longi-
tudine capitis, basi dente armatis.
Apis armata fusca; capite, thoraceque griseis; maxilla
basi dente armata; plantis luteis.
Mus. Lesk. p. 80. n. 514.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2790. n. 167.

(e) Tab. 4. ¥%. c, fig. 8. a,
MUS.

MELITTA. (**. c.)

MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Had. Barhamiz in Salicum amentis, precedenti fre-
quentior. In Dauct Carote umbella involuta in-
somniantem semel prehendi,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum. c

Capurt atrum, trunco majus, anticé pilis albidis,
posticé nigris, longiis barbatum. Mazille
minaces, capitis feré longitudine, forcipate,

subflexuose, sulco longitudinali exaratze, apice -

bidentatze dente exteriori longiore, basi dente
valido, subarcuato, deorsum spectante, arma-
te (f). Gene posticé rectangule. Antenne
nigre, thoracis vix longitudine.

Truncuvs hirsutus, supra hirsutie grisescenti.
Squamule picee. Ale hyaline, apice ob-
scuriores, splendideé iricolores; nervis testaceis,
costali interiore nigro. Pedes grisescente-hirti,
scopulis flavescentibus.

AzgpomMeENn ovatum, fusco-nigrum, pilosulum,
basi grisescente-hirsutum. Venter cinereo-
hirtus, segmentis apice albido-ciliatis.

This Melitta, which appears to be the Apis ar-
mata of the Museum Leskeanum, somewhat resem-
bles the preceding species ; but, instead of a spine,
the maxille are armed only with a tooth at their
base, and their apex is bidentate; the head also is
of a-different colour, and the abdomen of a dif-

ferent form.
(/) Tab. 4, *%. c. fig. 7, a,

125

126 MELITTA. («#. ci)
subden- 65. ™M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; facie antic&
=“ barba alba; maxillis longitudine capitis, basi
obtusangulis.
MUS. D. Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. -4.

Hal. Barhamiz rarissima.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum.

CaputT trunco majus. Facies anticé barba longa
et dens4 argented ornata. Mazille minaces,
capite vix breviores, forcipate, subflexuose,
apice bidentate dente exteriori longiore, sulco
longitudinali exaratze, basi dente obsoleto ar-
mate. Gene postice rectangule. Antenne
thoracis feré longitudine.

TRuncus supra rufescente-villosus. Sguamule
pices. Ale hyaline, apice obscuriores, splen-

e didé iricolores; nervis, costali interiore fusco
excepto, testaceis. Pedes grisescente-hirti,
scopulis flavescentibus.

ABDOMEN lanceolatum, pilosulum, basi cinereo-
villosum, anorufescente. Venter albido-hirtus.

Var. 2 maxillis basi absque dente obsoleto; tho-

race, abdominisque basi, hirsuto-ferrugineis.

M. subdentata is so similar to the preceding
species, that it is not without some hesitation that
I venture to separate them: but since they are both
of the same sex, the absence of the strong tooth at
the base of the maxilla, and the long silver beard

which

#

aa.

MELITTA. (##. cc). 127 -

which covers the anterior part of the face seem to
indicate that they belong to different females. Va-
riety ¢ differs considerably from «, but I think not
sufficiently to make another species of it.

66. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace fulvescenti ; picipes:
abdomine fusco; pedibus rufo-piceis.
MUS. D. Drury Apis, n. 65.

Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. in Anglia. Hance unicam tantim vidi.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-pubescens.

Capurt thorace majus, hirsuto-grisescens. Fa-
cies villoso-incana. Mawxille capite breviores,
forcipate. Antenne nigre.

Truncus supra fulvescenti-villosus. le hy-
alinz, nervis testaceis. Pedes rufo-picei, pal-
lido-hirti

AgpomeN fuscum, nitidum, pilosulum. Venter’
segmentis margine pallido-ciliatis.

67. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace hirsuto- fer- angulosa.
rugineo; capite posticé utrinque rectangulo.
MUS. Kirby. om
g. Corp. Lin. 42.
Hab. in Anglia, a D. Trimmer prope Londinum semel
leeta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-villosum.

Caput trunco latius. Maatlle forcipate, capite
breyiores, basi obtusangulz(h). Gene posticé

(4) Tab, 4, xx. c, fig. 6.
rectancule.

ee

128

fulva.

MELITTA. (##. c.)

rectangule. Antenne nigre, thorace vik .

breviores.

‘Trowcvs supra hirsutie, haud dens4, ferrugined
obsitus. Squamule nigre. Ale hyaline, apice
obscuriores, splendidé iricolores ; nervis ferru-
gineis, costali interiore nigro. Pedes pallido-
hirti.

AxspoMeEN lanceolatum, pilosum, basi fulvo-vil-
losulum. Venter segmentis margine fimbriA
densissima, nived nitidé ciliatis.

This, as well as several of the preceding species,
is distinguished from the other males of this genus
by the right angle in which the head terminates on
its lower side behind(i). It very nearly resembles
the male of M. varians, but that insect is without
the thick white fringe, by which the margin of the
ventral segments of the abdomen of M. angulosa
is terminated. ;

,

6s. M. atra; thorace, abdomineque supra, hirsutis,
fulvo-aureis.
Apis fulva hirsuta, nigra ;¢thorace, abdomineque, fulvis.
Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. ‘n. 80E
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.27 . 183.
Vill. Ent. Eur.3. n. 120.
Apis vestita atra; thoracis abdominisque dorso, ferru4
gineo-hirtis.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 65.
Apis aurea atra; thorace et abdomine supra, pilis fulvo~
aureis, hirsutis.
Marsham, M.S.

(7) Tab. 4. **. c. fig. 13. a.
7 ' FIG,

MELITTA. (##. c.) 129

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tab. 32. fig. 3.
Apis vestita. Panzer, Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 55. tab. 9.

Apis vulpina, Christii Hymenopt. p.161. tab. 12. fig.13.
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, M¢Leay, Trimmer, Lathlbury,
Sowerly, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 62.
Hab. Barhamiz sed rarior. In floribus hortorum Aprile
et Maio circa Londinum frequens. D, Marsham.

DESCR. Acul. y

CORPUS aterrimum, subhirsutum. :

Caput. Vertex calyus. Antenne capite longi-
ores, nigree.

Truncus. Thorax hirsutie densi, ferrugined
vestitus. Squamule ferruginese. dle hyaline,
apice obscuriores; nervis ferrugineis, interi-
oribus duobus nigris. Pedes atri, pilosissimi.

ABDOMEN ovale, depressum, tergo pilis densis,
fulvo-aureis, quasi per fascias hirsutissimo. Ani
Fimbria pallidé-flava. Venter convexus, seg-

_ mentis margine atro-hirtis.

This is one of the most elegant of our English
species of this genus, the deep orange of the tho-
rax, and of the upper side of the abdomen, forming
a most striking contrast with the intense black of
the rest of the body. Led by the single circum-
stance of the thickness of its hirsuties, for I think
there can be no doubt of this being his Apis fulva,
Schrank has placed this amongst the Bombinatrices,
as he has also Apis rufa, Lin., and Apis pilipes,
Fab., but a very short examination would convince

any

130 MELITTA. (*+*. c.)

any entomologist that these are altogether distinct:

from that family. This is also the 4. vestita of
Fabricius and Panzer, and the latter has given a
very accurate figure of it. Christius has likewise
figured it under the name of Apis vulpina, and my
friend Mr. Marsham has described it under that of
A.aurea: his name I should have retained, as
extremely apt, had not Schrank’s had a prior claim.

-.. ' ie
Clarkella.69. M. atra, hirsuta; thorace, pedibusque posticis,
fulvis.

FIG. Apis icterica. Christi Hymenopt. p.190. tab. 16. fig.9?

MUS. D. Clark, Marsham, Trimmer, Francillon, Kirly.
Long. Corp, Lin. 6.
Hab. Haud infrequens apud Perry Wood, juxta Wor-
cester, D. Bracy Clark. Capta sxpius a D. J. Trim~
mer prope Londinum.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

‘Caput. Vertex calvus. Occipitis pili flavescunt.
Antenne vix capite longiores, nigra.

Truncus supra hirsutie fulvo-flava vestitus.
Squamule nigre. Ale subhyaline, apice pauld
obscuriores ; nervis, exceptis crassioribus duo-
bus nigris, ferrugineis. Pedes atri, pilosi, tarsis
quatuor anticis fuscis. Tibie Tarsique pos-
tici fulvi. Scopa fulyo-aurea. Scopule fer-
ruginee.

Aspomen ovatum, per fascias supra et infra
atro-hirsutum.

In

MELITTA. (*#. c:) 131
In honorem D. Bracy Clark, Oestrorum monogra-
phi accuratissimi, nomen, dedi.

Mr. Bracy Clark, author of a most ingenious
paper upon the genus Oestrus in the third volume
of the Transactions of the Linnean Society (A),
sent me this Melitta, for the Apis bicolor of Fa-
bricius. But that, as we have seen above, is only
the male of M. thoracica; from this M. Clarkella
is sufficiently distinguished by the hairiness of its
abdomen, and the colour of its posterior legs.
Christius has given us the figure of an Apis, which
he names J. icterica, in colour much resembling
our insect; but it is much smaller, and of a dif-

ferent form, I have therefore considerable doubts
about its identity.

70. M. nigra, grisescente-subhirsuta; thorace ab-Smithella
domineque hirsutis, fulvescentibus, segmentis
margine albidioribus.

FIG, Apis pilipes. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.7. tab. 13,

MUS. D. Smith, Marsham, Trimmer, Francillon, Kirby,

Long. Corp. Lin. 54.
Hab. Barhamiz, in Salicum amentis masculis frequens

anno 1799.

DESCR. <Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti.

(k) I would be understood to say this with the exception of
his note containing the account of Oestrus Cuniculi: the opi-
nion advanced in which, as militating against a superintending
Providence, I think highly objectionable.

VOL. II. K Caput

PY.

132 MELITTA. (#*. c.)

Carur. Vertex calvus. Facies posticé pilis ni-
gricantibus. Antenne nigre.

Truncus supra hirsutie, haud densa, sordidé
fulya. Squamule nigre. Ale hyaline apice
pauld obscuriores ; nervis ferrugineis, duobus
crassioribus nigris. Pedes grisescente-pilosi.
Tibia posticee scopa versicolori, sub luce pal-
lida, certo situ fuscescente: Scopule ferru-
gine: Flocculus pallidus.

ABDOMEN subellipticum, subdepressum, hirsu-
tum, hirsutie pro situ nunc fusca, nunc ful-
vescenti, segrnentis margine pallidis. Venter
convexus, nitidus, segmentis infra marginem
hirtis, margifis cilia brevissima, dene, pal-
lida.

In honorem D. Preesidis ‘te Linnezane,
Botanicorum principis, tum et in Entomologia
peritissimi, nomen dedi.

Panzer, in an early number of his Faune insec-
torum Germanie initia, had figured the insect here
described as the pis pilipes of Fabricius; but
afterwards he discovered that this was a mistake;
and gives the real 4. pilipes, but without substi-
tuting another name for this.

tridenta- 71, M. nigra, fulvo-subhirsuta ; labio tridentato ;
i. digitis testaceis.
MUS, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab. Capta semel apud Melton juxta Woodbridge, Suf-
folcie; Augusto exeunti 1799. ae
DESCR.

4

MELITTA. (##. c.) : 133

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, fulyvo-pubescens.

Carut. Facies infra antennas hirsutie densa,
flavescenti barbata. Mazille forcipate. La-
bium, a ventre conspectum, dentes tres exhi-
bet, lateralibus minoribus, acutis, intermedio
f. tuberculo, majori obtuso, antrorsum exca-
vato. Antenne capite longiores, nigree, sub-
tus pices. ”

Truncus. Thorax hirsutie rufé-fulvA obsitus.
Squamule nigra. Ale hyaline, apice nigri-
cantes; nervis ferrugineis, crassioribus duobus
nigris. Pedes pallido-hirti, digitis testaceis.

AxspoMeEN subovale, hirsuto-fulyum, segmentis
margine ’pallidioribus: |

I have some suspicion that this may be the male

of M. Smithella ; but as I never saw but one spe-
cimen of it, and that taken in another district, I
have not ventured to put them together.

V2. M. atra, Sibidctvitfoas } maxillis basi denticulo denticu-
armatis; labio tridentato; abdomine strigis —
tribus albis.

MUS. Kirly. ANNA
Long. Corp. Lin, 42.
Hat. Barhamiz rarissima.
DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, pube albida incanum.
Caprur hirsutum, trunco latius. Maile for-
cipatz, capite breviores, basi denticulo acuto
K 2 armate,

134 : MELITTA. (##. ¢.)
armate(/). Labium, a ventre visum, triden-
tatum, dentibus lateralibus acutis, intermedio
majori, truncato, antrorsum excavato (m).
Antenne capite longiores, subtus picez.

Truncvus. Squamule nigre. dle subhyaline,
apice nigricantes; nervis ferrugineis, costali
interiore nigro. Pedes griseo-hirti, digitis tes-
taceis. Plante postice obscuré ferruginee.
Scopule fulvee.

AxspomeEN lanceolatum, acutum, atro-pilosum ;
basi, segmentisque tribus intermediis margine,
villoso-albis. Anus cinereo-pilosus. Venter
grisescente-subhirtus.

Far. g verticis, thoracisque hirsutie nigricanti ;

_alis apice nigris, nervis piceis ; pedibus rufes-
cente-hirtis.

This is quite distinct from’ the preceding species,

although the lip in both is distinguished by the
same peculiarity.

nigriceps.73. M. atra; thorace fulvo; abdomine fasciis tri-
bus villo-rufescentibus.
MUS. Kirby. .
Long. Corp. Lin. 53.
Hab. Barhamiz. Mas in Salicum amentis, Aprili ine-
uute, 1800. 5

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pube nigricanti. |
Capurt trunco angustius, atro-pubescens. .4n-

(2) Tab. 4. %%. c. fig. 5. a. (m) Ibid. fig. 18.
tenne

*

MUS, Kirby.

MELITTA. (#*. c.} 13
tenneé nigre, capitis longitudine. Vertex
calvus, occipitis pilis fulvescentibus.

cnr

Truncus. Thorax hirsutie, densi admodum,

rufo-flava tectus. Metathorax villis pallidé
flavis. Squamule ferrugine. dle hyaline,
apice pauld obscuriores, nervis fuscescentibus.
Pedes atti, pilosi. Femoruwm barba sordideé
pallida. Digiti picei.

AxspomeEn ovale, subdepressum; basi, segmen-

tisque tribus intermediis fascia, villoso-rufes-
. . . + |
centibus. Ani Fimbria atra. Venter convexus.

Maris Corpus grisescente-hirtum. Caput atro-

hirsutum. Antenne thorace breviores. Thorax *
subgriseus, /. pube sordidé rufa translucente
nigredine corporis. lz nervis flavescentibus.
Abdomen \anceolatum, pilosulum, segmentis
margine densiis villosis.

Obs. Mas nimis affinis M. bimaculate, sed desunt

macule ventrales rufe. An hic referendus ?

The insect, which I have given as the male of
this species, very much resembles it ; yet not suf-
ficiently to take away all doubt of their identity.
If distinct, it ought to precede or follow M. bima-
culata, of which, after all, it may be only a variety.

7A. M. nigra, cinerascente-villosa; thorace flave-ryftarsis.

scenti; abdomine segmentis margine albidis ;
antennis subtus, digitisque, rufis.

Long. Corp. Lin. 5,
Hal. Barhamie rarissima.

K 3 DESCR.,

136 MELITTA. (##. c.)

DESCR. Acul. |

CORPUS nigrum, cinerascente-villosum.

Carut. Facies villis albidis incana, Vertex cal-

. yus. Occipitis pili flavescunt. Antenne subtus
rufo- fulve, basi nigre.

Truncvs supra pube brevi, densa, pallidé flava,
tectus. Sguamule nigre. Ale subhyaline,
nervis piceis. Pedes cinereo-pilosi. Palme
fuscee. Tibie postice scopa pallida. Digiti
omnes testacei. Scopule fulvee.

AspoMEN subovale, cinereo-subhirsutum, seg-
mentis margine albicantibus. Ani Fimbria

4 cinerascens. Venter convexus, nitidus, seg-
mentis margine hirtis. |

fuscipes. 75, M. nigra, pallido-subvillosa; thorace fulvo ;
gra, Pp | :
abdomine segmentis margine albidis;_ tibiis
posticis scopa fusca. Ral
MUS. D. Lathbury, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab. Barhamiz rarissima,

DESCR. Acul,

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-villosum,

Carur subvillosum. Antenne nigre, articulis

~ extimis subtus rufo-piceis. Macula sericeo-
cinerea, nisi sub lente et a latere vix conspicua,
Verticem utrinque apud oculos signat. j

Truncus. Thorax pube fulva obsitus. Meta-
thorax =. utrinque villosissimus. Sgua-
mule testacee. dle subhyaline, apice ob-
| scuriores,

*

MELITTA. (#%. ¢.)
scuriores, nervis piceis. Pedes fusco-pilosi,
certo tamen situ pallescunt pili. Femorum
barba albida. Tibie posticee scopa fuscd un-
dique obsite.

AzspomeEN subellipticum, tergo depressiusculo,
pilis brevissimis vix conspicuis, nigricantibus
consito, basi pallido-villoso,segmentis tribus
intermediis margine tomentoso-albis. Ani
Fimbria fuscescens. Venter conyexus, niti-
dus, segmentis albido-ciliatis.

This insect and the preceding are liable to be
confounded, since, upon a cursory view, there ap-
pears to be very little difference between them ;
but if they be more closely examined, they will be
found very distinct. The antenne of MW. fuscipes
are entirely black, except only the under side of
the two last joints ; its head is less hairy, and _ the
hairs of the legs, and the scopa, which in the pre-
sent family, in that respect, are not subject to vary,
are brown. ‘The vertex, in both these insects, is
distinguished by a pale downy spot on each side
adjoming to the eyes, scarcely to be discovered
without the assistance of a magnifier, which seems
designed to prevent the antenna from receiving
injury by friction: a circumstance which is ob-
servable in many other species.

137

76. M. atra, pallido-subvillosa ; abdomine segmen- Lisierel/a

tis margine albidis; thoracis diséo subpiloso,
nigro,
KA MUS,

138 MELITTA. (##. c.)
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Sowerby, Trimmer, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 43—5.
Hab, Barhamiz in floribus, maximé Syngenesie.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pallido-villosulum.

Caprur pube cinerascenti. Vertex calvus, Oc-
ciput pilis atris. Antenne subtus fulve, basi
nigre,

Truwcus supra pilis raris, atris, limbo villis den-
sis, pallidis. Metathorax utrinque pallido-yillo-
sissimus. Squamule nigre. Ale subhyaline,
apice nigricantes, nervis fuscescentibus. Pedes
nigri, pallido-pilosi, Scopule fulyo-aurez,
Digiti rufi.

AxspomeEn subovale, tergo depressiusculo, atro,
pilosulo, basi, apiceque cinerascenti, segmentis
margine laté villoso-albidis. Venter convexus,
nitidus, segmentis cinereo-ciliatis.

Var. g pedibus, ventreque, piceis.

fulvicrus.77. M. nigra, grisescente-villosa ; abdomine fasciis
tribus pallidis ; tibiis posticis scopa fulva.
MUS. D. Marsham, Smith, Latham, Haworth, M*Leay,
Lathbury, Sowerby, Trimmer, Francillon, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—5}.

Hal. Barhamiz, in floribus Syngenesi@, maximé Jaco-+
bee, tempore autumnali haud infrequens. Mas, ine-
unti Aprile, declivia circum arida irrequietus volitat,
Recens insectum allium spirat,

DESCR. Acul. wri 2
CORPUS nigrum, grisescente-villosum.
| Carvt,

MELITTA. («*. c.)
Carut. Facies hirsutie densa vestita. Occipitis —
pilinigri. Antenne capitis longitudine, nigre.
Truncus. Thorax pube rara admodum. Squa-
nule picee. Ale hyaline, apice nigricantes ;
nervis ferrugineis, duobus crassioribus nigris.
Pedes rufescente-pilosi. Tibie postice scopa
fulva. Scopule fusce.

139g

ABDOMEN ovatum, latum; tergo glabriusculo,
punctulatissimo, punctulis levissimé impressis,
basi villosulo, segmentis tribus intermediis
margine tomentoso-pallidis. Ani Fimbria atra.
Venter hirtus, anum versus potissimum.

Var. 6 corporis pube cinerascenti.

Maris Facies hirsuto-nigricans. Antenne tho-
race breviores. -4bdomen lanceolato-ovatum,
segmentis tribus anticis griseo-hirsutulis, in-
termediis quatuor margine villoso-grisescen-
tibus.

Var.g abdominis segmentis margine villoso-

—— albidis.

78. M. nigra, supra fulvo-pubescens; abdomine lanifrons.
ovato, basi fulyo-villoso ; segmentis apice pal-
lidioribus.
MUS. D. Haworth. '
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab, in Anglia. Hance unicam vidi.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, subtus_pallido-villosulum,
pube densa fulva vestitum.

CaputT,

u4Q00—CO MELITTA, (**#, ©.)

Capurt. Facies flavescente valde hirsuta. Ge-

narum barba longa, densa. Antenne thoracis
: longitadine, nigra, subtus picez.

Truncus. Squamule fulve. Ale hyaline, ner-
vis nigricantibus, Pedes nigri, hirti, tibiis, quam
in hac familia plerumque maribus mos est,
majoribus. Digiti testacei. .

Aspomen ex oblongo ovatum, nigrum, pubes-
cens; segmentis duobus anticis pube fulva
tectis, proximis tribus margine fulvescente-
pallidis.

contigua. 79, M. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine segmentis
margine villoso-albis.
MUS, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4}.
Hat. Barhamiz e rarioribus una.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, villoso-cinerascens.

Capur trunci feré magnitudine. Facies hirsuto-

ee grisescens. Labii tuberculum elevatiusculum,

truncatum. -4ntenne thorace breviores.

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale subhyaline,
apice obscuriores; nervis rufo-piceis, crassi-
oribus duobus nigris. Pedes hirti.

AgpoMEN ovatum, cinerascente-hirsutulum,
segmentis ultimis margine villoso-albis.

This species a good deal resembles variety @ of

. the male of M. fulvicrus ; but the hirsuties of its
face

MELITTA. (##. ¢.) Al
face is grisescent, and its abdomen is shorter and
more ovate,

so, M. nigra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine ovali ; pubescens.
labio subcornuto.
Apis pubescens corpore cinereo-pubescente, immaculato,
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em, n. 95.

Lin, Syst. Nat, ed. Gmel. p. 2773. n. 69.
Vill. Ent. Eur.3, n.61,

MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3.

Hab. In Suffolcia, semel tantummodo lecta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum.

Capurt trunco majus. Antenne thorace brevi-
ores, subtus piceze. abit tuberculum eleva-
tiusculum. | . j

Truncus. Squamule nigre. Ale hyaline,
apice pauld obscuriores, nervis nigricantibus.
Pedes cinereo-hirti. :

ABDOMEN ovale, cinereo-hirsutulum, segmentis
margine albidioribus. Venter convexus, hir-
tus, segmentis cilia brevi, albida marginatis.

This little Melitta agrees so well with Fabricius’s
description of his Apis pubescens, that I have no
doubt of its being that insect. It is extremely
rare, and much smaller than any of the preceding
Inales. :

81. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine beg hamer

: we ‘ 4 ‘ hoidalis.
mentis posticis utrinque margine albis; ano’”
ferrugineo.
Phe . Andrena

142

MELITTA. = («#. c.)
Andrena hemorrhoidalis nigra, ano ferrugineo,
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.25.
Vill. Ent. Eur.3. Apis, n.74.
Apis dichroa, Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2792. n.188,

MUS, D. Latham, Francillon, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 7—8.
Hab. in Anglia, a D. Latham bis capta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube cinerascenti.

Carur densits barbatum. Vertex utrinque ad
oculos macula sericeo-flavescente, nisia tergo
et sub lente vix conspicua, ornatus.. Antenne
capitis longitudine, nigra, subtus rufo-picez.

Truncus supra glabriusculus. Thorax nitidus,
punctulatus, anticé lineis tribus obsoletis no-
tatus. Squamule ferruginee. Ale testacee,
apice obscuriores, nervo costali interiore ni-
gro. Pedes nigri, rufo-pilosi. Femorum lana
pallida. Tibie posticee scopa rufa, Digiti
‘testacei. Scopule ferrugineo-aurate.

AsBpoMEN ex oblongo subellipticum, glabrum,
lucidum, piceo-nigrum; segmento tertio et
quarto margine utringue albo-ciliato. Ani
Fimbria densa, ferruginea.

Var. @ scopa supra flavescenti, subtus albida.

Maris Nasus luteo-albidus, punctulis duobus ni-
gris. Truncus supra grisescente-villosus. Ab-
domen grisescente-villosulum.

This fine insect, which has been taken in Eng-

land, the aculeate by Dr. Latham, and both sexes —
by Mr. Francillon, is one of the largest of the ge-

nus.

MELITTA. (#x. cj) 143

nus. Itis, I think, beyond a doubt, the dndrena
hemorrhoidalis of Fabricius. The synonym of
Panzer belongs to a Melitta, I shall describe here-
after. Christius has figured two insects as syno-
nymous with this: the one a Bombinatrix, the
Apis arbustorum, Fab.; and the other M. albicans,
described above (7)

82. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdominechrysos-
a Se 3 eye -_ celes,
nitido, fasciis interruptis albidis; ano, tarsis,“""
tibiisque posticis, testaceis.
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Lathlury, Trimmer, Sowerby,
Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—44,
Hab, Barhamiz, in floribus haud rara, tempore vernal
copulans.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum; cinereo-subpubescens.

‘Carut. Antenne nigre, subtus rufo-fulvee.

Truncus. Thorax utrinque lineola abbreviata
exaratus. Squamule testacee. Ale testacez,
iricolores, apice nigricantes. Pedes piceo-ni-
eri, pallido-pilosi; femorum posticorum barba
et flocculo albidis. TZarsi omnes, Tibieque
posticze, testacei. Scopa argenteo-albida. Sco-
pule fulvo-aurez.

_, ABpomeEN subovale, fusco-nigrum,. tergo de-
pressiusculo, lucido, glabro, segmentis tribus
intermediis margine albo-ciliatis, anticis duo-
bus interrupté. Ani imbria pallidé aurea.
Venter convexus.

(u) Hymenopt. p. 132. tab. 9. fig. 2. & p,190. tab, 16. fig. 8.
Maris

144 | MELITTA. («#«. c.)

Maris Corpus angustum, albido-villosum. Caput
trunco latius. Facies anticé hirsuta. Nasus
carneus, utfinque punctulo nigro notatus.
Occipitis pili cinerei. Antenne thorace bre-
viores, nigre. Thorax cinereo-subvillosus.
Tibie postice nigra, apice testacee. Albdo-
men lineari-lanceolatum, tergo convexo, albi-
do-pilosulo, segmentis intermediis margine
utringue obsoleté ciliatis. Venter hirtulus,
segmentis posticis fimbrid nitidd, pallidé au-
reA, nisi a latere vix conspicua, ciliatis.

Var. ¢ tibiis posticis testaceis, litura subannulari
nigricanti.

Obs. Habitus et statura precedentis, sed mul-
toties minor.

dorsata. 83. M. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; thorace fulvo ;
abdomine fasciis tribus albis, antica interrupta ;
tarsis rufis.

MUS. Kirby. .

Long. Corp, Lin. 4.
Hab. In Suffolcia, semel tantiim lecta,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube cinerascenti.

Caput. Antenne nigre, capite longiores. . _

Truncus supra pube, brevi admodum, fulva
obsitus, limbo confertits. Metathorax utrin-
que pallido-villosus. Squamule ferruginez.
Ale testacez, iricolores, apice obscuriores.
Pedes picei, pallido-pilosi; digitis omnibus, »

plantisque

MELITTA. (##. c) 1A
plantisque posticis, rufis. Tibie postice: apice
rufz, scopa pallida. Scopule fulvee.
Azpomen subovale, tergo’ glabro, segmentis
tribus intermediis margine albo-ciliatis, antico
interrupté. Ani Fimbria cinerea. Venter con-
vexus, cinereo-hirtus, maximé anum versus.

This species is easily confounded with that which
precedes it, but if they are carefully compared it
will be found to be distinct. The antennz are
entirely black; the pile of the upper side of the
trunk is shorter and tawney; the feet are piceous ;
and only the digiti and posterior planta are red.
The anal fringe likewise is paler, the first only of
the abdominal fascia: is interrupted, and the under
side of the abdomen is more hairy.

84. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomine seg- //ilkellc,
mentis intermediis utrinque margine albis;
plantis, tibiisque posticis, rufis.

MUS. Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 52.
Hab. in Anglia prope Londinum, a D. Trimmer seme!
capta et mihi transmissa.
DESCR. <Acul.
CORPUS atrum, cinereo-subvillosum.
~ Carut. Antenne nigre, subtus picee.

Truncus supra glabriusculus. Squamule ferru-
gine. Ale testaceze, nervo costali interiore
nigro. Pedes nigri, rufescente-pilosi. Femo-
tum barba pallida.- Plante, Tilieque postice,
! | rufee.

- >

%

346

proxima.

MELITTA. («+. ¢.)

_rufe. Palme nigre. Scopa flayescens. Sco-
pule fulve. Digiti rufo-picei.

AzpoMEN ex oblongo suboyatum, segmentis
tribus intermediis utringue margine albo cili-
atis. Ani Fimbria pallida. Venter convexus,
cinereo-pubescens.

In honorem D. Wilks Angli, Entomologi pres-
tantis, et Lepidopterorum pictoris eximit, nomen
7mposut.

M. Wilhella is considerably larger than either of
the preceding species, its thorax is less hairy, its
digiti are rufo-piceous, and its abdomen is of a
different form, being proportionably wider at its
base; in most other respects it is very similar to
them. )

85. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; thorace gri-
sescenti; abdomine utrinque strigis tribus
albis; scopa pallida nitenti.

MUS. D. Sowerly, Kirby.

Long. Corp, Lin. 43.

Hab. Barhamie, rarior tamen.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum.

Carur. Facies infra antennas densé satis pubes-
cens. Antenne nigra, capite longiores. *

Truncus. Thorax pube rariori, subgrisea con-
situs. Metathorax confertiis villosus. Squa-
mule picee. Ale subhyaline, apice nervis-
que, nigricantibus. Pedes pallido-pilosi; tibiis

7 posticis

4 J °

*.

MELITTA. (##. c:) 147
posticis scopa pallida, argenteo-nitida. . Digits
articulis extimis ferrugineis. Scopule nigricant.

AgpomeEN subovatum, lucidum, segmentis tri-

__ bus intermediis lateribus margine albo-ciliatis.

Ani Fimbria sordidé pallida. Venter convexus,
cinereo-subhirtus. |

Var. galarum nervis, plantis, scopulisque, rufis ;

abdomine segmentis intermediis margine
albo-ciliatis, antico interrupteé.

The hirsuties of the thorax of M. proxima is
nearly of the same colour with that of 2. meliijica,
which Linneus has called subgrisea. Its wings
have no testaceous hue, and its pale scope, in cer-
tain lights, glitter like silver: circumstances which
sufficiently distinguish this insect from those which
‘precede it. Variety 2 seems intermediate between
a and M. Wilkella.

86. M. atra, nitida, albido-subyillosa; frontis an-Coitana, °

gulis, nasoque, albis.
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3,
Hob. in Anglia, a D.J.Coyte, entomologo Gippovi-
censi, mihi transmiss?¢
DESCR. Mas.
ORPUS atrum, nitidum, albido-subpubescens.
Caput. Nasus, atque anguli frontis, carneo-
‘albidi, ille punctulis duobus nigris notatus.
Antenne thorace breviores nigre.
Truncvus. Squamule picer. Ale subhyaline,
nervis nigris, Pedes hirti, digitis ferrugineis.
_ VOL, If, L ABDOMEN

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lalialis.

MELITTA. (¥%. €.)
Aspomen lanceolatum, convexum, albido-pi-
losulum, segmentis apice obscuré rufescenti-
bus. Ventér albido per fascias hirtus. -

A coloured nasus now and then distinguishes
the males in this and the following genus. This
we have seen before, in the instances of M. cingu-
lata, hemorrhoidalis, and Secs as well as in
the second family. I presume it is also a sexual
character in the present and the following species.
This has been taken only by my ingenious friend,
the Rev. James Coyte of Ipswich, by whose name
I have called it, and whose cabinet contains many
other very rare insects.

87. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace fulvescenti ;
facie anticé albida ; abdomine segmentis mar=
gine utrinque pallidis.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirhy.

Long. Corp. Lin. 53.
Hab. in Anglia, capta emipinp prope Londinum, . semel
juxta Norvicum.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-villosum.

Capur trunco latius. Os albido-barbatum.
Facies posticé cinereo-villosa, anticé carnea,
naso punctulis duobus nigris. Antenne nigteey
thorace breviores.

Truncus. Thorax fulvescente-pubescens. Squa-
mule testacee. Ale testacee, apice, nervoque
costali interiore, nigricantibus. Pedes pallido-
hirti, digitis ferrugineis. Scopule fulvo-aurez. —

ABDOMEN

MELITTA, (x#+. c.) iis
Aspomen lancéolato-ovatum; tergo-ex pilis
densis fusco-cinereo, segmentis utrinque mar=
- gine albidioribus. Venter basi cinereo-sub-
hirtus, segmento penultimo fimbrid densa,
flavescenti. ——
Var. g thorace rufo; abdontinis hirstitie grises-
centi.
y facie antic flava.

88. M. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace, tarsisque rus Lewinel:
fescentibus; abdomine segmentis intermediis
utrinque striga albida.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury,

Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin: 33:

Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus tempote vernali haud rara,

-DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pallido-villosiumi:

Capur. Facies hirsuto-subrufa: Antenne fet?
thoracis longitudine, nigre:.

Truncus supra hirsuto-rufescens. Sguamulé
nigre. Ale subhyaline, iricolores, apice ob=
scuriores; mnervis testaceis, costali intefioré
nigro. Pedes grisescente-hirti, tarsis omnibus,
tibiarumque posticarum apice, téstaceiss

bbe ovato-lanceolatum, fusco-nigitim,
pilosulum, basi ef apice grisescente-villostitn 5
segmentis intermediis margine utrinque albo=
ciliatis, Venter subhirtus;

89. M. atra, cinereo-villosd; abdomine ovato seg ovatuli:

mentis margine albidis.
L2 MUS,

150 MELITTA. (#+. c.)
MUR. D. Marsham, Sowerby, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab, Barhamiz, in collibus arenosis frequens mense
Maio, 1800. ,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum.

Carut. Facies infra antennas hirsuto-grisescens.
Antenne thorace breviores, piceo-nigre. —

Truncvus. Thorax pube, haud densa, subgriseé
obsitus. Squamule picee. dle hyaline,
iricolores, apice obscuriores; nervis nigrican-
tibus, anastomosi pallida. Pedes cinereo-hirti.
Scopule fulve.

ABDOMEN ovatum, pilosulum, segmentis mar-
gine albo-ciliatis, anticis interrupté. Venter
cinereo-hirtus ; segmentis margine fimbria
flavescente-nitenti ciliatis.

Larbata. gO. M. nigra, lutecenti-villosa ; abdomine subova-
to; segmentis margine membranaceis, albido-
* ciliatis.
MUS. D. Banks.
| Long. Corp. Lin, 44.
Hab, in Anglia.

DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS nigrum, pube Iutescenti. ‘y
Capur villis pallidis longits barbatum. Fa

hirsuto-lutescens.

Truncvus. le subhyaline; nervis, excepto
costali interiore nigro, testaceis, Pedes albido-
hirti, digitis rufescentibus. Ps

ABDOMEN

MELITTA. («#. c.) 7 151
_ ABDOMEN fusco-nigrum, pallido-subyillosum ;
segmentis anticis margine membranaceis, in-
termediis tribus albido-ciliatis, ultimis piloso-
nigricantibus.

This insect, in the form of its abdomen, some-
what resembles WM. ovatula; its head, however, is
extremely hairy, the margin of the anterior dorsal
segments of the abdomen is membranaceous. ‘The
only specimen that I have ever seen of it is in the
rich cabinet of Sir J, Banks, |

4

Ql, M. atra, hirsuto-canescens ; abdomine levi, barlila-
lanceolato; facie anticé barbA densA argented. ote
MUS, D. Marsham, Sowerby, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 44

Hab. Barhamiz in. floribus mense Maio, ¢€ rarioribus
una,

DESCR. Mas, |
~ CORPUS atrum, hirsuto-incanum.

Capur. Facies anticé barba densa, long, ar-
genteo-nitida ornata. Mazille forcipatee.
Antenne thorace breviores, nigree.

~ Truncvs. Thorax hirsutie cinerascenti. Squa-
mule nigre, Ale hyaline, apice pauld ob-
scuriores; nervis piceis, anastomosi majuscula.

Redes albido-hirti. Scopule pallidee. Digiti
~~ ferruginei. wiih.

“ABDOMEN lancéolatum, acutum, piloso- subin-
can.m, leve. Venter pilosulus, segmentis
fimbria brevi, derisa, ‘argentea, (hilitkis,

Bo This

,

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152 MELITTA, («*. ¢.)

This little insect is remarkable for the silver pile
which is, as it were, combed over its mouth, and
for the long hoary hair with which its body, the
abdomen excepted, is thickly vested on all sides.
In shape it resembles the Andrena nitida of Pan-
zer(o), from which, however, it is very distinct.

harbatus oi. M. atra, albido-villosa; abdomine subovali
ia, punctulato; segmentis intermediis margine
utrinque albis.
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.
Hab. Barhamiz rarior,
DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, albido-villosum.
Carut hirsutum. Antenne thorace vix brevi-
ores, nigr, nitide, articulis subarcuatis.
Truncus. Thorax cinereo-pubescens. Squa-
mule nigre. Ale subhyaline, apice nigri-
cantes ; nervis, costali interiore nigro excepto,
ferrugineis, Pedes albido-hirti. Scopule
pallide.
Azpomen ex lineari-subovale ; tergo punctulis
creberrimis levissimé impressis, nisi sub lente
vix conspicuis, perseminatum, segmentis tribus
intermediis utrinque ciliA marginali alba, basi
anoque villoso-albidis. Venter grisescente
subhirtus, segmentis ultimis cilia brevi, flaves-
centi, fimbriatis. :
(o) Fn, Ins, Germ, Init, n. 56, tab. 2,
93. M.

' MELITTA. («*, c.) 153.
93. M. atra, cinereo-villosa ; abdomine subovato, Collin-
nitido ; segmentis posticis margine albidis. dei
MUS, Kirby. )
Long. Corp. Lin. 33.
Hab. In Anglia, prope Norvicum capta Junio mense
RN: |
DESCR. Mas,
CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum.
Capvurt trunco latius. Oculi prominuli. Antenne Y
capite longiores, subtus fusco-nigree.
Truncus. Squamule nigre. dle subhyaline ;
nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigro.
Pedes albido-hirti. Scopule flavescunt.
AzgpomeEn ovyato-lanceolatum, aterrimum, niti-
dum; segmentis secundo et tertio utrinque,
posticis margine toto, niveo-ciliatis. nus ipse
pallido-yillosus. Venter pilosulus, segmentis
rnargitll pili luteo-nitidis ciliatis.
This is not very unlike M. barbatula, but it is
not much more than half its size, and its abdomen
is of a different form.

94. M. cinereo-subpubescens; thorace rufo; me-comlina-
tathorace utrinque fimbriA pallida ; abdomine™
fasciis tribus, interruptis, albidis.

FIG. Apis combinata. Christii Hymen. p. 197, tab.15. fig.9.

MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth, Trimmer, Sowerly,
' Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 33-—41.
Hab, Barhamiz in floribus frequentissima.

(ce LA DESCR.

MELITTA. (*«1 ©.)
% DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, eke diana .
Carut. Facies apud oculos confertids villosa,
Occipitis pili albidi. Antenne nigre.
“Trontus. Thorax pube rufescenti consitus.
Metathorax utrinque villis densis, incurvis,
luteo-pallidis fimbriatus(p). Squamule picee.
Ale subhyalinz, apice pauld obscuriores; ner-
vis flavis, costali interiore nigro. Pedes pallido-
hirti, digitis omnibus, plantisque posticis, rufis.
Scopule fulve. |
ABDOMEN subellipticum, tergo depressiusculo,
glabro, punctulatissimo; segmentis tribus in-
termediis, margine utrinque albo-ciliatis. Ani
Fimbria fulvescens. Venter convexus seg~
mentis margine cinereo longiis ciliatis.
' Var. g abdomine fascia posticd absoluta.
y abdomine segmentis tanttm duobus in;
termediis utrinque margine albis.
§ tarsis quatuor, tibiisque posticis apice,
rufis; abdomine fascia postica absoluta.
< corporis pube grisescenti, thoracis ferru-
gined; alis apice obscurioribus nervis testa-
ceis; abdomine ovato, fasciis tribus tomen-
toso-pallidis, anticis duobus interruptis;
digitis. quatuor anticis fusco-nigris. An
eadem ? P
Maris Corpus angustum, pube erisescenti ; ; An-
tenne thoracis fere longitudine. dle apice

(p) Tab. 4. *%. c. fig.9. aa.
| nigricantes.

MELITTA: | (#x. c.) 155
nigricantes. didomen ovato-lanceolatum, ‘hi-
tidum, basi rufescente villosulum ; segmea
torum cilia pallida. {
Var. g plantis omnibus a corporis pube
cinerea.

- 'This species varies much, but all the varieties
here given are distinguished by a thick incurved
fringe on each side of the metathorax, which these
little creatures load with pollen. I am not clear,
however, that < is not distinct. -dpis combinata
of Christius appears to be a variety of our insect;

if so, he has omitted the fringe of the metathorax. _
The male much resembles MW, Lewinella, but in |
that all the tarsi are red,

g5. M. atra, supra nudiuscula; metathorace utrin=nudiuscu=
que, tibiisque posticis, pallido-lanatis. . i
MUS. Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 5.
Hab. In Suffolcia, semel tantim lecta.
DESCR. Acul.
* CORPUS atrum, subtus cinereo-villosum.
Carvut subvillosum, Oculorwm intervallum la-
tissimum. Antenne nigre.
_ Truncus. Thorax glabriusculus. Metathorax
utrinque pallido-lanatus. Squamule picee.
Ale testacee, nervo costali interiore nigro.
- Pedes pallido-pilosi. Scopule fusee.
ABDOMEN suboyale, basi et lateribus pilis lon-
gis admodum albidis subvillosum. Ani Fimbria
- yufescens, Venter per fascias cinereo-hirtus.
7 This

fe i) ee

156

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MELITTA. (**. €.)

This species, in common with the preceding,
possesses the fringe of the metathorax, although
not so conspicuously. . It wants, however, the
dorsal fascia which invariably distinguish the
abdomen of all the varieties of M. combinata, the
place of which is supplied by a few long whitish
hairs scattered over the base and sides of the ab-
domen of the insect before us. Its tarsi also are

all black, and its thorax bare. This latter circum-

stance may be only accidental, for this part is very
apt to have its hair rubbed off,

. 96. M. atra, cinereo-villosa; thorace fulvo; abdo-

mine ovato, pilosulo, strigis tnbus albis; sco-
pa versicolori. ane?
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby,
é . Long. Corp. Lin. 5—5$.
Hab. Barhamiz, capta etiam prope N , etaD,
J. Trimmer prope Londinum.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum,

Carut. Mazille forcipate. Facies posticé
grisescente-villosa. Antenne nigre.

Trouwcus supra hirsuto-fulvescens. Squamule
pices. Ale subhyaline apice pauld obscuri-
ores, nervis nigricantibus. Pedes albido-pilosi.
Tibie postice scop4 supra nigricanti, subtus
argenteo-albida, certo situ versicolori, undique
obsitz. .

Azspomen ovatum, nitidum, albido-pilosum,
segmentis tribus intermediis margine albo cili-

| atis,

MELITTA. (4%. c.) 157
atis, anticis duobus interrupté. Ani Fimbria
fusca. Venter segmentis margine cilid dens&,
brevi, albA ciliatis, pilis longioribus insuper
consitis,
_ Far. @ thoracis pube ferruginea.
Maris Corpus totum hirsuto-incanum. Antenne
thorace breviores. Pedes hirti. Abdomen seg-
mentis ventralibus haud ciliatis,
Var. 6 adultior, hirsuto-cinereus.

This insect may possibly be the Apis sericea of
Christius(g), but in his figure the legs are painted
yellow.

97. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; abdomine pen teniy
vexo, nitido ; tarsis omnibus, tibiisque posticis,“”*
rufis.

MUS. Kirly, :
" Long. Corp. Lin. 5.

Hab. Barhamie semel capta, iterum a D. Trimmer
prope Londinum.
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, cinereo-subpubescens.
Capur apud basin antennarum longiis et den-
sits villosum. Antenne pices, scapo nigro.
Macula sericeo-pallida, nisi sub lente et a ter-
go vix conspicua, Verticem utrinque signat.
Truncus. Thorax leviter pubescens. Meta-
thorax utringue pallido-villosus. Squamule
testaceee. Ale subhyalinz, apice obscuriores,

(g) Hymenopt, p.190, tab, 16, fig. 11.
| nervis

'

458 MELITTA. (++. c)

* “ nervis testaceis. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosi,
' tibiis posticis, tarsisque omnibus, rufo-testa-

* ceis: Scopule fulvescunt. Scope argenteo-
pallida.

Axspomen lanceolato-ovatum, nigrum; tergo
convexo, nitido, subtilissimé punctulato ; seg-
mentis apice obscuré pallidis, duobus inter-
mediis utrinque cilié parva, marginali, alba, ul-
timis tribus pilis brevibus, decumbentibus, nisi

latere et sub lente vix‘conspicuis, flayvescen-
-tibus. Ani Fimbria fulvescit. Venter cinereo-
subhirtus, segmentis fimbria brevi, densa, fla-
vescenti, ciliatis,
*

subinca- 98. M. tra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine punctu-
~ lato; digitis omnibus, plantisque posticis, rufis,

MUS. Kirby. :
Long. Corp. Lin. 34. » ;

Hab. In Suffolcia, semel lecta,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, villoso-canescens.

Carvrt trunco latius. -dntenne thorace brevi,
ores, nigra.

Tr NCUS. ‘Squamule obscure, picee. dle
subhyalin, nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore
nigro. Pedes albido-pilosi, digitis omnibus,
plantisque posticis, rufis; plantee item inter-
mediz intus subruf. Tibiarum Spinule albe,

Aspomen ovato-lanceolatum, sub lente punc-
tulatissimum, pilis brevissimis, decumbentibus,

pivion pallidis,

MELITTA. | («#. c.) 159
pallidis, unde fuscum nudis oculis videtur,
irroratum; segmentis margine submembra-,
naceis. -4nus acuminatus.

It is possible that this may be the male of the
preceding species, but it ditfers too much from it
to take this for granted without further proof.

gg. M. atra, supra nudiuscula ; tibiis posticis scopa digitalis.
‘'argentea ; digitis ferrugineis.
MUS. Kirby. + c
Tans Corp. Lin. 5. di
Hab. Barhamiz rarissima.

DESCR. <Acul. |

CORPUS atrum albido-subvillosum.

CapuT villosum satis, occipitis pilis cmerascen-

_tibus. -dntenne supra nigre, subtus picez,
articulis distinctis.

Truncus. Thorax nudiusculus, nitidus, punc-
tatus. Metathorax utrinque albido-villosus.
Squamule nigro-picee. dle subhyaline,
apice, nervisque, nigricantibus. Pedes albido-
pilosi. Tibie postice scopa argenteo-nitida.
Scopule albidz, dimidiato-nigre. Digiti fer-
ruginei.

ABDOMEN aterrimum, subovale, segmentis duo-
bus intermediis utrinque cilid marginali alba.
Ani Fimbria haud densa, pallida. Venter,
anu yersus potissimim, hirtus. !

Obs. In adultioribus cilia marginalis segmento-
rum dorsalium abdominis interdum abrasa.

Y | The

®

4
160 MELITTA. («#. c)

The articulations of the antennz are much more
distinct in the present species, than they usually
are in this sex. ‘Those hairs of the scopula on the
inside of the posterior planta, which are next the
tibia, are white; while those of the lower half of it,
next the digitus, are black.

Shawella.100. M. atra, glabriuscula; abdomine nitidissimo,
_ subcuneiformi, segmentis intermediis utrin-
que albo-ciliatis ; scop4 versicolori.
MUS. Kirby. ee
Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Barhamiz, lecta semel Sepiaute ineunti 1799.

DESCR. Acul: ~ ,

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.

Carur pilis pauculis, cinereis respersum. An-
tenne nigre. “.

Trunecvs. Squamule nigro-picee. Ale infus-
cate, nervis nigris. Pedes nigri, pallido-pilosi.
Tibie postice scopa supra nigra, subtus ar-
gente, certo situ versicolori. Scopule ful-
vescunt. Digiti picei.

AspomeEn subcuneiforme(r), piceo-nigrum, ni-
tidissimum, lateribus quasi crenatis ; segmen-
tis tribus intermediis utrinque cilia brevi, haud
dens4, marginali, alba. Ani Fimbria cimeras-

_ eit. Fenter hirtulus.

In honorem D. G. Shaw, M. D. in Zoologid hai

wlli secundi, nomen dedi:

(r) Tab. 4: ##, ¢, fig. 15. gs
, 101. M;

MELITTA. (#4. c.) 161.

101. M. atra, glabriuscula; antennis subtus ful-minutuia.

vescentibus ; abdomine nitido ; tibiis posticis

scopa argentea.
MUS. Marsham, Trimmer, Haworth, Lathbury, Kirby.

Long: Corp. Lin, 2—33.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus et aggeribus nudis frequens,
in puteo cylindrico nidificans.

DESCR: Acul. |

CORPUS atrum, pilositate parva subincanum.

Caput. Facies utrinque ad oculos villosa. Pers
tex maculis duabus sericeo-pallidis, sine lente -
vix conspicuis, notandus. Antenne nigre,

- apice subtus fulvo. ;

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale pauld infus-
cate; nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigro.
Pedes albido-pilosi. Tibie posticee scopa ci-
nerascenti, certo situ argenteo splendore mi-
canti. Digiti rufi. Scopule fulve.

AzpoMEN suboyale, atrum, nitidum; segmentis
pilis pauculis, albis, infra marginem ciliatis.
Ani Fimbria cinerea.

Var. g antennis subtus piceis.

Maris Corpus albido-villosulum. Antenne tho-
race breviores. dle subhyaline, iricolores,
apice obscuriores. .4idomen valde convexum,
pilis albidis incanum. Plante postice rufe.

Var. g antennis totis nigris. —

102. M. atra, albido-villosula; abdomine nitido,nana,
segmentis basi punctulatissimis; tibiis pos-
ticis scopa argentea.

_MUS.

” 162 MELITTA. (+. c.)
+ MUS, Kirly. | M
Long. Corp. Lin, 3—33.
Hab. Barhamie, bis capta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, albido-subyillosum.

Carut. Vertex immaculatus. Antenne nigre;

capite longiores.
Truncus. Sgquamule nigre. Ale hyaline,
plendidé iricolores, nervis nigris. Pedes al-
ido-pilosi. Tibie posticee scopa albida, cer-
to situ argenteo-micanti. Scopule fulves-
cunt, Digiti picei.

AspomEN subovale, atrum, glabrum, nitidissi-
mum ; segmentis, basi potissimim, subtilissimé
punctulatis, intermediis tribus, cilia haud den-
s4, marginali, alba, anticis interrupta. Ani
Fimbria alba. Venter segmentis margine
albo-ciliatis.

Maris Antenne nigre, thoracis feré longitudine.

Facies anticé longitds et densiis barbata. Ale
apice obscuriores. .4édomen albido-pilosulum.

parvula. 103. M. atra, cinereo-subvillosa; abdomine sub-
rotundo.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Lathbury, osm
Sowerby, al Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3. |
Hal. Barhamie, cum precedentibus frequens. De-
tecta Aprile ineunti 1799, in floribus copulans. Mos*
cham spirat.
DESCR.

vt

MELITTA. (#+#. cj

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-subvillosum.

Caprut villosum admodum. Vertex macula
sericea utrinque ad oculos, obscura tamen,
notandus. Antenne nigre.

Truncus: Squamule picee. Ale paululim
infuscatz, splendidé iricolores, nervis nigri-
cantibus. Pedes cinereo-pilost. Tibie postice
scopa cinerea. :

AspomeNn breve, latum, pilosulum, axial
tera versus et anum. Venter cinereo-hirtus.

Maris Facies atro-hirsuta. Antenne thorace
breviores. Sgquamule nigre. Ale coloribus
prismaticis splendidissimé micantes. Abdoien
suboyatum, convextm: |

M. minutula, nana, and parvula are very similat

to each other, and extremely liable to be confound-
ed; they are however distinct species, having each
a peculiar male. MM. minutula is less hairy than
either of the others, the underside of its antennze
is more or less red, as are also its digiti. From M.
nana it is sufficiently distinguished, by having the
surface of its abdomen impunctulate, arid by its
brown wings. The antennz also of its male aré
proportionably shorter, then those of the same sex
of that insect. Its silver scopa, and differently
formed abdomen, evince its distinction from M.
parvula. The innumerable punctula which, under
a common magnifier, are visible upon the abdomen
of M. nana, furnish a characteristic which well dis-
VOL. II. M tinguishes

16

*

164 MELITTA. (##. c.)

; tinguishes it from the other two. And M. parvula
may always be known by its short abdomen, and
the cinereous hairs which cover its head and trunk.
The hair upon the face of its male is black.

pilosula, 104. M. nigra, cinereo-subpilosa ; capite atro; ab-
domine subovali, segmentis margine mem-
branaceis ; digitis ferrugineis.
MUS. Kirby.
ae Long. Corp. Lin. 32.
Hab. in Anglia, ubi lecta haud bene memini.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, pilositate cinerascenti.

Carut. Facies atto-villosa. Antenne thoracis
feré longitudine, nigre.

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale subhyaline,
nervis ferrugineis, costali interiore nigro. Pedes
cinereo-hirti, digitis omnibus, plantisque pos-
ticis, obscuré ferrugineis. Scopule flavescunt.

AzspoMEN ex lineari ovale, cinereo-pilosulum,
segmentis margine rufescente-membranaceis.

This insect is considerably larger than the male
of the preceding species, which it somewhat re-
sembles; its abdomen is longer and more oval, and
its digiti are ferruginous.

xanthura.105. M. atra, cinereo-subpubescens; ano, tibiis
plantisque oois, rufescentibus; abdomine
fasciis subinterruptis, albidis.
MUS. D. Marsham, Lathbury, Sowerby, Haworth Mas 2,
Kirby.
Long.

/

MELITTA. (##. c.)
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—6.
Hab. Barhamie, capta etiam a D, Trimmer prope
Londinum.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, cifereo-subpubescens.

Carur. Antenne 1 nigree, apice subtus piceo.

Truwcvus. Thorax pube brevissima, rard, con-
spersus. Metathorax utrinque et posticd vil-
loso-flavescens. Squamule rufo-picee, Ale
subtescacez apice obscuriores; nervis, costali
interiore nigro excepto, ferrugineis. Pedes
flavescente-pilosi, tibiis plantisque posticis ru-
fo-testaceis. Stope subflave. Scopule fulvo«
aurex. Digiti picei.

Agpomen oblongum, nigrum, obscurum, seg
mentis tribus intermediis margine albo-ciliatis,
anticis duobus interrupté. Ani Fimbria ful-
vescens, Venter segmentis pilosulis, iio aan
bus longids ciliatis.

Var.g antennis totis nigris; metathoracis villis,
scopaque albidis.
y abdomine subovato, convexo, alias @ simil-
lima. An eadem?

Maris Corpus atruth, cinereo-villosum. Nasus
porrectus. Antenne thoracis feré longitudine.
Pedes nigri, toti cero: Scopule pallidee.
Abdomen ovatum, breve, conyexum, atrum,
pilosulum ; segmentis tribus anticis margine
utrinque villoso-albis. Venter anum versus

M 2 | hirtus,

166 MELITTA. («+#. c)

hirtus, segmentis margine fimbria dens4, brevi,
pallidé aureé ciliatis.

Var.g abdomine angustiori, segmento solum-
modo secundo margine utrinque villoso-albo.

converius 106, M. nigra, griseo-subpubescens; abdomine

ae ovato, convexo, segmentis margine pallidis;

tibiis plantisque posticis rufis.
MUS. Kirby. :

Long. Corp. Lin. 5.

Hab. Barhamiz, semel lecta, iterum prope Norvicum,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, grisescente- pubescens.

Caprut. Facies fulvescente-villosa. Antenne
nigra.

Truncus supra pube Band densa sordidé fulva
tectus. Squamule picee. Ale subhyaline,
apice obscuriores; nervis testaceis, costali in-
teriore nigro. Pedes grisescente-pilosi. Tilie
Planteque postice rufe, ille nebula nigri-
canti. Scopa pallida. te er fulvo-aurez.
Digiti picei.

ABDOMEN ex conico suboyatum, convexum,
fusco-nigrum, punctulatissimum punctulis le-
vissimé impressis, pilis decumbentibus, brevis-
simis, ee unde nudis oculis fuscum
esse videtur, comspersum, segmentis margine
pilis brevibus luteo-pallidis, anticis duobus in-
terrupté, ciliatis. Ani Fimbria densa, luteo-
pallida, Venter convexus, enum versus hirtus.

The

MELITTA. (#*. c.) 167
The abdomen of this species is more convex,
both above and below, than is usual in the present
family; a circumstance which sufficiently distin-
guishes it from any other.

107. M. nigra, grisescente-subpubescens ; thorace fuscata. —

fusco ; abdomine oyato, conyexiusculo, seg-
mentis margine pallidis,

MUS, Kirby,
Long. Corp, Lin. 44.

Hab. Barhamiz, Maio medio 1500, in floribus lecta.

DESCR. Acul,

CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti.

Capurt. Facies anticé fulvescente-villosa. Oc-
cipitis pili fusci. Antenne subtus piceo-nigre.

Truncus. Thorax nitidus, pubeyhaud densa
fusco-nigricanti. Squamule nigre. Ale hy-
alinze, apice paulo obscuriores; nervis, cras- °
sioribus nigris exceptis, anastomosique, fer-_
rugineis. Pedes nigri, pallido pilosi. Tibie
posticze scopa fulva.

ABDoMEN ex cordato subovatum, convexiuseu-
lum, glabrum; segmentis margine pallido ci-
liatis, anticis interrupté. Ani Pimbria ru-
fescens.

M. fuscata, at first sight, might be mistaken for
M. convexiuscula; but the down of the thorax is
of a much darker hue, the posterior tibize and tarsi
are black, the scope are tawny, and the abdomen
is not so conyex either above or below. Upon this

M 3 insect

168

MEDITTA. -(«#, ¢)

insect I found a Pediculus, nearly related to the
P. Apis of Fabricius, but I think distinct, which I
shall describe in the margin(s). The P. Apis is
not uncommon upon the insects of this genus, I
have found fourteen or fifteen upon the same in-
dividual; I have likewise frequently met with it
upon genuine 4pes. From Reaumur and De Geer
we learn, that it also infests some individuals of the
genus Musca(t); for it appears evident, that the
hexapod, of which the latter author gives a long
account as the larva of Meloe Proscarabeus, strange
as 1t may seem, is no other than this insect. His
description and figure tally with it exactly, not
varying from the specimens I have examined in the
slightest degree. ‘This illustrious author, upon
whose accuracy the greatest reliance may generally
be placed, assures us, that from a mass of the eggs
of this Meloe these larvee proceeded ; that he com-
pared them with some he discovered upon Musca

(s) Melitte, P. linearis, niger; ore, tibiisque testaceis.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3.
Hal. in Melittis semel lectus,
Major P. Apum et distinctus, Corpus angustum,
lineare, nigrum. Antenne biarticulate seta termi-
nali. Thorar trium segmentorum. Tilie Tarsi-
que pallidé testacei; hi feré lanceiformes, exarti
wo culati, utrinque seta armati. Anus setis quatuor
instructus exterioribus brevibus. Vid. Tab. 14.
n.11. fig. 10, 11, 12.
(#) Reaum. tom, 4, Mem. 11. p. 490. tab, 31. fig. 17.
De Geer, tom, 5, p. 812, tab. 1. fig, 5—8,
intricaria,
.

MELITTA. (#%. c.)
intricaria, Lin. and found them exactly the same;
that he put a large fly or two amongst them, to
which they attached themselves with the greatest
avidity. Similar animals are mentioned to be hatch-
ed from these eggs both by Frisch and Goedart.
Here seems to be an accumulation of evidence in
confirmation of this extraordinary fact; and yet,
to use De Geer’s words, “ Qui se seroit jamais im-
aginé, qu’on trouveroit les petits ou les larves des
Cantharides de cette espece sur le corps des Mou-
ches? Jamais on ne se seroit avisé de les y cher-

cher(w).” Nothing seems more improbable than that.

a bee or a fly should afford nutriment to the larva
of so large an animal as Meloe Proscarabeus, and
that it should feed in the same manner as an Acarus
or Pediculus.. Its dimensions, one would think, if
it was only a larva, would be found different in dif-
ferent individuals, according to their age; but this
is not the case, for the animal in question varies
scarcely at all in size. Can we suppose, that when
it has attained to a certain size, it quits this kind of
food for some other? All circumstances consider-
ed, I cannot help suspecting that there is some
illusion in the case, which perhaps future observa-
tion will clear up,

169

108. M. atra, fulvo-villosa; thorace ferrugineo ; 4fxeliel-

abdomine subcordato, fasciis tribus, inter-/*

ruptis, pallidis.

(u) De Geer. tom, 5. ‘p. 12,
M 4 MUS,

170 MELITTA. (««. c)
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Lathbury, Trimmer,
Sowerby, Kirby. 1
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—44.
Hab. Barkamiz, in floribus et sylvis tempore vernalj
haud rara, Recens insectum suavem spargit odorem.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, fulvo-villosum.
Carur villoso-grisescens. Vertex calvus. An-
tenne nigre. |
Truncvus. Thorax nitidus, punctatus, ferrugi-
’ neo-subpubescens. Metathorax utrinque fim-
brid rufescenti. Squamule picee. Ale sub-
hyaline, apice obscuriores ; nervis, costali in-
teriore nigricanti excepto, rufis. Pedes pal-
lido-pilosi. Tibie posticee scopa fulva. Floc-
_ eulus Scopuleque fulvi.
AsBpoMEN subcordatum, atrum, punctulatissi-
mum, basi, anoque, fulvo-villosum ; segmentis
duobus intermediis utrinque, quarto margine
toto, tomentoso-albidis. Venter convexus,
per fascias hirtus.
Var. @ plantis posticis, digitisque omnibus, rufis,
_y minor, corpore griseo-subvilloso, abdo-
mine segmentis duobus anticis margine
utriuque, proximis duobus margine toto,
anoque, tomentoso-pallidis,
Obs. Hujus varietatis abdomen ad figuram
rotundam proximé accedit. An eadem ?

6 corporis pube, imd etiam thoracis, cine-
; rascenti ;

MELITTA. («#+#. c.) 171
rascenti; antennis apice subtus piceo;
tarsis ferrugineis. An eadem?

Jn honorem D. Adam Afzelii, M.D. Sueci, Bo-
tan. Demonstr. Upsal. viri celeberrimi et med
tenut laude majoris, hoc insectum nominavt.

I suspect that varieties y and 3 of this species
may be distinct, they agree, however, with « and @
jn so many respects, that I have not ventured to
separate them.

109. M. nigra, cinereo-subpubescens; thorace fla- tricincta.
| vescenti; abdomine ovato, basi subretuso,
fasciis tribus, angustis, pallidis.
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5,
Hab. in Anglia, semel lecta.
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-subpubescens.
Carvur albicante-villosum. Lingue apex lon- |
-gior quam in precedentibus. -Auricule mi-
nutz. Palpi interiores vix fracti. Valuule
apice cultriformi. Antenne apice subtus rufo-
piceo. Stemmata inlined curva.
Truncus. Thorax pube flavescenti tectus.
Squamule pices. Ale hyaline, apice obscu-
riores, nervis nigricantibus. Pedes nigri, pal-
lido-pilosi. . Zibie posticze scopa certo situ
argented. Scopule fulvescunt. Digiti pos-
teriores infra apicem plantze inserti. Flocculus
obsoletus. }
| ABDOMEN

174

chrysura.

MELITTA. (##. c.)

AsBDoMEN ovatum, basi villosum et subretusum,
segmentis tribus intermediis margine tomen~
toso-pallidis. Ani Fimbria medio atra, utrin-
que pallida. Venter, anum versus potissimum,
cinereo-hirtus.

This and the following species vary from the
characters of the insects of this genus, and ap-
proach to those of genuine 4pes. Their tongue
is longer with very minute auricles, and the tops of
the valvulz are cultrifrom (x). They still, however,
retain so much of the character of Melitta, as to
be properly placed in that genus, and they will rank
very well with the insects that compose the present
family, with which they agree in habit. If consi-
dered as forming a distinct subdivision, it may be
regarded as a connecting link between the genera
which partakes of the characters of both.

110, M. atra, grisescente-subpubescens; thoracis

_ limbo fulvescenti; abdomine ovato, basi re-
tuso, ano fulvo-aureo.
FIG. Andrena hemorrhoidalis, Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ, Init.
n.65. tab. 20.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Haworth, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus Campanule rotundifolia et
Trachelii femina haud rara. Mas cirea aggeres apricos
tempore vernali obvius, feminz etiam sepe comes,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pube grisea.

(r) Tab. 3. x#. c. fig. 8, 9,
u Carut

MELITTA. (##. c.)

Caput admodum villosum. Oris barba fulvo-
aurea. Occipitis pili atri. Zabium tuberculo
nullo. -Antenne apice subtus piceo.

Truncus. Thorax anticé et utrinque pube
fulvescenti, disco atro rartis piloso. Squamule
picee. Ale.subhyalinz, apice obscuriores,
nervis nigris. Pedes fulvo-pilosi. Tibie pos-
ticee scopa fulvo-aurea. Scopule ferruginez.
Digiii obscuré rufi, postici infra apicem plan-
tee inserti. Flocculus obsoletus. _

AgpomeEN ex oblongo ovatum, basi retusum,
segmento primo villoso-grisescenti, tribus pro-
mixis cilid brevi, marginali, alba. Ani Fim-
bria fulvo-aurea. Venter subhirtus, ano pube
dens, fulva tecto. |

Obs. In adultioribus corporis pubes cinerascit,
et cilia marginalis segmentorum albdominis
dorsalium haud rard abraditur.

Maris Antenne thorace breviores, apice subtus
- dentato(y). Facies villis densis, albicantibus
valde hirsuta. Occipitis, itemque Thoracis
pubes, densa, subflava. Abdomen subhirsutum.

Var. g cinereo-villosus, thoracis disco atro, piloso.

The insect now described appears evidently to be
the Andrena hemorrhoidalis of Panzer, but I think
not of Fabricius. His description, however, is so
very short, that I do not feel quite assured that it
belongs to the insect I have given for it above, ra-

(y) Tab. 4, *%. c. fig. 17.
| ther

173

ee

174

MELITTA. (#+#. c.)

ther than this. This Melitta is not uncommon in
the flowers of Campanula rotundifolia and Tra-
chelium, but it seldom, with us, frequents any other
plant. The male, not unfrequently, attends the
other sex in her flights.

Swam- 111. M. atra, pallido-villosa; abdomine fasciis tri-

merdam-
ella,

FIG,

MUS.

bus albidis; pedibus posticis fulvo longis-
simé lanatis. |

ACUL.

Swammerdam. Bib. Nat. tab.26. fig.7.

Scheff. Icon, tab. 32. fig. 5.

Andrena plumipes flavo hirsuta; abdomine nigro fasciis
tribus albis interruptis ; pedibus posticis flava hirsu-
tissimis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 46, tab. 16.

I MAS.

Apis farfarisequa. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.55.

tab. 14.

D. Marsham, Smith, Latham, Lathbury, Haworth,

Trimmer, M‘Leay, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7.

Hab. Barhamiz, declivia graminosa frequentans, et ibi
puteos cylindricos sibi fodiens, ubi nidificat, et in
quibus femina diebus apricis circa horam meridianam
tempore autumnali insidet, capite versus orific¢ium
putei, dum mas eam circumvolitat difficillimus pre-
hendi. In floribus etiam Jacolbee uterque sexus haud
infrequens,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, pallido-villosum.
Carut. Lingue apex elongatus, attenuatus.

Vertex atro-pilosus. Antenne nigre.
Truncus

MELITTA. (##. ¢.) | i738

Truncus supra fulvo-pubescens, thoracis disco
pilis sparsis, atris consperso. Squamule ni-
ere. Ale hyaline, apice nigricantes, nervis
piceis. Femora pallido-barbata. Tibie rufo-
pilosi. Plante extra pilis atris hirtee, intus
scopulis fulvis. Tibie Planieque postice
lana densa, longissimé, fulva, undique barba-
tee(z). Digiti articulo extimo rufo.

ABDOMEN subovale, atro-pubescens, segmento
primo villoso-pallido, proximis tribus margine
tomentoso-niveis, anticis interrupté. Ani
Fimbria densa, nigricans. Venter per fascias
nigricante-pubescens.

Maris Corpus supra pube densa pallidé rufescenti;
subtus albescenti, tectum. Antenne vix tho-
race breviores, nigre. Pedes hirti, postici
elongati, plantis longits, sed haud densé, vil-
losis. Abdomen ex lanceolato-ovatum, per
fascias rufescente-hirsutum, segmentis mar-
gine albidioribus.

This elegant insect has been long known, for it
was in the collection of the celebrated Swammer-
dam, one of the fathers of Entomology, and has
been tolerably figured by him. I have therefore
decorated it with his name. Panzer has an admi-
rable figure of it, under the name of Andrena plu-
mipes, but in his description of it he says, “ Capué

(x) Tab. 4, *%. ¢. fig. 14,
Nigro

MELITTA. (##. ¢.)
nigro hirsutum——pedes fiavo hirsuti——ale hy-
aline, flavescentes.” These circumstances do not
agree with our specimens, which renders his syno-
nym rather doubtful. He has figured the male as
the Apis farfarisequa of Scopoli, in this I think
he is mistaken.

No person at first sight would take the male and
female of M. Swammerdamella for the same species,
so widely do they differ in most particulars; nor
should I have suspected that there was any con-
nexion between them, had IJ not discovered their
retreats. In the month of August, 1797, Isawa
female take her flight from a grassy declivity of a
southern aspect, which was much entangled with
roots and shrubs. Upon examining this spot more
narrowly, I discovered a number of small burrows,
each of which had a little heap of sand, which had
been excavated from it, lying before it. In some
of these burrows I saw our Melitta sitting, with her
head at the mouth, enjoying the sunshine; at the
same time I observed many other insects flying
about the spot. Upon my attempting to take them
they disappeared, but they soon returned to their
amusement. With some difficulty, I at length
succeeded in taking one, and it proved to be the
male just described. I have since frequently visited
the same spot, and at the proper season have al-
ways found these insects there, both males and fe-
males, employed in the manner I haye mentioned.

These

MELITTA, (xx. c.) 74
These circumstances convince me, that, though
they differ so much in form and hirsuties, they
are only. the two sexes of the same species; espe-
cially since they agree in the shape of the tongue,
which approaches very near to that of a genuine

Apis.

APIS.

( 178 ad

APIS. (#. a.)

tirsina, 1, AX atra, supra glabriuscula; pedibus postici3
fulyo-hirsutissimis.
Apis ursina atra, pedibus posterioribus fulvo-hirsutissi-
mis.
Musk. Lesk. p. 80. n. 520. ,
Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2790. n. 173.
FIG. Tab. 16. fig.1 Var. 8. ;

MUS. @ D. Drury Apis, n.71. 6 Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 35—5.

Hal. In Suffolcia, a nobis semel lecta, Septembre in-

eunti 1797, in ericeto dicto Martlesham heath, prope
Woodbridge.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube, rarA admodum, nigri~

cant.

Capur subrotundatum, nigro hirsutulum. Labi
apex subreflexus. Mazille forcipate, apice
pice. Antenne capite breviores, piceo-nigre.

Truncus. Squamule castanee. Ale infuscate ;
nervis, excepto costali interiore nigro puncto
pallido, ferrugineis. Pedes rufo-pilosi, femo-
rum barba nigra. Tibie Planteque postice
fulvo longissimé lanate. Digiti ferruginei.

AxspoMEN ovale, supra pilosulum, segmentis
margine membranaceis. Ani Fimbria nigri-
cans. Venter conyexus, per fascias nigricante-
pubescens.

Var.

5

APIS.” (x. a) — 133
Var. @ triplo minor, alis subhyalinis.. An eadem ? >

This insect appears evidently to be the Apis ursina
of the Museum Leskeanum. It is extremely rare,
as indeed are all the species of the present family.
[have not seen a single exotic specithen belonging
to it.
2. A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula; antennis dimidiato- Linncel-
rufis, . 1
FIG. Tab. 16. fig. 2:

MU. D. Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 32 1
Hab. In Suffolcia, semel a nobis cum precedente capta,
semel etiam a D. Goodenough.

DESCR. Mas:

CORPUS atrum, nitidissirium , parum pubescens;

Carut. Mazille forcipate. Oculi parvi. An-
tenne rufee, basi nigre.

Truncuvs. Squamule pices. Ale hyaline, ner=
vis ferrugineis. . Pedes piceo-nigri, cineras=
cente-pilosuli. Tibie postice clavate, sub
dolabriformes(d). Scdpule fiilve:

AzpomEN ovatum, segmentis margine depres:
siusculis et submembranaceis. Venter nigro-

piceus.
3. A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula ; digitis rufis. me
MUS. D. Banks, Marsham, Drury Sphex, n. 15, Latha,”
Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hab. Prope Londinum. A me ntihquam lecta.
(a) Tab. 4. Apis. x. a. fig. 14,
“VOL, II. N DESCR.

180 APIS, («.a. b.)

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, lucidum, parum pubescens.

Capur subhirsutum. -4ntenne subtus pices.
Oculi parvi.

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale paululim in-
fuscate ; nervis, excepto costali interiore
anastomosique nigris, ferrugineis. Pedes ru-
fescente-villosuli, digitis ferrugineis.

ABDOMEN ovatum, segmentis margine depres-
siusculis. Venter villosulus.

This insect is extremely similar to the preceding
species; but, although of the same sex, it is as
large again. Its antenne are black, and its digiti
ferruginous,

*. b.
Goodeni- 4. A, atra; tuberculis, squamulis, scutellique punce
ie tis, flavis; abdomine fasciis flavis, nigrisque,
alternis.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Haworth, Lathbury,
Sowerby, Francillon.
Long. Corp. Lin. 55—6.
Hab. Barhamiz et alibi, in aggeribus viarum apricis
mense Maio frequens, odore Meliss@ flagrantissima.
Mas in floribus Grossularie.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube grisescenti.

Carput. Mazille rufe, apice fuscee. Antenna,
Labium, Nasus apice, rufi. Facies utrinque
ad oculos flava.

Trouncus, Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Me-

» tathoracis

‘

APIS, (x. b.) 181

tathoracis macule duze, Scutelli puncta toti-
dem lineolaque transversa, flavaomnia. dle
testaceze, apice nigricantes lunuld alba. Pedes
ferruginei, femoribus basi subtus, apophysi-
busque nigris.

_Appomen ovatum, atrum, fasciis quinqtie flavis,
quarum antica subintegra, intermedia duz
medio attenuate, Venter niger, fasciis qua-
tuor subrepandis, flavis. |

Var. @ labio fusco; abdominis fascia anticd in-

terrupta.
y scutello lineola transversd nullA, alias ¢
similis.

_ § metathorace immaculato, alias « similis,
¢ metathorace immaculato; abdominis fas=
cia antic interrapta; ventie fasciis binis
intermediis, striga antica, punctisque duos
bus posticis, flavis.

“Maris Cor ‘pus albido satis villosum. Caput anticé
flavum, flavedine oculos semiambiente, versus
antennas trifurca, dente intermedio breviori.
Antenne scapo nigro, subtus flavo, apice ar-
ticulis quinque primis supra macula nigricaiti.
Scutellum punctis duobus flavis. Metathorax
immaculatus. Pleure anticé lunula flava picte.
Pedes rufo, nigro, flavoque variegati. Apo-
physes quatuor anteriores flavo maculate.
Abdomen nigrum, supra et infra fasciis quin-
que, anoque, flavis; segmentuim ultimum dor-

. sale emarginatum, /. bidentatum.. ~*

a Nn 2 Far.

182 APIS. (+. b)
Var. @ capitis flavedine versus antennas bifurca ;
abdominis tergi fascia antica interrupta.
y capitis flavedine versus antennas bifurca ;
abdominis tergi et ventris fascia antica in-
| terrupta. |

Obs. Infinita fer? varietate gaudet hec species
in utroque sexu. Precipue supra dantur, alie
minus insignes.

A viro Reverendo S. Goodenough, LL.D. Ca-
nonico Windsoriensi, Botanico summo tum et
in Entomologia lynceo, nomen suum hee Apis
mutuatur.

A.'Goodeniana resembles a good deal Nomada
succincta, figured by Panzer(t); but I think it
very distinct. Jt differs in the colour of the lip,
of the anterior part of the face, the antenne, and
especially of the legs, which in his are described as
entirely yellow with black thighs, and a black spot
on the posterior tibiz; these, in our males, for his
figure represents a male, are red, variegated with
yellow only on the anterior side, with red primary
and secondary thighs, marked with a black line
underneath ; the third pair being black on the pos-
terior side, and red only before and at their tips.

allernata.5. A, atra, giseo-subvillosa; tuberculis, squamu-
lisque flavescentibus ; abdomine fasciis flavis,
nigrisque, alternis ; scutello immaculato.
MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 54.

(b) Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n, 55. tab, 21.
Hab.

*

APIS. (x. b) | 183
Hab. Barhamiz. Tempore vernali in floribus Grossu-
larie bis capta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube grisescenti.

Capur anticé flavum flavedine versus antennas
bifurca. Mazille apice fuscee. Antenne rufe,
supra basi nigre, scapo antrorsum lineola rufa.

Truwncus. Collare utrinque, Tubercula, Squa-
mule item extrorsum, sulphureze. Scudellum
immaculatum. Plewre antrorsum macula par-
va, sublunata, flava. Ale subtestacez, apice
fuscescentes. Pedes rufi, femoribus subtus ni-
gris, primariis antrorsum fulvescentibus. 4po-
physes nigre.

ABDOMEN atrum, supra et infra viridi- flavo fas-
ciatum fascia antica interrupta. -dnus ‘apice
bidentatus.

This species possesses most of the characters
which distinguish the same sex of the preceding,
and I should have assigned it only a station amongst
the varieties of this sex of that insect, had it not
wanted those characters which seem constantly to
attend them: namely, the two yellow dots upon
the scutellum, the yellow markings of the legs, and
the yellow spots which are observable on the four
first pair of apophyses; not to. mention slighter
differences.

6. A. atra, cinerascente-subvillosa ; scutelli punctis Zat#iu-
TUana,
duobus, abdominisque’ fasciis posticis, flavis ;

antica rufa,
x3 MUS.

184

APIS. (x. b.)

_MUS. D, Marsham, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 42.
Hal. Prope Woodbridge in Suffolcia, a D. Lathbry
semel capta, semel etiam a D. Marsham.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, cinerascente-villosum.

Capur antice flavum, flavedine oculos semiam~
biente, versus antennas trifurcé dentibus sub-

zequalibus. Mazille apice fuscz. Anica
rufz, basi supra picez, scapo antrorsum flavo. |

Truycus. Tubercula, Scutellum punctis duobus,
Pectus anticé utrinque macula lunata, flava.
Squamule extrorsum fulve. Ale testacee.
Pedes antici flavi, posteriores quatuor rufi
geniculis sulphureis. Femora postica nigra,
antrorsum ferruginea. Apophyses nigre, an-
ticis antrorsum macula flava, apex rufescens.

AzspomeEN ovato-lanceolatum, segmento primo
basi nigro, apice laté rufo, proximis tribus
flavis, margine rufo-piceis, Anus flavus, seg-
mento ultimo integro, rufescenti. Venter fas-
ciis nigris, flavis, rufisque variegatus.

Var. @ oculorum ambitu feré toto, collare utrin-
que, squamulisque flavis,

Pueritie comiti fer? ab incunabulis, adolescentie
mec et maturiorum annorum amico jucundo,
entomologo prastanti, et rerum naturalium
observatori, item pictori, accuratissimo, Vira
Reverendo Petro Lathbury, Woodbridgensi,

hoc insectum sacrum esse volui,

7. Ae

ee

APIS. (+. b) 185
7, A. atra; scutello, tarsis, tibiis extra, abdominis-varia.
que fasciis posticis, flavis, antica rufa.
FIG, Nomada varia antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, abdo~

mine flavo, anticé rufo, fasciis tribus nigris.
Panzer, Fn, Ins. Germ, Init. n. 55, tab. 20.

MUS, Kirby.
Long, Corp. Lin, 44.

Hab. Barhamiz, semel capta Septembre ineunti 1799,
semel etiam a D. Lathbury,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube cinerascenti.

Caput,.¢t oculorum ambitus anticé, flavi, fla-
vedine versus antennas trifurca. Mawille apice
fuscee. Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-virentes.
Antenne rufe, supra litura media nigra, scapo
nigro antrorsum flavo,

Truncvus. Collare, Tulbercula, Squamule, Scu-~
tellum macula subquadrata, Pleure lunula
antic’, sulphuree. Ale testacez, paululdm
fuscescentes. Pedes rufi, tarsis, et tibiis extra,
sulphureis. Femora ferruginea, subtus basi
nigra. :Apophyses nigre, intermediis articulo
secundo lineola flava inscripto, primariis arti-
culo extimo antrorsum sulphureo.

ABDOMEN subovatum, basi nigrum, fascia fer-

-rugine4, dein fasciis, flavis, nigrisque alternis
variegatum, segmento ultimo bidentato. Vens
ter flavus, nigro fasciatus.

Far. g collare, apophysibusque totis, nigris,

Panzer’s Nomada varia is evidently synonymous
with the insect here described; though, in his de-
N4 SCTIPtion

9

flava,

APIS. («. b,)
scription, the legs are denominated ferruginous ;
the figure, however, represents them variegated

with yellow,

8. A. atra, subvillosa; squamulis fulyis ; abdomine
fasciis flavis, ferrugineisque, alternis.
FIG. Nomava flava thorace atro, immaculato, abdomine flavo,

fasciis quinque rufis, pedibus ferrugincis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 53. tab. 21.

MUS. D, Marsham, Drury Sphex, n. 66. Trimmer, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 34—4}.
Hab. Barhamiz et alibi, haud frequens,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-subvillosum.

CarurT anticé sulphureum. Mazille apice fus-
ca. Nasus pube decumbenti, argenteo-pallida,
barbatus. Antenne ferruginez, supra basi di-
-midiato- nigra, scapo antrorsum pallidé luteo.

Trenevus. Tubercula, sic et Squamule, ferru-
gine. “Scutellum immaculatum. Ale sub-
hyaline, apice nigrz lunula alb4; nervis, ex-
cepto costali interiore fusco, testaceis. Pedes
ferruginei, primarii antrorsum flavi femoribus
ultimis posticé, reliquis subtus, nigris. ox

AzpoMeEN subovatum, segmento primo atro
fasciA ferrugined, reliquis flavis margine ferru-
gineis, ultimo bidentato. Venter rufus, fasciis
nigris, sulphureisque abbreviatis, variegatus.
r. @ minor, corpore albido-villosulo; antennis
supra linea nigra, per totam longitudinem

ducta, _ notandis, escape antrorsum lineola
rufescenti

APIS. («. b.) , - er
rufescenti inscripto; tuberculis atris; ab-
dominis fascia ferruginea antica utrinque
punctulo nigro notat4; pedibus primariis
flavedine nulla; tibiis omnibus papuee ne-

pula nigricanti.
y antennis supra, scapo toto, tuberculis,
-femoribus, tibiisque posticis extrorsum, ni-
ae - gris; abdomine segmento antico fascia an-
gusta, repanda, ferruginea, utrinque punc-
tulo nigro notata; fasciis flavis duabus in-
termediis subinterruptis; ventre nigricanti,
fasciis tribus, punctoque, flavis.
§ abdomine lineari-lanceolato, segmentis in-
termediis fascid flava, interrupta. Alias g
similis.

This varying species may always be distinguished
by the silver pile that is, as it were, combed over
its nasus, by its yellow mouth and ferruginous ab-
domen variegated above and below with yellow
bands. Variety 3 may possibly be a distinct spe-
cies. Panzer’s figure is a yery accurate representa-
tion of our insect,

Q. A. atra; scutelli punctis fulyescentibus ; abdo-rufiven-
‘minis _ventre. ferrugineo, tergo rufo, nigro, om
flavoque fasciato.
MUS. D.Marsham, Kirby.
Fe
Long. Corp. Lin. 41,
Hab. In Suffolcia, a me bis lecta,- semel etiam a D.
Marsham. ;

&

DESCR.

ss | APIS. (#. b.) ;

, DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, rufo-subvillosum.

Capur anticé, et oculorum ambitus, ferruginei,
Mazille apice fusce. Antenne ferruginee,
scapo supra nigro. [= |

Truncus. Collare, Squamule, item Pleure
macula antica, ferruginee. Tubercula, Scu-
tellique puncta bina, fulvo-flava. Ale testa-
cee, apice obscuriores lunula alba. Pe
ferruginei, femoribus posticis hing nigris.
Apophyses articulis apice rufis.

AspomeEn suboyatum, rufum, fasciis nigrican-
tibus flavisque variegatum. Venter ferrugi«
neus, immaculatus.

This may probably be the other sex of one of the
preceding species, for a ferruginous or red mouthis,
in the present family, generally a characteristic of
the aculeates, as a yellow one is of the males; but
as the sexes usually agree as well in the ventral as
in the dorsal markings of the abdomen, and in this
respect A. rufiventris differs from them, I thought
it best to consider it as distinct,

Marsham-10. A. atra; antennis, squamulisque ferrugineis;
~~ scutelli punctis, abdominisque fasciis, flavis,
anticis tribus interruptis.
‘MUS. D. Marsham, MtLeay, Sowerby, Trimmer, Francillon,
Kirby.
ia Long. Corp. Lin, 51—6,
Hab.

; APIS. (x. b,) 189
Hab. Barhamiz. In floribus Ranunculi bulbosi lecta
exeunte Maio. Prope Londinum sepits a D. Mar-
- sham et J. Trimmer capta.
_ DESCR. Acul.
- CORPUS atrum, pube parva cinerascenti.
» @arvr. Mazille, Labium, Nasus apice, An-

tenn@, ferruginei omnes.

# Truncvs. Collare, Tubercula, Scutellum punc-
_ tis duobus, flava. Squamule ferruginee. Ale
_ testaceze, apice obscuriores lunuld alba. Pedes

ferruginei, apophysibus, femoribus posticis, et
- anticis « uatuor basi subtus, nigris.
Aspomen lanceolato-ovatum, nigrum, fasciis
, quatuor, anticis tribus interruptis, anoque,
flavis. Venter convexus, niger, segmento se-
cundo utrinque macula obliqua, proximis du-
obus fascia, quinto utrinque’ punctis duobus,
flavis.

Obs. Abdominis fascia antica interrupta e ma-
culis duabus repandis, extrorsum aitenuatis,
constat. .

Var. abdominis tergi segmento primo, et ven-

' tris ultimo, punctis tantummodo duobus
flavis.
y tuberculis, scutellique punctis rufis; ab- —
domine segmento primo punctis duobus
flavis, tertii fascia subinterrupta; ventre *
basi apiceque immaculato.
6 abdomine segmento primo immaculato;
yentre segmento secundo utrinque punc-

tulis

190 APIS. (x. b.)

| tulis duobus contiguis, tertio fascia intery
rupt4, quarto fascid, luteo-flavis, ultimo im-
maculato. Alias @ similis.

Obs. In héc varietate abdominis segmentum pri-
mum punctorum flavorum vestigia, obscurissima
tamen et evanescentia, exhibet. Punctula: ven-
tralia interdum desunt.

Thome Marsham Armigeri nomine, eg 8
cietatis Limnzane Prefecti; insula

nostrarum Entomologie illustrationem pridem

feliciter aggressi, et eh Britannica
» jam jam publici juris facturi; mihi, in itine-

ribus Nature investigationem propter suscep-
tis, sepe comitis jucundi, et semper amici be-
nevoli, hoc insectum condecoravi.

cornigera,11. A. atra; labio subcornuto; abdominis ventre
basi ferrugineo, tergo maculis, fasciisque fla-
vis, variegato,
MUS, D. Marsham, Drury Sphex, n. 16. Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp: Lin. 5—53, 2

Hal. Barhamiz, aggeribus arenosis, apricis frequens ;
recens insectum moscham redolet.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.
* CarvutT anticé rufum, rubore versus antennas
trifurco, dente intermedio breviore. Mazille
agperice fusczee. Labium cornu brevi acuto ar-
matum,

APIS, (x. b.) igi
tnatum (c). Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-brun-

nei. Antenne rufe. |

Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
__ tellum punctis duobus contiguis, Metathorax
maculis totidem distantibus feré parallelogram-
micis, flava hec omnia. Pleure macula an-
ticd, obscura, ferrugined. Ale paululim i in-

fascate, apice obscuriores; nervis, costali in-

teriore fusco excepto, testaceis. Pedes ferru-
ginei,; femoribus ternariis posticé et subtus,
reliquis basi subtus, nigris. Tibie ultimi pa-
ris basi annulo flavo. -Apophyses rufe, arti-
culo primo basi nigro.

Aspomen ovatum, nigrum, segmento primo
fascia media rufa fasciam aliam subrepandam,
flavam, medio interruptam includente, inter-
medis duobus utringue macula introrsum
acuta, ultimis fascid, flavis. Venter anticé
rufus, fasciis posticis flavescentibus tribus,

Far.g pleure macula flava ferrugineo margi-
nata; puncto sub alis obscuré ferrugineo
pleuree notantur.

y metathorace immaculato; abdominis seg-
menti primi fascia ferruginea strigas tanttm
duas flavas includente; ventre fasciis flavis
solummodo duaubs. Alias a referens.

3 metathorace immaculato; labii cornu lon-
giori; pleuree macula ut in 8; tibiis posticis

(c) Tab, 5. x. b. fig. 18. 2.
* yee A
litura

192 APIS. (x. b.)
fiturA flava; ventre basi punctis insupef
tribus flavis in triangulum dispositis. |.
-é faciei rubore tantim bifurco; metatho-
race, tibiisque posticis, immaculatis.
¢ precedenti similis, ventre ferrugineo, fas-
ciis duabus, obscuris, flavis.

The following characters are constant
all the varieties of this Proteus species, namel the
short horn upon the lip, which is easily seen wander
a common magnifier, if the head be from
one side, its ferruginous mouth and antenna, i
yellow collar, tubercles, squamule, and contiguous
spots on the scutellum; and the ferruginous fas-
cia of the first dorsal segment of the abdomen,
which includes, and as it were insulates, two irre-
gular yellow spots.. When this insect is first taken
it emits a very agreeable scent.

subcornu- 12, A. atra; labio subcornuto; ibdomin's ventre,
maculisque tergi anticis, ferrugineis, posticis
sex, anoque, flavis.
K MUS. Kirby. ee ae
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—42.
Hab. Barhamiz, lecta in horto Maio exeunti 1800, in

floribus Geranii reflezi.
".

DESCR., Acul.
CORPUS atrum, albido-subpilosum,
Carur anticé ferrugineum. Labium tuberculo,
j. corniculo brevissimo, nisi 2 latere et sub
lente,

ei ee

APIS, (x. b.) 108
lente, vix conspicuo, instructum. Oculi, in
vivo, pallidé rufescentes. Antenne rufe.

Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Scutellum punc«
tis duobus, flava. dle subhyalinz, apice ni-
gre lunula alba, nervis testaceis. Pedes rufi,
femoribus ultimi paris subtus et posticé, reli-
quis basi subtus, nigris. 4pophyses nigre,

bat iculis apice rufis.

AsBDoMEN subovatum, nigrum, segmento primo .
maculis duabus repandis rufis, proximis tribus
utrinque macula introrsum acuta, anoque fla-
vis. Venter ferrugineus, segmentis margine
piceis.

The horn upon the lip of this species is nearly
obsolete, and not easy to be discovered. The
insect itself is smaller than 4. cornigera; its squa-
mule are ferruginous, and it wants the yellow
spots which are inclosed in the red fascia of the
first dorsal segment of the abdomen of that pis.
Its venter likewise has no yellow fascie. ~

13. A. atra; labio subcornuto; abdomine maculis Caprea.
anticis ferrugineis, intermediis quatuor, fascia,
anoque, flavis.

MUS. Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 34.

Hal, ‘Barhamiz, capta semel pase ineunti 1700, in
Salicis Capree amentis,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, griseo-subvillostim.
Capur.

| 194 APIS. (#. b.)

Carur. Mazille ferruginee, apice fiscsi
Latium ferrugineum, corniculo obsoleto, nisi
a latere et sub lente inconspicuo, instructum.
Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-fusci. Antenne
rufee, scapo supra nigro. .

Truncus. Tubercula vertice fulvo-flava. Squa-
mule rufee. Scutellum immaculatum. Al
hyaline, apice nigre lunula alba, n Pe
cis, anastomosi testacea: Pedes ferruginei,
femoribus posticis, quatuor anticorum : basi
subtus, apophysibusque, nigriss ghee articulis
apice rufis.

Aspomen subovatum, nigrum, segmento primo
maculis duabus, parvis, ferrugineis, proximis
duobus utringue. macula introrsum acuta,
ultimis fascid continua, viridi-flavis. Venter
piceus.

lineola. 14. A. atra; abdomine fascia anticd ferrugine ;
maculis quatuor intermediis, fascid, mow. a
flavis.

FIG, Nomada lineola antennis, pedibus, abdominisque seg-
menti primi lineola, rufis ; abdomine maculis utrin-
que fasciisque duabus flavis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 58. tab. 23.
MU. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp, Lin. 54.
Hal. Barhamiz, capta sepius tempore autumnali in
floribus Umbellatarum.

DESCR. Acul. 7
CORPUS atrum, pube parva cinerascenti.
CaPut

“ee

APIS. (x. bj 1905

Carur anticé ferrugineum. Mazille apice fus«
ce. Antenne ferrugines.

Truneus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
iellum, et Metathorax. punctis binis, flava.
Pleure anticé macula ferruginea. dle pau-
lulum: infuscate, ~ apice nigree lunula alba.

_ Pedes rufi, femoribus posticis nigris antror-
sum ferrugineis. Apophyses apice, intermedi
tote, rufee.

Azpomen suboyatum, nigrum segmento primo
fascia interrupta, ferruginea, proximis duobus
uitrinque macula introrsum acuta, quarto fas-

cia subinterrupta, quinto toto, sulphureis.
Fenter ferrugineus segmentorum marginibus
“higris.

Var. @ metathorace immaculato ; pleuris macula
valde obscura.

This insect, although of the same sex with the
preceding, is more than twice as big; it has not
the rudiment of the horn upon its lip, its collar,
squamule, and two spots of the scutellumi are yel-
low, the anterior margin also of the face is ferru-
cinous; in other respects it a good deal resembles
4. Capree. Panzer’s Nomada lineola is evidently
ngons more than a variety of it.

15. A. atra; scutello sulphureo; abdomine flavo, fucata,
basi ferragiage, fasciis quatuor nigris.

FIG. Nomada fucata antennis, pedibus, abdominisque basi
VOL. iI. re) ferrugineis,

4

196 APIS. («. b.)
ferrugineis, abdomine flavo fasciis quatuor nigris.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n, 55. tab. 19.
MUS. D. Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 43.

Hab, Barhamiz rarior. Etiam a D, Trimmer lecta.
DESCR. Acul. 5
CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.
Carurt, et oculorum ambitus, anticé rufa, rubore

versus antennas trifurco. Latium fulyum.
Mazille apice fusce. Antenne sensim paulo
crassiores, rufa.

Truncus. Collare utrinque, Tubercula, Squa-
mule, Scutellum totum, sulphurea. Ale tes-
taceze, apice obscuriores. Pedes rufi, apophy-
sibus, femorumque quatuor posticorum basi
subtus, atris. &

AxnpomeEN subovatum, segmento antico ferrugi-
neo, punctis duobus, apiceque, nigris, secundo
utrinque flavo, medio ferrugineo, margine ni-
gro, proximis duobus nigris fascia, anterioris
interrupta, anoque flavis. Venter segmentis
anticis ferrugineis apice nigris, extimis flaves-
centibus.

Obs. Inter collare omnino nigrum est.

"This insect is well figured by Panzer; but his
specimens appear to have had no black dots upon
the first dorsal segment of the abdomen, and he
describes the underside as black with obscure yel-
low bands. 2 a

| oa) 96. A,

APIS. (+. b.) 107
16. A. atra, cinereo-villosula ; abdomine piceo rae leucoph-

thalma.
culis septem sulphureis ; antennis supra nigris.

MUS. Kirby.
‘Long. Corp. Lin. 4.

Hal. Barhamiz, semel in Salicis Capre@ amentis lecta,

DESCR. Mas. ai

CORPUS atrum, atbidacvillosulunt

Carut. Mazille basi sulphurex, dein fertugi-
nez, apice fusca. Labium, Frons angulis, et
Nasus apice, flava. Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-
albi. Facies anticé villis decumbentibus, ar-
genteis, barbata. Antenne rufe, supra, sca-
-poque toto, nigra.

Truncvus immaculatus. Squamule picee. Ale
hyaline, apice fuscescenteés, nervis testaceis.
Pedes nigri, albido-pilosi, anterioribus quatuor
antrorsum rufis. Tarsi omnes ferruginei.

ABpoMEN lanceolato-ovatum, pilis sparsis, ad
latera praecipué et anum, villosulum ; segmento
primo piceo, apice ferrugineo, reliquis rufo-
piceis, intermediis duobus utringue macula
introrsum acuta, proximis tribus fascia abre-
viata, sulphureis. Segmentum |
fum, apice bidentatum. Venter obscure fer-
rugineus. *

This species, in habit and stature, very much
resembles the Nomada furva of Panzer(d); but in
colour and marki ngs it is very different, as will ap-
pear upon acomparison of his description with mine.

(¢) Fn. Ins, Germ. Init, n. 55. tab. 23.
02 ue.

198

API S. (+. b.)

sex-cinctal7,. A. atra; tarsis rufis; abdomine fasciis sex fla-

vis, anticis tribus interruptis.

MUS. Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 4, —
Hal. Barhamiz, semel capta.

DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, pube grisescenti.
Caput. Mazille basi flave, dein rufe, apice

fuscee. Labium rufum. Antenne rufee, supra
piceo-nigree, scapo antrorsum macula flava.
Facies immaculata, solummodo lineola flava
inter basin maxillarum et oculos inclusa.

Truncvs. Tubercula vyertice flava. Squamule

extrorsum obscuré fulyescentes. Ale hyaline,
apice fuscescentes, nervis testaceis. Pedes ni-
gri, tibiis quatuor anticis rufis, nebuld suban-
nulari nigra: Femora primi et secundi paris
antrorsum apice rufa. Tarsi omnes rufi.

-AppoMEN sublanceolatum, atrum, maculis sex,

*

per paria dispositis, anticis minutis oblongis,
intermediis magnis ovatis introrsum acutis,
ultimis sublinearibus, fasciisque tribus posticis,
flavis. Saigentum ultimum apice bidentatum,
rufum, macula flava. Venter niger, fasciis tri-
bus subrepandis, anoque, flavis.

This is very similar, at first sight, to 4. leucoph-
thalma; but it seems sufficiently distinguished, not

to recapitulate its various ol ossheas by

the different colour and yellow

s of the under
side

APIS, («. b.) i99
side of its abdomen ; a circumstance in which in-
sects of the same sex do not usually vary.

18. A. atra; scutelli punctis duobus, abominisque Scheffer-

: oa ! ella.
maculis sex, fascia, anoque, flavis.

“FIG. Scheffer. Icon. I. taby81. fig. 7.

MUS. D. Marsham, J. Coyte, Kirhy.
Long. Corp. Lin. 54.
Hab. In Anglia, aD. J. Coyte bis, a D. Marsham se-
mel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, Meee gentler

CapurT anticé, .et Oculorum ambitus a parte in-
teriori, fulvo-flava. Mazille apice fusca. 4n-

. ferruginez, scapo supra nigro.

Trunevs. Tulercula, Squamule, Scutellum
punctis duobus elevatis, fulvo-flava. dle in-
fuscatee, apice obscuriores, nervis nigricanti-
bus. Pedes rufi, tibiis flavo obscuré lituratis.
Femora vite aoe basi subtus atra. Apophy-
ses atre.

ABDOMEN ovyatum, atrum, maculis anticis sub-
eequalibus sex, fasciisque duabus posticis, ful-
vo-flavis. Venter ater, segmento tertio fasci
subrepanda, quarto maculis duabus obliqui
quinto puucto medio, flavis.

Obs. Interdum corporis hirsuties pallescit.

ig. A. atra; scutelli punctis duobus, abdominisqueconnexa,
maculis sex, fasciis tribus, pedibusque, flavis.
03 FIG,

int

200 APIS. (#.a. b.)
FIG, Nomada sexfasciata nigra, scutello punctis duobus, ab-
_domine gibbo, fasciis sex flavis, primis tribus inter-
ruptis ; antennis rufis, pedibus flavis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 68. tab. 16?

_ MUS. Kirby,
”, Long. EP. Lin. 6.
Hal. Prope Londi aD. Marsham lecta, et mihi
transmissa, ie
DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, villoso-canescens.

Carvuranticé sulphureum. Mazille apice faseee.
Facies infra antennas villoso-argentea. An-
tenne ferruginee, supra basi dimidiato-nigre,
scapo antrorsum macula flava.

Tryncus. Sguamule extrorsum pallida. Scu-

tellum punctis duobus minutis, distantibus,
flavis. Ale subfusce, nervis nie Pedes
ochracei femoribus rufis, subtus, apophysibus-
que, atris. | |

ABDOMEN suboyatum, supra conyexum, atrum,
maculis sex per paria dispositis, anticis duabus
rainoribus, fasciisque tribus, flavis. Segmentum
ultimum integrum. Venter anticé niger, pos-
tice flavus set hirtus, |

his species led possibly be the other sex of
ec am induced to consider it as
distinct by the following circumstances, in which
it differs from that imsect, and which seem more
than sexual characters, The down of its head and
trunk is white and thick for thilliblys ; its an-

tenn; on their upper side, ¢ are black from the base
2 morg

APIS, (#. b.)

more than half way upwards; its tubercula are
black, and the exterior margin of the squamulz is
of a pale colour; the dots upon its scutellum are
minute and distant ; its tibize and tarsi are yellow;
the first pair of yellow spots upon the abdomen are
smaller than the other two, and the last ventral seg-
ments are more hairy than is usual in the present
family. Panzer’s Nomada sexfasciata may, per-
haps, be a variety of it; but, as I have doubts on
that head, I have given it another trivial name.

201

20. A. atra; pedibus ferrugineis; scutelli punctis, Jacolee.

abdominisque maculis fasciisque, flavis ; an-
tennis supra nigris.
FIG. Nomada Jacolee nigra; abdomine fasciis sex flavis,

primis tribus interruptis, antennis pedibusque flavis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.72. tab. 20.

MUS. D. Marsham, Drury Sphex, n. 68. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—5§.
Hab. Barhamiz, lecta tempore vernali in floribus Gros=
sularie.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube albescenti.
Caput anticé et lineola ante oculos, flava.

Nasus barba alba. Mazillee apice fuscee. a |
t

ienne rufe, supra piceo-nigre, scapo an
sum flavo.

Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
tellum punctis duobus, flava. dle hyaline,
apice nigricantes ; nervis, costali interiore ni-
ge excepto, testaceis. Pedes ferruginei, fe-

oA moribus

© 202
, -

&
. 2 .

<=.

$2,
‘“:

.*

variety of our insect, which is suff
tinguished from t “preceding species, by its an-
tenne blackish on the upper side, its yellow tuber-
cles and squamule, hyaline wings, red legs, and
emarginate anus, ,

* yt (*. b.)

_moribus osticis fere totis, reliquis subtus,
“apophysibusque, nigris. Tvbie antice antror-
sum litura flava. e

ABDOMEN subovatum, air um, segmento antico,
maculis duabus subrep | vel potiis fascia
interrupta, secundo mz duabus, magnis,
ovatis, tertio tot -lanceolatis, proximis
duobus fascia, anoque, flavis. Segmentum

| nifaaum emarginatum. . Venter fasciis . | -

ubrepandis, flayis
Vi ar. 6 pleuris anticé macula rotunda, flava ;
domine segmento primo fascia obscurA, inter-
rupta, ferruginea, maculas duas contiguas
cubtijangularditfaves includente,

Panzer’s N. Jacobee appears to me merely a
ly dis-

~

fiavo-pic- 21, A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; scutelli punc-

tis duobus contiguis, abdominisque maculis,

fasciisque, ¥ | | P
MOS. Kirty —_ ry

‘i Long. Corp. Lin, 5.
Hab, Barhamiz, in floribus Jacobee lecta So
ineunti 1799.

DESCR. Acul. ih
CORPUS grunt glaberrimum,

j Oarvg
‘ , ae ;

rhe

»

APIS. (x. b.)

Capur.anticé flavum, flavedine antennas versus

subtriloba, lobo intermedio lato, obtusangulo, ',

lateralibus parvis, obliquis. . Labiwm fulvum.

_ Mazille apice fusce. Punctulum flavum,

obscurum, Faciem ad oculos sub antennis
i f . .
utrinque signat. Antenne nigre, basi sub-

tus rufee. ©

Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-

<i

tellum punctis duobus contiguis, ie elevatis, —
Metathorax totidem parallelogrammicis, aia )

tantibus, Pleure macula subtriangulari, sul-

phurea hec omnia. Ale subhyalinz, apice

nigricantes lunula alba. Pedes rufo flavoque
varii. Apophyses primarie articulo primo
atro, secundo rufo, secundariz tote rufee ar-
ticulo primo utrinque puncto flavo, ternariae
articulo primo nigro antrorsum flaye, secundo
rufo,. ee ae

ABDOMEN oyatum, atrum, segmento primo fas-

cid subinterrupta, proximis duobus utrinque
macula introrsum acuta, anticis majoribus,
reliquis fascia, flavis. Venter gibbus, posticé
flavus, fascia nigra.

This insect is extremely distinct from all that we
have hitherto described; its body is quite naked,
and its antenne entirely black, except only the
underside of two or three of the joints next the
head. Peculiarities which likewise attend several

of the following species.

52. Ay

&

203

t
heli
‘me
‘ "

oe

204

®

APIS. (. b.)

Solidagi- 22. A. atra; ‘antennis nigricantibus ; scutello, ab-

» Hab. Barhamize, « nempe. Varietates 8, 7,3

|. DESOR. Ac

_ dominisque maculis, fasciisque, flavis; segmen~
to primo immaculato,
FIG. Nomada Solidaginis nigra,

ine fasciis quinque
4 flavis, primis tribus i , segmento primo im-
maculato. $

° Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 72. tab. 21.

MUS. D. Marsham, Lathbury. ‘Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 33—5.

cetum dictum Martlesham heath juxta Woe

CORPUS atru glabrum.

Capur anticé flavum, flavedine, versus antennas,
trilob4, lobo intermedio obsoletiusculo, ob-
tusangulo, lateralibus apice latioribus, emar-
ginatis. mM > fusce. Lalium ful-
vum. Ocal. in vivo, chrystallino-albidi.
Antenne nigre, basi rufe.

» Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
tellum planiusculum, item Pleure macula lu-
nata, flava. Pedes rufi, flavo variegati, fe-
moribus tertii paris posticé basi nigris. -4po-

“ Des primariz articulo primo nigro, antror-

sum apice flavo, secundo rufo, intermedize

- tote rufe, ternariz articulo primo posticé ni-
gro anticé rufo extrorsum flavo, secundo toto
rufo. Puncta bina, et lineolz totidem flave,
ffecocp pedum quatuor posticorum ornant.

. ABDOMEN

ate

*

APIS, («.b)

AspomeEN ovatum, atrum, segmento primo im-

maculato, secundo et tertio, utrinque macul4
magna introrsum acuta, proximis duobus fas-
cia, flavis. Venter fasciis quatuor repandis,
flavis, anticA interrupta.

Far. pg faciei flavedinis lobis lateralibus apice ro-

hs

tundatis; pedibus rufis, geniculis flavis ;
punctis lineolisye flavis nullis inter pedes

posticos; apophysibus Prine

primo immaculato.

Maris Copbes albido-subvillosum. Latium fla-

yum, Antenne scapo antrorsum flavo. Fa-
ciei flavedinis lobi laterales apice elongati, at-
tenuati. -4/e superiores basi puncto flavo
notatze. Apophyses postice articulo prima
antrorsum flavo: Abdomen tergo fasciis tri-
bus posticis flavis, yentre fascia antica integra.
Anus integer.

Var.@ minor faciei flavedine lobis lateralibus

apice furcatis ; abdomine maculis sex in-
trorsum acutis, fasciisque. duabus, flavis ;
ventre fascia prima interrupta ; apophysibus
posticis ut in femina.
y minor, tibiis posticis nebula, femoribus
basi subtus, apophysibusque, nigris, his ar-
ticulo prima extrorsum maculd flava; alis
-superioribus basi puncto flavo nullo; ventre
ut in g, |
q abdomine segmento tergi antico punctis
quatuor

*

»

APIS. (#. b.) .
_ quatuor transversé positis flavis , notato,
alias « similis. ,

| fh gay insect varies greatly in the males, both
‘as to size and markings, a big again as the
rest. I have some suspicion. may be distinct,
_ as the first dorsal segment of the abdomen in the
other varieties is constantly without spots. Pan-
zer’s NN. Solidaginis is evidently a male variety of

aie ae eer

23. A. atra; lis nigricantibus 5 a ine
‘ferrugineo, maculis quatuor, =
bus, scutello jue,

)
MUS. D. Mersham, Kirby. |
ong. Corp. Lin. 4
Hab. Barhamie, szpius a in floribus tecabre
- ineunti 179 % &

DESCR. Acul, ie ite %
CORPUS atrum, glabrum. -
-Carut. Osrufum. Facies anticé flava flave-
dine triloba, lobo intermedio oe
obtusangulo, lateralibus apice _ latiori
furcatis. Gene es oculos anticé
flavo. Mazille apice fuscee. Oculi, in vivo,
chrystallini, posticé albidi, anticé fusci. -An-
tenneé piceo-nigre, basi rufae.
Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
__ tellum, Pleura macula lunata, Pectus punctis
duobus triangularibus, totidemque lineolis in
_ pedum posticorum regione, flava omnia hec.
- Mle

APES (42 be *

Ale fuscescentes, apice obscuriores lunula
alba, nervis nigris. Pedes ferruginei, femorum
_ apicibus, tibiarumque litura externa, flavis.
Femora ultimi paris posticé nigra. Apophyses
primariz articulo primo nigro, apice flavo,
secundo rufo, secundariz rufe, articulo pri-
mo puncto flavo, ternariz antigua macula
laterali sulphurea. —
ABpoMEN ferrugineum, maculis quatuor mag-

207 —

mis a introrsum acutis, fasciisque duabus —
S

post , sulphureis; segmento ultimo et ante-

margine nigricantibus. Venter fer-

mum immaculatum.

Pal
rugineus, fasciis tribus flavis antica interrupta.

Obs. Abdominis tergi et ventris segmentum pri-

94. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus; abdominerufo-pic-
ferrugineo, maculis Sex, ano, scutelloque, i

flavis.

MUS. Kirby.

‘ Long. Corp. Lin. 34.

Hab. Barhamiz? semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum glabriusculum.

CapuT anticé ferrugineum. Mazille basi flave,

_ dein rufe, apice fuscee. Antenne piceo-nigre,
basi rufee.

Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule, Scu-
iellum, Pleure puncto, flava. dle hyaline,
apice nervisque nigricantibus. Pedes rufi, fe-

moribus

208 © ° APIS, («. b.)

_ moribus ultimi paris posticé nigris. Apophyses ’
Pate; primariis articulo primo nigro, ternariis
articulo primo posticé migheye argent laterali

sulphurea.

Axspomen ferrugineum. ento fags basi
~ Rigro, proximis tribus utrinque macula intror-
“sum a anoque, flavis. Venter gibbus,
ferrugineus, fasciis quatuor angustis, flavis,
anticai anterrtiists; segmento primo immaculato.

~ Obs. Macule duce postice aldominis ; fore
* lineares, » fasciam edio interruptam am

é.:

This species som: “resembles ta;

| ugh of the sani Sex, it is not more than oe
as big; the apex of the face is ferruginous, the
> tage have only a round yellow dot, the legs are
not variegated with yellow, and the abdomen is dis- |
tinguished by six pair of yellow spots, the last
forming an interrupted fascia.

Hillana, 25. A. atta; labio, squamulis, scutelloque, ferru- -
gineis; abdomine rufo, maculis quatnors “|
clisque tribus, lutescentibus, _

Ge |
MUS. D. Hill. th ty .
Long. Corp. Lin. 44,
. Hal. In Anglid, a D, Hill Londinensi, collectori assi«
duo, lecta.
DESCR. Mas. s

CORPUS atrum, villoso-canescens.
Carur antice, Frontis anguli, Geneque antror-
sum, lute. Labium rufum. Mazille basi

flayee,

e

a*,

. _
APIS. (# b.) 209

flavee, dein rufee, apice fuscee. Facies ante
antennas pilis argenteo-nitidis barbata. An-

_ tenne ferruginez, scapo nigro.

Trunecus. Collare utrinque, Tubercula, Squa-
mule, Scutellum, ferruginea. Ale subtesta-
cee, apice fusce lunula alba; nervis, costali
interiore fusco excepto, ferrugineis. Pedes rufi,

_femoribus posticis, anterioribus quatuor sub-
tus, apophysibusque, nigris.

Aszpomen lanceolatum, pilosulum, rufum, ma-
culis quatuor lateralibus, duz utrinque, fas-
cusque tr ibus, (antica medio, intermedia late-
tibus et edio, interruptis, ultima continua)
luteis. Anus bidentatus. Venter rufus, basi
niger, maculis, fasciisque, luteis variegatus. _

26. A. atra; scutello sanguineo; abdomine rufo, ochrosto-
maculis fasciisque interruptis, flavis, variegato.”"”
MUS. D. Drury Sphex, n.55. Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 42.
Hal. In Anglid, a D. Drury lecta.

-DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, pube albida subincanum.
Caput. Facies anticé, Labium, Genarum apex,
sulphurea. Mawille basi flavee, dein rufe, apice
fusczee. Nasus argenteo barbatus. Antenne
rufee, supra basi dimidiato-nigre.
Truncus. Collare, Tubercula, Squamule rufa.
Scutellum sanguineum. dle testacee, apice
fuscee lunula alb4; neryis, costali interiore ni-

a gro

“ |
210° APIS. (« b)

gro excepto; rufis. Pedes rufi, femoribus pos-
- ticis totis, anterioribus quatuor ry -subtus

nigris. Apophyses rufo nigroque variee.
Aspomen lanceolatum, rufum, segmento pri

- basi nigro, secundo thaculis binis rotundatis,
_ tertio totident ovalibus, proximis duobus fascia
> intern sexto fascia continua, sulphureis.

Anus apice bidentatus. Venter rufus, posticé

punctis sulphureis quatuor,) anit rr) |

This approaches very near to the p
cies; but, as they are of the same sex, a
y respects not a little, I think th
eee as yet, had ‘no opportunity of Ce,
the specimens themselves. me slllie i r .

ruficornis.27. A. ferruginea ; Pokaos lineis tribus longitudi-
~ nalibus atris; abdomine maculis, fasciisque,
~ flavis.

io in

Apis ruficornis antennis, pedibusque duobus, punctis-
que thoracis ferrugineis, abdomine luteo variegato.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, n.34, Fn. Suec. 1707.
_ Vill. Ent. Eur. cee eye
Nomada ruficornis antennis, pedibus, scutellique p
tis quatuor ferrugineis, —> luteo variegato,
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.7
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2795. Apis, ”. 34.
Vespa rubra, thorace lineolis longitudinalibus nigris,
* abdomine maculis flavis. *
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. tom. 2. p.381. n. 18,
Vespa rubra, Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 18.,

Se
FIG. Nomada ruficornis, Panxer..Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n,55.
tal. 18. .

* MUS.

hel

é APis, (#. b.)
MUS. D. Smith Linnean. Marsham, Latham, McLeay;
Sowerby, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—55.
Hab. Barhamiz, sed rara, prope Londinum frequentior.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigro, ferrugineoque varium, albido-
subyillosum.

Capur. Antenne ferruginer. Mazille apice
fusce.

“Truncus. Thorax ferrugineus, lineis tribus lon-
gitudinalibus atris, anticé et posticé concurren-
tibus, inscriptus. Metathorax utrinque macula
yilloso-alb4. Ale fuscescentes, apice obscurio-
res lunuld alb4. Pedes ferruginei, femoribus
posticis feré totis, anterioribusque quatuor subs
tus, nigris.

AxzpomeéN ovato-lariceolatum, ferrugineum, seg-
mento primo basi apiceque nigro, proximis
duobus utringue macula introrsum acuta, an-
teriori majori, quarto fascia abbreviata, quinto

macula magna quadrata, flavis. Venter gib-
bus, ferrugineus, segmentis margine medio
nigricantibus

Var. g ventre punctis duobus flavis notato.

y metathorace nigro; abdomine segmento
secundo utrinque macula rotundata, flava.
Alias similis.

§ minor, antennis supra nigricantibus ; me-
tathorace atro; alis subhyalinis; apophysi-
bus nigricantibus; abdomine ovato, seg-

VOL. II. P mento

211

szantho-
sticta,

a

7

APIS. («. b.)
mento secundo punctis duobus, tertio toti-
dem utrinque, penultimo maculis binis dor-
salibus, luteis. An eadem?

Linneus regarded almost all the species that
compose this family merely as varieties of his 4.
ruficornis; the one I have just described is parti-
cularly noticed by him as such in his Fauna Sue-
cica, * Thorax niger, says he, “ aliis linee ferru-
ginee quatuor longitudinales.” ‘Terms which will
exactly suit our insect; as in fact the thorax ex-
hibits four ferruginious lines separated by three
black ones, but as the ferruginous colour is pre-
dominant, I have reversed the characters. ‘This

Insect stands with others in the Linnean cabinet

under the above name. Induced by these circum-
stances, after Fabricius, I have selected this, from
the rest, to give as J. ruficornis.

Panzer’s figure of this insect is tolerably accu-
rate, but in my copy the red parts are made too
pale and glaring. It is a varying species, but
always be distinguished by its body variegated with
black and red, in nearly “a. proportions, and by
the three black parallel lines inscribed upon the
thorax. Variety 3 differs considerably from the
rest both in the form and markings of its abdomen,
but as it agrees with them in these particulars, I
have not considered it as distinct.

28. A. atra; antennis, scutellique punctis, ferrugi-
neis; abdomine rufo, maculis duabus flavis.

MUS.

APIS. (x. b.) : 213

MUS, D. Latham.

Long. Corp. Lin. 34,
Hal. In Anglia, a D. Latham capta.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.
Carur. Mazille Labiumque, ferruginea. An

tenne ferruginez, supra basi, scapoque toto,
higre |

Trunevs. Tubercula flava. Squamule rufe.

Scutellum punctis duobus, elevatis, obscuré
ferrugineis. Ale subhyalinz, apice obscuri-
ores, nervis nigricantibus. Pedes picei, tibiis
antrorsum, digitisque, rufescentibus.

AzspoMEN subovatum, ferrugineo-rufum, seg-

mento primo basi nigro, secundo utrinque
macula rotunda flava. Venter rufus, imma~
culatus.

/ 29. A. atra; antennis rufis, nigro annulatis 3 abdo-Fabriciel-

FIG.

MUS.

mine ferrugineo maculis duabus flavis.

Apis Fabriciana nigra, abdomine glabro, ferrugineo,

' maculis duabus flavis.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2794. n. 17.

Vill. Ent. Eur.3. n.14.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. Mantiss. n. 324, :
Nomada Fabriciana, Fab. Ent, Syst. Em. n, 10,

Tab. 16. jig. 3.
D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 3—4.

Hab. Barhamiz, sed rarissima, prope Londinum satis
frequens,

id ' -DESCR,

214

quadri-
notata,

APIS. («. bi)

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, albido-subvillosum.

Caput immaculatum. Facies anticé pilis spar-
sis, atris consita. Gene albido densits bar-
bate. Antenne rufe, basi, annuloque apicem
versus, nigris. Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-
fusci.

Truncus immaculatus. Squamule ferruginee.
Ale infuscate, apice nigra lunula alba. Pedes
nigri, tibiis antrorsum, femoribus anticis apice,
digitisque, ferrugineis.

AspoMen ferrugineum, basi nigrum, segmento
secundo utrinque macula rotunda, tertio punc-

to obscuro, flavis. Venter ferrugineus, im-
maculatus.

Var. 2 antennis supra nigricantibus, articulo ex-
timo fulvo; squamulis nigris, tibiis tanttm
anticis antrorsum rufescentibus.

y minor; maculis punctisque flavis abdo-
minalibus feré obsoletis.

I have very little doubt as to the claim of this

insect to be considered as the 4. Fabriciana of
Linneus: I have changed this name to Fabriciella,
in pursuance of the plan mentioned in the preface
to this work. As I do not recollect ever seeing a
figure of our Apis, I have caused one to be engraved.

30. A. atra; abdomiue ferrugineo, maculis quatuor

flavis; antennis, pedibusque, nigris.

MUS, D, Marsham, Kirly.

Long.

APIS. (x. b.)

Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Barhamiz semel lecta. Capta etiam a D, Mar-
sham, Julio ineunti, 1801, in Sylva dicta Combe
Wood, prope Kingston Surriens.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, albido-villosulum.

CapuT immaculatum, villosum. Antenne ni-
gre, subtus obscuré fulvescentes, scapo toto
nigro.

Truncus immaculatus. -4/e subhyaline, apice,
nervisque nigricantibus. Pedes nigri, tibiis
quatuor anticis antrorsum, digitisque, rufes-
centibus. Anus bidentatus ,

ABDOMEN ovatum, pilosulum, segmento primo
nigro fascia ferruginea, reliquis ferrugineis,
secundo et tertio apice nigricantibus utrinque
macula rotunda flava notatis. Venter ferrugi-
neus, immaculatus.

Obs. Annon A. Fabricielle mas ?

215

31. A. atra; antennis fulvis; abdomine rufo, punc-favo-gut-

tis quatuor luteis.
MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 23,
Halt. Barhamiz rarissima.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, albido-subvillosum.

Capur anticé flavidum. Aazille apice rufe.
Labium nigricans. Facies ante antennas pi-
loso-argentea. Antenne thoracis longitudine,
fulyo-rufee, basi supra, scapoque toto, nigris.

P3 Truncus

216 APIS. (x. b.)

_ Truwncvs immaculatus. Squamule picee. Ale.
hyaline, apice, nervisque, nigris. Pedes fulvo-
rufi, femoribus quatuor posticis feré totis, an-
ticis subtus, tibiisque hinc, nigro-piceis.

ABDOMEN subovatum, rufum, segmento prima
basi nigro, proximis duobus utringue macula
parva lutescenti. -4nus apice bidentatus. Ven-
ter rufus fasciis obsoletiusculis, pallidioribus.

rufo-cinc-32. A. atra; scutello ferrugineo; abdomine fusco,
a, punctis quatuor luteis; fascia, ventreque, rufis,
. MUS. D. Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin, 28.
Hab, Barhamiz, in aggere aprico capta,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.

CapuT anticé, et oculorum ambitus, ferruginea,
Labium nigricans, Antenne ferruginee, sub-
tus pallidiores, scapo supra nigro,

Truncvs, Collare, Tulercula, Squamule, striga
utrinque ante alas, Pleure, Pectus mter pedes
quatuor posticos, Scutelli puncta duo, et line-
ola transyersa elevatiuscula, ferruginea hac

omnia. Metathorax utrinque macula villoso-
nivea. ‘ Ale subhyalinz, apice nervisque ni-
gris, lunuld alba. Pedes picei, tibiis tarsisque
quatuor anticis antrorsum fulvo-flavis.

AspomeEN subglobosum, fusco-piceum, fascia
antica rufa utrinque puncto nigro notato, seg-
mento secundo utrinque macula pary4, tertio

punctg

Pa ae

Se te re cree

“APIS. {s.-b.)
puncto, luteis. Venter ferrugineus, imma-
culatus.

21%

33. A. atra; scutello ferrugineo; abdomine fusco, Sheppard-

immaculato.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 24.
Hab. Barhamiz, in aggeribus apricis obvia,

DESCR. Acul. 3
CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum.
CapurT anticé, et oculorum ambitus, ferruginea.

Labium ferrugineum. Antenne rufo-fulve,
supra, articulo extimo fulvo excepto, picee.

Trunevs. Collare obscuré, Tubercula, Squa-

mule, Pleure, Pectus inter pedes posticos,
Scutelli puncta duo, et lineola transversa, ele-
vatiuscula, ferruginea omnia. Metathorax
utrinque macula villoso-nivea. lz infuscate,
apice nervisque nigris, lunula alba. Pedes
picei tibiis, tarsisque guatuor anterioribus,
ille tantim antrorsum, rufis. pophyses rufo
varie. Femora antica etiam antrosum rufa.

AspomeEN subglobosum, supra et infra fuscum,

infra tamen dilutits, immaculatum.

Revetti Sheppard, A.B. juvenis ingenui, olim

discipuli mei dilectt, insectorum collectoris in-
defessi, oculatissimi, hec Apis nomen gerit.

This is the smallest species of this family with
which I am, at present, acquainted; it is extremely
similar in most respects to the preceding, and may,

PA possibly,

218

Serrugi-

nata,

APIS, (+. b)

possibly, be only a variety of it; but as its abdo~

men
cia,

is only of one colour, without either red fas-
or yellow spots, besides slighter differences,

I thought it most adviseable to give it as distinct.

34, A. atra; antennis, pedibus, abdomineque, fer-

FIG,

MUS.

rugineis; labio subcornuto.

Apis ferruginata nigra, glabra, abdomine, antennis, ore,
pedibusque ferrugineis.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2779. 2. 35.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 28.

Forst. Cat, Brit, Ins. n.723. Apis, n. 18,

Tab. 16. fig. 4.

Nomada Germanica atra, abdomine rufo, basi nigto;
pedibus nigris, rufo annulatis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins, Germ. Init. n.72. tab. 17.

D, Smith, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 4.
Hab. Prope Londinum, a D. Marsham semel lecta.

DESCR. Mas,
CORPUS atrum, albido-subvillosum.
Carur. Os fulvum. Labium pilosum, nigrum,

mucrone brevi, acuto, sine lente et nisi a la-
tere vix conspicuo, armatum. Antenne bre-
viuscule, ferruginez, scapo nigro,

Truncus. Tubercula et Squamule ferruginea.

Scutellum tubercula duo valde elevata gerit.

Ale subhyaline, apice nervisque nigricantibus,
Junula alba, Pedes ferruginei, apophysibus,
femoribusque posticis feré totis, anterioribus
quatuor subtus, tibiisque ultimi paris apice,

Sieve, ) ,

ABDOMEN

APIS. (#. b.)
AzspomeEN subovatum, ferrugineum, basi, ma-
culisque duabus anticis lateralibus, nigris.
Ani extremitas truncata. Venter ferrugi-
neus, segmentis omnibus basi fascia abbre-
viata nigra,

There is no authentic specimen of this species
in the Linnean cabinet; what is now there as such
was labelled by the present worthy possessor, but
it answers the description of Linneus very well.
The tubercula of this and the Linnean insect are
yellow; in our specimen, which I owe to the libe-
rality of Mr. Marsham, these are ferruginous. In
other respects they agree together. Fabricius has

_ omitted this species, perhaps he took it for a variety

of A. Fabriciella, from which it is, however, ex-
tremely distinct. Forster introduces it into his
catalogue of British insects. Panzer’s Nomada
Germanica comes very near to it, if it be not the
samc, (3)

The horn upon the lip of this species seems to
indicate that it ought to be placed near. to 4. cor-
nigera, &c. but in habit and other respects, it ap-

pears to be more nearly related to those last
described.

* *, a.

219

35. A. aterrima, albido-villosa; abdomine seemen- punctata.

tis utrinque puncto albo; scutello bidentato.

Apis punctata nigra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine atro
segmentis utrinque punctio albo.

Fab.

a en

220

FIG.

MUS.

APIS. («#. a)

Fal. Ent, Syst. Em. n. 99.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2771. n. 59.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3, n. 62.

Apis allifrons pubescens, fronte, thorace, tibiis puncs
tisque abdominis, albis.

Forst. Cent. Insect, n.Q4. .

- Cat. Brit. Ins, n,721. Apis, n.15.

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed, Gmel. p, 2787. n. 144.

Apis nigra; thorace hirsuto canescente; abdomine gla
briusculo, punctis utrinque quatuor albis.

Mill, int. Not. M.S. Graian. supr. citat.

Apis sylvestris, minor, corpore oblongo, maculis ad la+
tera et in cruribus, albis.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 243,

Scheff. Icon. tab. 22. fig. 14.

Harris. Exp. tab. 40. fig. 11.

Panzer, Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 35. tab, 23.
Mas. Tal. 16. fig. 5.

D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury,
Francillon, Sowerby, Coyte y, Kirby.
Long, Corp. Lin, 6—7.
Hal. Barhamiz, in floribus, ripis apricis induratis,
murisque e€ luto confectis, obvia. Ova deponit, uti
suspicor, in cellulis Apis retuse, Cuculus Apum.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS aterrimum, supra pube albida varie-

gatum.

Carur subtus atro, supra albido barbatum,

Labium posticé punctis duobus fenestratis
insigne, Antenne nigre articulis subar-
cuatis.

Truncus. Thorax anticé, item Pleure, hirsutie

densa alba, Scutellum bidentatum, dentibus
sub

—— « — et pa ee

APTS, (*#. a.)
sub hirsutie atra delitescentibus, sine tactu vix
agnoscendis (e). Metathorax utrmque albido-
villosus. Sguamule atre. dle subhyaline,

fusco nebulose, apice nigricantes; nervis ni-

gris, crassiusculis. Pedes atri, tibiis anticis

totis, posterioribus quatuor basi, extrorsum |

tomentoso-albis; intermedi litura tomen-
toso-flavescente apicem versus insuper notan-
tur. Digiti picei, pilis albidis incani. Scopule
fusce, obscure.

ABDoMEN breve, ex cordato ovatum, acutum,

aterrimum, nitens, punctulatissimum, pilis
sparsis, rigidiusculis, atris conspersum, seg-
mentis margine crassiusculis, duobus. anticis
utringue macula villosa, proximis duobus
puncto tomentoso, albis.

Obs. Puncta labialia fenestrata vix detegenda,

nist in labio seorsiim conspecto.

Var. @ faciei et trunci hirsutie atra; thorace li-

tera 'T albida inscripto.

y corporis hirsutie tota atra, abdomine
utrinque punctis tantim tribus albis. An
eadem ?

Maris Corpus hirsutie cinerea, scutelli tanthm

atra. - Tibie intermediz extrorsum totz to-
mentoso-albide. Plante etiam pilis decum-
bentibus incane. Abdomen segmento primo
¢inereo-villoso. .dnus subemarginatus..

(e) Tab. 6, x4, a, fig. 2. aa.

**. b

221

222

APIS. (+. b.)
* *. b.

variegata.36, A. nigra; trunco, abdomineque, albido varie~

FIG,

MUS.

gatis; pedibus ferrugineis.

Apis variegata thorace abdomineque albo variegatis,
pedibus ferrugineis,

Lin. Syst. Nat, ed, 12. & Gmel. p. 2794. n.24. Fn.
Suec. n. 1699.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 20.

Forst. Cat. Brit Ins. n. 1033. Apis, n. 26.

Nomada variegata. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 5.

Nomada crucifera atra cinereo-pubescens, abdomine
atro, segmento primo fasciis duabus, secundo unica,
interruptis, reliquis maculis quaternis albis, pedibus
ferrugineis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 61. tab. 20.

Apis muscaria, Christii Hymenopt. p. 195. tab. 17.
Jig. 5.

Tab. 16. fig. 6.

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, Drury Apis 56,
Sowerby; Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin, 4. ;

Hab. Barhamiz, in viarum aggeribus apricis Augusto
ineunti 1797, 1798, capta, sed minis frequens. Per-
noctat in Geranit phei rostris mordicis apprehensis,
Linn.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, obscurum.
Caput albido-pilosulum. Maville ferruginee.

Oculi, in vivo, incarnato-chrystallini. 4nten-
ne piceo-nigre. ' Facies circa basin antenna-
rum tomentoso-argentea.

Truncvus glabriusculus. Collare utrinque to-

mentoso-lutescens. Thorax anticé lineolis
duabus

APIS. (+. b)
duabus tomentoso-lutescentibus inscriptus,
posticé dentibus duobus ferrugineis, vix con-
-spicuis, scutellum utrinque amplectentibus,
armatus(f). Tubercula, Scutellum, Squamule
ferruginea. Metathorax verticalis, utrinque
macula tomentoso-nivea ornatus. Pectus circa
pedum basin, item Plewre sub alis, tomento-
so-alba. dle subhyaline apice nervisque
nigris, lunula alba. Pedes ferruginei, pilis

brevissimis albidis subincani.

AgpomeEn basi,subretusum, supra gibbum, seg~
mento primo fasciis duabus interruptis, inter-
mediis tribus maculis quatuor transverse posi-
tis, tomentoso-lacteis. Venter piceus.

Var. g femoribus posticis totis, intermediis sub-

| tus, piceis; abdomine segmenti secundi
maculis in fasciam medio interruptam coa-
lescentibus.
y labio obscuré ferrugineo; thoracis denti-
bus atris; abdomine segmenti primi fasciis
utrinque coalescentibus.

Our English specimens of this singularly pretty
insect vary somewhat from the authentic 4. vari-
egata of the Linnean cabinet; for the scutellum of
the latter is black, and it has more white hairs upon
the anterior part of its thorax; it is, likewise, con-
siderably smaller. In other respects they agree
very well together.. Panzer’s Nomada crucifera is
evidently nothing more than a casual variety of this

(f) Tab. 6, «x. b. fig. 8, bb, |
Apis.

£24

conica,

APIS. (##. db. €.1. a.)

Apis. His figure does not give the teeth upon thi
posterior part of the thorax on each side of the
scutellum, but these are easily overlooked. Chris=
tius’s figure, of what he calls 4. variegata major,
belongs to an insect resembling .4. luctuosa; but
which is very different from the genuine J. varie-
gata: his 4. muscaria is a tolerable representation
of it. :

I first saw this bee in the cabinet of Mr. Drury,
and afterwards found it, but by no means common,
in the autumn of two succeeding years, 1797 and
1798, flying about sunny banks; since then I have
not met with it.

es eee

37. A. atra; scutello bidentato; abdomine conico
segmentis margine albidis; ano femineo acu-
tissimo, masculo multidentato.

ACUL.

Apis conica fusca, abdomine conico acutissimo, segmen-
torum marginibus albis.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. n.32. Fn, Suec. 1705.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 25. i 2

Mill. Zool. Dan. n. 1908.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 809.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.719. Apis, n. 13.

Berkenhout. Synops. 1. p. 159. n. 5.

FIG. Apis bidentata atra, nitida, abdomine conico acutissimo,
segmentorum marginibus albis scutello bidentato.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 59. tab.7. -
- Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins, tab, 49. fig. 8.
Christi

APIS. (**. c. 1. a.)
Christit Hymenopt. tab. 17. fig. 11?
B. Tab. 16. fig. 7.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Trimmer, Latham, Fran-
cillon; M¢Leay, Kirby.
MAS.
Apis quadridentata fusca; abdomine cingulis quinis al-
bidis, ano quadridentato intermediis bifidis.
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel. p.2778. n. 29. Fn.
Suec. 1703.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 112.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. 2. 2A.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 928. ;
Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n,718. Apis, n. 12.

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tab. 32. fig. 8. Opuscula tab. 40. fig. 6.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.55. tab. 13.

MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth,
Trimmer; Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—6E.
Hab, Barhamiz. Uterque sexus flores frequentat, sed
rarius.

DESCR. Acul. .

CORPUS atrum, albido-subvillosum, totum
punctis excavatis quasi granulatum.

Carut. Mazille apice tridentate (g). Facies
pube, densa admodum, grisescenti. Antenne
nigre, thorace breviores.

Truncus supra pube haud dens4. grisescenti:
Squamule atre. Scutellum utrinque dente
icurvo armatum. (hk). dle subhyaline, fusco
nebulosze, apice nervisque nigricantibus. Pe-
des pilosuli, femoribus anticis densé barbatis.
Scopule falvee. Tibie spinulss atris.

v

(g) Tab. 7. x%.¢. 1. a, fig. 6, (h) Ibid. fig. 10.
ABDOMEN

226

APIS. (##: c. 1. &.) :

ABDOMEN conicum, nitidum, segmento primd

utrinque maculA, reliquis margine, tomentoso-
albidis. Segmentum ultimum lined longitu+
dinali elevatiuscula. Anus acutissimus. Ven-
ter segmento primo macula media; reliquis
margine, tomentoso albidis, ultimo elongato
segmento anali dorsali longiore.

Var.g minor; corpore aterrimo; scutelli denti-

bus subobsoletis; alis vix nebulosis, nervis
piceis anastomosi testaced; tibiarum spi-
nulis testaceis ; abdomine segmentis mar-
gine utrinque tomentoso-niveis.

_ Maris Facies pube densiore flavescenti, anticé

pallidiori, tecta. die nervis piceis. Tibie
spinulis ferrugineis. -Apophyses antic arti-
culo primo mucrone caput spectante instructo.
Abdomen segmento primo utrinque, proximis
tribus margine, tomentoso-pallidis, ultimo qua-
dridentato dentibus intermediis furcatis (7).
Venter segmentis margine tomentoso-albidis.

Var. g minor, abdomine segmentis utrinque mar-

gine tomentoso-albis; ano sexdentato.

y minor; corporis pube alba; abdomine
segmentis tam ventralibus quam dorsalibus
utrinque margine tomentoso-niveis; ano
sexdentato.

Obs. In his varietatibus abdominis segmentum

penultimum utrinque dente minuto instructum.

(i) Tab. 7. fig. 13, 14.

I observed

APIS. (x#. G1. a) ,
- Lobserved above (h), that 4. conica and quadri=
dentata were male and female, it will perhaps be
expected that I should here assign the reasons which
induced me to adopt this opinion.

_ Any one who compares these two insects toge-
ther, will immediately perceive between them the
most striking resemblance, and that the only dif-
ference arises from the anal spines or teeth, and
more thickly coated face of 4: quadridentata.
Now as these circumstances are cornmon dis-
tinctions of the male sex in all the subdivisions of
this family, they will not furnish a sufficient rea-
son for separating insects which are so yery similar
in other respects, without specimens of each sex
can be produced, distinguished in one ihstance by
an acute anus, and in the other armed with anal
spines; but as those which exhibit the former
character are invariably aculeates; and those that
possess the latter as invariably males, I think this
alone will sufficiently justify me for putting them
together. Rossi; although apparently not aware
of the difference of sex of these two insects, seems
to think 4. guadridentata a variety of . conica.
“* Alia,” says he, under 4. conica, “ praeterea spe-
cimina habemus, statura et habitu omnino prioribus
simillima, quee cum habeant abdomen conicum,
atrum, marginibus incisurarum quingue albis, anum
quadridentatum dentibus intermediis bifidis, 4,
quadridentate nomine determinari possent.

(Rk) Vol. 1. p. 153.
VOL. II, @ In

927

228

APIS. (*#. c. 1. @.)

In confirmation of the above opinion, I have
been informed by Mr. James Trimmer, so fre-
quently mentioned in these pages, that he has often
observed .4. quadridentata attendant upon A.
conica, |

The authentic specimen of 4. conica preserved
in the Linnean cabinet has teeth upon its scutellum,
and, therefore, that which Fabricius has given as
such, “‘ scutello inermi,” is another insect, and
probably the aculeate of that which I shall next
describe. To this I have referred also the syno-
nyms of Gmelin aud Rossi for the same reason.
Panzer’s A. bidentata is the Linnean 4. conica.
Linneus has described 4. quadridentata “ cingulis
guinis albidis,” all my specimens have only four
white bands, the first of which is interrupted:
Panzer’s figure however answers the Linnean cha-
racter.in this respect, and Rossi notices the same
circumstance. Probably the down upon the mar-
gin of the last segment but one is liable to be rub-
bed off.

There are three synonyms to which reference is
usually made for the sexes of 4. conica, which have
no relation to that species. The first is that of
Ray (J), which belongs either to a Sphex, or a male -
of my family of Apis. *. b. perhaps to 4. Goodeni-
ana, The next is that of Reaumur(m), (which, as
as I observed above, is the male of one of the leaf

(1) Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 252. n. ult.
(m) “Tom, 6, tab, 11. fig. 2, 3, 4, s
cutters,

APIS. (#*. c. 1. &)

cutters, with a quadridentate anus), to which Lin:
fieus referred as synonymous with 4. conica, it is
probable, from a hasty view of the figure which
somewhat resembles that insect. The last is that
_ of Swammerdam (n), whose figure is quoted by Lins
neus and others after him both as 4. quadridentata
and 4. manicata; but the figure, although a bad
one, evidently belongs to the latter insect.

Variety 6 of the aculeate sex, and y of the male,
may be the sexes of a distinct species, but they so
nearly resemble the others that, without fuller evi=
dence, I was unwilling to separate them.

599

38. A. atra; scutello inerimi; abdotnine masciloinermis,

lineari, Segmentis margine albis; ano multi-
dentato.
ACUL:
Apis conica fisca, abdomine conic acutissirio; ségmens
torum marginibus albis scuitello inermi.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 116.
Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2779: n. 32.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 928.
FIG. Apis centuncularis acuminata. -Christii Hymenopt}

p-192. tab.17. fig.2. .
} MAS; - J
Apis quadridentata. Miller int. Not. M.S. Graianj;
supr. citat.
FIG. Tab. 16. fig. 8:
MUS. Kirly:

Long. Corp. Lin, 4
Hab. Brentfordie, a D. J. Trimmer semel captas
(7) Swamm, Bib. Nat, tab. 26. fig. 4.
@ 2 DESCR,

230

APIS, (##. ¢. 1. @.)

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, pube albida canescens, punc-
tulis excavatis quasi granulatum.

Carur. Facies ante antennas pube cineras-
centi tecta. Oculi pilosi.

Trouncvus. Scutellum inerme. Squamule atre.
Ale fuscescentes, nebulosz, apice obscuriores,
nervis nigris anastomosi ferruginea. Pedes
pilosuli, tibiarum spinulis testaceis. Apophyses
anticee articulo primo antrorsum mucronato.

Axzpomey lineare, subcylindricum (n), cingulis
quatuor tomentoso-niveis, supra interruptis
infra continuis, ano quadridentato dentibus
intermediis furcatis, segmento penultimo dente
marginali utrinque instructo.

I have not yet met with the aculeate sex of this
species, but I do not hesitate to give it as the 4.
tonica of Fabricius, Gmelin, and Rossi, although
not of Linneus. The circumstance which prin-
cipally distinguishes it from the preceding species,
is the absence of the tooth on each side of the scu-
tellum, which constantly attends all the varieties of
that insect. The abdomen of the male is likewise
of a different form, and its dorsal white fascic are
interrupted. Miller, in Mr. Gray’s interleaved
edition of the Systema Naturae, has described an
insect as 4. quadridentata, very similar to the male
of our A. inermis, if it be not the same, in these

(n) Tab. 7. *#. c. 1. @. fig. 15,
words,

APIS. (#x. c. 1. @ B.) 231
words. ‘“ Caput et thorax nigri supra, punctisque
excavatis confertis quasi granulati, pilis lateralibus
subcinereis. Frons hirsuta, alba. Oculi ovati, pal-
lidi. Abdomen nigrum, glabrum, granulatum,
conicum, cingulis tomentoso-albis, supra inter-
ruptis, infra continuis. Anus dentibus duobus
bifurcatis terminatur, segmentum penultimum
etiam dente utrinque gemino, ita ut abdomen
apice octo-dentato appareat. Antennze pedesque
nigri tarsis glaucis.”

we. Cs hs Bs A

39. A nigra, punctulatissima; scutello bidentato ; punctulas
: ¢ k : étssima.
abdomine segmentis margine decoloribus.

FIG. Tab. 16. fig. 9

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Francillon, Kirly,
Long. Corp, Lin. 34—44. .
Hal, Barhamiz, tempore autumnali bis capta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS piceo-nigrum, totum excavato-punc-
tulatissimum, subtus pube haud densa cine-
rascenti.

Capurt cinereo-villosum. Proboscis thoracis lon-
gitudine. Antenne capite longiores, nitide,
piceo-nigree.

Truncus. Thorax subpilosus, linea intermedia
Jongitudinali obsoletiuscula exaratus, apud scu-
tellum utrinque dente obsoleto instructus.
Scutellum prominens, subemarginatum, punc-
tis majoribus notatum. Squamule nigra, ni-

a3 tidissimz.

23% APIS. («#.¢. 1. &)
| tidissime. Ale infuscate, latere exteriori
atro-violascentes, apice nervisque mae Pe-
des cinereo-pilosuli,

ABDOMEN arcuatum, supra valde convexum,
basi subretusum, pilis breyissimis sparsis con-
situm, segmentis quatuor anticis margine gla-
bris, exalbidis, /. decoloribus. Venter plani-
usculus, glaber.

heap AO, A. atra, punctulatissima; albido-subpubescens ;
ano rectangulo.
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Frangillon, Hill, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44.
Hal. Barhamie, Augusto exeunti 1799 lecta, szpius
etiam prope Londinum.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, excayato-punctulatissimum,
pube albida subincanum.

Carut. Mazille apice tridentate. Antenne
nitide, nigra, capite longiores.

Truncus. Thorax inermis. Scutellum rotun-
datum. Squamule magne, atre, nitidissime.
Ale fusce, latere exteriori nigre. Pedes
pilosuli, digitis articulis extimis obscuré fer-
rugineis. Scopule fulye.

AspoMEN arcuatum, subcylindricum, aterri-
mum, nitidum, albido-pilosulum, supra con-
yexum, ano incurvo, rectangulo(o). Venter
planiusculus.

(0) Tab. 7. «%. c. 1. B. fig. 6.
% #. Cy

41. A. fulvescente-pubescens; abdomine_ brevi, Willugh-

FIG,

APIS. (*%. c. 2. @.)
HH Os, Zee

ano nigro; antennis masculis articulo extimo
majori, manibus dilatato-ciliatis.

Apis sylvestris in arboribus putrescentibus cuniculos
fodiens, ibidemque thecas cylindraceas recondens.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 244.

The Willow Bee. Lowth. abridg, of Phil, Trans,
Vol. 2. c.6. §.17. m.1—4. -

Ray's Letters, p. 72—7A.

Grew’s Raritics, P.1. §.7. ¢.1. p. 154.

Scheff. Fund. Ent. tab. 20. fig. 1.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Haworth, Sowerby, Fran-

cillon, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin, 53—74.
Hat. Barhamie. In Salicum putrescentium truncis
centunculos e foliis convolutis struit,

DESCR. <Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, pube fulvescenti.
Carut. Mavzille valide, forcipate, apice qua-

dridentatz, dentibus exterioribus duobus lon-
gioribus, acutis, interioribus truncatis(p). Fa-
cies poné antennas pube fusco-nigricanti.
Antenne nigre, vix capite longiores.

TruNcus supra pube e fulvo rufescente mollis,

translucente nigritudine corporis. Squamule
nigre, pilose. dle subhyaline, apice ob-
scuriores, nervis crassioribus nigris, reliquis
ferrugineis. Pedes fulvo-hirti, scopulis fus-
cis, ‘Tibiarum Spinule ferruginee.

(¢) Tab. 8. fig. 9. ;
aA ABDOMEN

APIS, (**. c.2. «,)

Aspomen breve, subcordatum(q), anticé lanu-
ginoso-fulyum, posticé pilis atris hirtum, seg-
mento penultimo et antepenultimo margine ~

obscuré tomentoso-albidis. Venter anticé

lana fulvo-aurea, posticé atra, vestitus.

Var. g dimidio minor. :

Maris Corpus subtus villoso-incanum. Mazille
apice acuté quadridentate, dentibus jnter-
mediis minoribus(r). -4dntenne capite longi-
ores, articulo extimo compresso, ancipiti, reli-
quis majori(s). Facies ante antennas barba
densi pallidé flava, verticis villis fulvescentibus.
Ale nervis nigris. Pedes pallido-hirti, sco-
pulis fulvis. Femora antica flava, supra nigra,
antrorsum lineolis duabus, longitudinalibus,
nigris inscripta, land densa fulvescenti subtus
barbate. Tibie trigonz, postice clavate,
antice intus apiceque lutea. Manus dilatate,
albide, intus nigro reticulate, extrorsum pilis
longis admodum et densis, incurvisque cili-
atee(t). Apophyses nigre, primaria articulo
primo antrorsum mucronato (w), secundo vitta
pallida picto. -4tdomen ex quadrato oblon-
gum, ano inflexo emarginato, lobis subser-
ratis(v). Venter planiusculus, segmento ul-
timo basi tridentato dentibus, nisi sub lente,
vix conspicuis. 7

(q) Tab. 8. fig, 20. (r) Ibid. fig. 10. (s) Ibid. fig. 8. a.
(t) Ibid. fig. 28. e, f, g. (u) Ibid, c. & fig. 27. aa,
(x) Ibid. fig. 24.

Far,

—————

APIS. («%. c. 2. &,)
Var. @ corporis hirsutie cinerascenti.
y maxillis dente interiore truncato; femo-
ribus anticis nigris, disco antrorsum pallido,
immaculato; manibus intus tantim puncto
nigro notatis; tibiis anticis extrorsum apice

» __ pallidis.

Obs. In héc varietate dentes ani ventrales con-
spicui magis quam in «@ et B.

I am led to give 4. Willughtiella as the Willow
Bee, whose history and economy so attracted the
attention of the English Naturalists of the last
century, by the circumstance of its having been
most commonly taken in places abounding with
willow trees. I find it in Barham in some low
meadows which are surrounded with them; it is
also frequently met with at Brentford, and other
places near the Thames

I have not hitherto been successful enough to
meet with its nidus, so as to ascertain whether what
I have given as the sexes come from the same,
but they agree together in such particulars as the
sexes usually do, and are found in the same situa-
tions, and therefore I feel no great doubt con-
cerning theiridentity. Sir John Hill, in his trans-
lation of Swammerdam’s Book of Nature, in a note,
says, that he has seen thousands of the nests of
these bees in Lincolnshire (y) ; it is probable that
where they so abound, they must do considerable
injury to the trees in question. .

(y) Hill’s Swammerdam, P, 1. p. 227. Note x.
The

235

236

-

(4) lago-
poda,

APIS. * (##, c, 2. a.)

The male of 4. Willughbiella is very like A,
Lagopoda of Linneus, and is often mistaken for
it; but it is extremely distinct from the authentic
specimen still preserved in the Linnean cabinet;
the singular conformation of the tarsus of the fore
feet, which is given as the most prominent charac-
teristic of 4. Lagopoda, is common, as I observed
before (z) to many distinct species, and is only a
sexual character. This sex of our insect exhibits
a peculiarity, which none of those that are related
to it in the form of the anterior tarsus, possess, the
last joint of its antenne is larger than any of the
rest, which gives them some resemblance to those
of a Papilio (a), in A. Lagepoda, lidentata, and
its other affinities, they are filiform. That this
class of males may no longer be confounded with
A. Lagopoda 1 shall insert in the margin a new
description of that insect, taken from the authentic
specimen (d).

42. A.
(x) Vol. 1. p. 461. (a) Tab. 8. fig. 8.

A. grisescente-pubescens; antennis masculis filiformibus ;
tibiis posticis magnis clavatis, manibus dilatato-ciliatis.

Apis lagopoda grisescens ; pedibus anticis dilatato-cilia~
tis; tibiis posticis clavatis ; ano emarginato.

Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. n.27, Fn. Hise 1702.

Vill. Ent. Eur, 3. n. 22,

Fab, Ent. Syst. Em, n. 48.

Apis lagopus. Lin. Syst, Nat. Ed, Gmel, p, 2776. n. 27.

MUS, D. Smith, Linnean.
Long,

APIS, (xx. ¢. 2. &)

42, A. cinerascente-pubescens ; abdomine femineo
subcordato, segmentis margine albidis; mas-
culo subgloboso.

Apis

Long. Corp. Lin. 64,
Hab. In Suecia.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum pube pallidé grisescenti.

Carut magnum. Antenne filiformes. Facies barba densa,
pallida, tecta.

Truncus supra pube grisea mollis, Squamule rufe.
Ale subhyalinz, apice paulo obscuriores, nervis nigris.
Pedes hirti. Femora antica testacea. Manus dilatate,
albz, extrosum pilis densis, albis, incurvis, ciliate. Tzlie
ultimi paris magne, incrassate. |

ABDOMEN subrotundum, basi depressum, griseo-subhirsu-
tum. Anus emarginatus lobis denticulatis.

I am not certain whether the mucro observable on the first
joint of the anterior apophyses of the male of 4. Willughtiella,
exists in 4. lagopoda or not; when the above description was
drawn out, I had not observed it in the former, therefore it is
very probable I might overlook it in the latter.

The insect which Schrank (a) and Panzer (b) have given
as A, lagopoda is different from it, and likewise from 4. Wil-
lughliella, but it appears to agree with an unlabelled specimen
in the Linnean cabinet, which is placed with the former as a
variety, but which is much smaller, not so hairy, with poste-
rior tibia proportionably less, The figures of Sulzer (c) and
Christius (d) have no relation whatever to any of these males.
I possess a foreign specimen of one, given me by the ingenious
Mr. Sowerby, which exhibits the same peculiar structure of
the anterior tarsus, and is extremely distinct from all the

(4) Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 810. (4) Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n- 55¢
tab. 7. (c) Tab. 27, fig. 17. (d) Tab. 9. fig. 3.

237

centuncu=
laris.

others, .

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238 APIS. (*#. ¢. 2. «.)

Apis centuncularis nigra, ventre lana fulvA.

Lin, Syst. Nat, Ed. 12. && Gmel. p.2771. n. 4. Fn,
Suec. n. 1687.

Fab. Ent. Syst, Em. n. 98.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 4.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 815.

Fn, Frid. n, 844.

Mill. Zool. Dan. n. 1897.

Rossi. Fn Etrusc. 927

Apis nigra, abdomine supra lineis albis, subtus lan4
fulva,

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. p.410. n. 5.

Apis centuncularis. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 5.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.708. Apis, n. 2. :

others, as well as from the Andrena bidentata (e) of Fabricius,
with which it has some affinity, this I shall now describe.

palmata, A. supra flavo-villosa; abdomine segmentis margine fulves-
centibus, pedibus rufis, manibus masculis dilatato-ciliatis,

MUS, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 42.
Ubi habitat, nondum innotuit.

DESCR, Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, subtus yilloso-canescens.

Carut, Antenne filiformes, thoracis feré longitudine, nigre,
subtus ferruginee. Oculi magni, in mortuo, brunnei.
Facies pube densa fulvo-flava tecta.

Truncus supra villoso-fulvus. Sgquamule nigre. Ale
subhyaline, apice obscuriores, nervis piceis. Pedes fer-
rugineo-rufi. Tilie antice crass, breves. Manus albe,
extrosum pilis densis, albis, incurvis, ciliate, Apophyses

' anticz articulo primo antrorsum mucronato.

Aspomen oblongum, segmentis margine tomentoso-fulyes<

centibus. Anus emarginatus. Venter subhirtus.

(¢) Ent. Syst. Em. n. 27.

FIG,

ist

APIS. (#**. 62. 4.) 230

FIG. Scheffer. Icon. tab. 262. fig. 6, 7.

Reaum. Hist. Ins. 6. Mem. 4. tab. 10. fig. 2, 3, 4. &e.

Baxin. Abregé. tab. 4. fig. 2. B.

Frisch. Ins. 2. p. 1. tab. 2.

Christiti Hymenopt. p. 165. tab. 12. fig. 8

Harris. Exp. tab; 49. fig. 2.

Barbut. Gen. Ins. tab: 15. Apis, fig. 9

MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth, Sowerby, Trimmer,
Francillon, Donovan, Lathlury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—6.
Hab. Barhamiz, tempore autumnali in Cardwis obvia.
In murorum cavitatibus et ligno putrescenti nidificat,
centunculos ex rosarum et Mercurialis annue foliis
struens. D. J. Trimmer.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube cinerascenti.

Carut. Mazille subforcipate, apice quadri- 4
dentatz, dentibus duobus exterioribus acutis, ¥
intermedio truncato, intimo emarginato (a).

Antenne capite vix longiores, nigre.

Truncus. Thorax pube rara admodum. Squa-
mule nigre. Ale subhyalinee, apice obscu-
riores, mervis nigricantibus. Pedes_hirti,
tibiarum spinulis testaceis. Scopule fulyo-
auree.

ABpoMEN cordatum (b), villosulum, segmentis
basi depressiusculis, utrinque piloso-albidis.

Anus acutus. Venter lan4 densa fulyo-aureA :
vestitus. +
Obs. Abdominis segmentum penultimum
margine toto piloso-albido.

(a) Tab. 8. fig. 11, (2) Ibid, fig. 18,

APIS. (*%. c. 2. a.)

Var. 6 corporis pube pallidé flavescenti.

Maris Corpus flavescente densiis villosum. An
tenne capite longiores, nitidiuscule. Mazille
apice bidentate, dente exteriori lohgiore, acu-~
to, imteriore magno, truncato(c). Facies
ante, antennas barba densa flavicanti tecta.
Femora antica antrorsum apice sordidé flava.
Abdomen €x oblongo subglobosum. Anus
inflexus, subiiteger, obsoleté denticulatus (d):
Venter planiusculus, segmentis margine pilis
albidis ciliatis:

This Apis is considerably smaller than the pre-
ceding, the abdomen of the aculeates is propor-
tionally longer and narrower, and the margin of
its dorsal segments is fringed on each side with
white or yellowish hairs; the anus also has no
black hairs. The male is still more strikingly dis-
tinguished from the same sex of 4. Willughbiella,
for it wants the dilated anterior tarsus; its antennae
are filiform, its maxilla ate armed at the apex
with two teeth only, of which the interior is trun-
cate and very short, its primary apophyses have no
mucro upon their first joint, and its anus is entire.

_ The specimens labelled as 4. centincularis in
the Linnean cabinet; do not agree with the de-
scription of that insect given in the Fauna Suecica.
* Abdomen ovatum, nigtuin, acutum, incisura-
rum marginibus albis.” In those specimens the

(6) Tab, 6, fig: 44, (4) Ibid, fig. 26;

nd

inargin

%

. APIS. (%*. ¢. 2. a.)
margin of the abdominal segments’ has no white
hairs, nor is the anus particularly acute, they ap-
pear to me to be the other sex of the genuine 4.
lagopoda. It is probable that Linneus, looking up-
on all the leaf cutter Bees as varieties only of the
same species, was not particular in the selection of
the specimertis he preserved. Reaumur’s figure and
description agree with our insect, but those that
he was acquainted with made their nests under-
ground. Geoffroy represents his as_ nidificating
in old wood, and the trunks of decayed trees. Mr.
James Trimmer found the nest of ours in a decay-
ing window-sell, and likewise in the cavity of a
brick wall. He observed that this little bee made
use of the leaves of Mercurialis annua, as well as
those of the rose. Perhaps it is indifferent to this
animal where she constructs her centunculi, pro-
vided it bein a place sufficiently sheltered from
the weather. The insect which Scopoli took for
A. centuncularis appears to me to be very distinct
from it, he describes it as much smaller, and the
thorax as covered with thick red hair (e), a cireum-

stance which will not at all agree with ours. The -

synonym of Ray (f), which I have likewise exclud-
ed, evidently belongs to another insect, the terms
*¢ parva, corpore longo angusto,” cannot well be
looked upon as descriptive of 4. centuncularis.

(e) Ent. Car. n. 799. Ann. Hist. Nat. 4. n..15.
(f) Hist, Ins. p. 242. n. 6,

Panzer’s

9Ai

249 APIS. («#. ¢.2. a.)
Panzer’s figure (g) has an oval obtuse abdomen;
and I think belongs to an insect which I shall
shortly describe.

maritima,43. A pallido-pubescens; thorace fusco; maxillis
magnis prominentibus; abdomine oblongo,
segmentis margine albicantibus.
MUS. Kirby.
’ -Long. Corp, Lin. 8.
Hal; In maritimis, prope Landguard fort in ‘Suffolcia
semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul. |

CORPUS nigrum, pube pallida.

Carut. Mazille prominentes, validissime, feré
conniventes, apice valde dilatatee quadri-
dentate, dente intimo truncato reliquis ro-
tundatis (h). Antenne nigre, capitis longi-
tudine. Oculi magni. Facies ante antennas
barba sordidé fulva tecta, pone antennas fus-
cescunt villi

Truncvs supra fusco rarids villosus, translu-
cente nigritudine corporis. Squamule picee.
Ale subhyaline, apice pauld obscuriores,
nervis piceis. Pedes hirti, tibiarum_spinulis
testaceis. Femora antica pallide barbata.
Scopule fulvo-auree.

ABDOMEN ex ovato oblongum (i), segmentis
anticis cinereo-subvillosis, basi depressis, pos~
ticis tribus margine piloso-pallidis. .dnus ob+

(g) Fn. Ins, Germ. Init. m. 55. tab. 12.
(h) Tab. 8. fig. 13, (7) Ibid. fig. 19.
tusiusculus.

ice)

APIS. (##. c. 2. @,) 24
tusiusculus. Venter anticé lana fulva, posticd
fusca, tectus. -

This insect is distinguished, from those that
ptecede it, by the size of its maxillz, which are
unusually largé and prominent, and scarcely, if at
all, forcipate; the teeth at their tips are most of
them rounded, none being acute, as in the others ;
the abdomen, also, is of a different shape. Panzer
has figured a maxilla as belonging to the other sex
of his 4. centuncularis(k), which represents well
the same part of 4. maritima. It is certainly not
the maxilla of a male, and his figure is that of an
aculeate, whence it follows that it belongs to
another species.

AA, A. griseo-pubescens; abdomirie femineo subsligniseca,
ovali; masculo subgloboso, ano emarginato.

PP e ACULs
FIG.
Apis centuncularis, Panzer. Fn. Ins, Germ, Init. n.568,
tab, 12.
Donovan. Eng. Ins. 4. tab. 120,

MAS.
Tab. 16. fig. 11.
MUS. D. Marsham, Donovan, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 7—8,
Hab. Barhamiz. Centunculos ex ulmorum et rosarutit
foliis convolyit, in arborum putrescentium truncis

nidificans.
.
Hi (2) Fn, Ins, Germ, Init. n, 55, tab. 12, fig. a,
_ WOL. II, RB DESCR,

244

APIS. («*. ¢, 2, a)

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube grisescenti.

Carut. Mazille prominentes, valida, forci-
pate, apice quadridentate, dentibus exteri-
oribus duobus acutis, intermedio truncato,
intimo emarginato(/). Antenne capitis feré
longitudine, nigre. .

Truncus supra villis sordidé fulvis tecta, disci
pube rariore nigricanti, Squamule nigre.
Ale subhyaline, apice obscuriores, nervis
nigris. Pedes hirti, tibiarum spinulis ferru-
gineis. Scopule fulvo-aurez.

AxspoMeEN ex oblongo ovale (m), anticé cinereo-
subvillosum, posticé pilis nigris consitum.
Anus obtusiusculus. Venter land fulya yes-
titus.

Var. g ventris lana, anum versus, nigra.

Maris Corpus longiis et densiis villosum. Facies
ante antennas barba dens4 flavescenti. dn-
tenne thorace breviores. Thorax pube ful-
vescenti. Abdomen ex oblongo globosum,
flavescenti vellere lanuginosum, ano inflexo,
emarginato (7).

Var. @ corporis hirsutie cinerascenti; digitis ar-

ticulo extimo ferrugineo.

This insect has been figured as 4. centuncularis

by Panzer and the ingenious Mr. Donovan, it is,
however, very distinct from it; for it is not only

(J) Tab. 8. fig.14. (mm) Ibid. fig. 21. (~) Ibid. eg

considerably

APIS. (##. c. 2. @)
considerably larger, but the abdomen of the acti-
leates instead of being cordate is oval, and its dor-
sal segments have no white marginal fringe. The
anus also of the males is emarginate. The last
mentioned autlior informis us that 4. ligniseca
commits great ravages in oak plantations; trees of
that kind, apparently healthy, at Birdbrook in
Essex, being completely perforated by it; and filled
with its centunculi: but it does not confine itself
solely to the oak, for upon the tenth of September;
1799, upon observing a bee belonging to the pre-
sent subdivision enter the trunk of a putrescent
elm, I obtained leave to take the tree down; upon
opening it, I discovered, in the center, the nest,
and also one of the bees, which proved to be the
one now before us. The nest was made of elm
leaves, each cell was about an inch and a quarter
in length, and riot quite half an inch in diameter ;
a circumstance which furnishes an additiotial proof
that this insect is distinct from 4. ceniuncularis,
for the cells of the latter are not an inch in length,
and scarcely the fourth of an inch in diameter,
The tree which A. Winiseca had selected to con-
tain her nest, was beginning to decay at the heart,
here she had bored a channel whose diameter was
adapted to that necessary for her cells, the direc-
tion of which was according to the state of the
wood at the center, following the putrescent vein,
Plot, in his history of Staffordshire, makes mention
of one of these bees as constructing its nest in a

decaying crab tree,
a A5. AA,

pom:

[my

246 APIS, (%#..c. 2. 4.)
circum- A5, A, lanuginoso-flava; capite, anoque, atris.

cincta, |
FIG. Tab. 16. fig. 10.
MUS, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 64.
Hal, In Cantio, apud Dartfordiam in aggere aprico 4
D. Goodenough semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, lanugine densa, fulvo-flava,
vestitum.

Carut. Mazxille prominentes, valide, apice
quadridentatee, dentibus equalibus, rotunda-
tis, intimo truncato (0). Facies atro-villosa.
Antenne capitis longitudine, subclavate.

Truncus supra lanugine fulvo-flav4 tectus,
translucente nigritudine disci. Squamule ni~
gre. Ale hyaline, nervis nigris. Pedes fla-
vescente-pilosi. Spiviul ferruginee. Plante
intermedize extus hirte. ° Scopule dense,
fulvae.

Aspomen subglobosum, dimidio antico lanu-
gine fulvo hirsuto, postico atro piloso. Venter
lana fulva tectus, ano atro.

zantho- AG. A. aterrima, villosa; thorace, abdominisque
mefan basi, lanuginoso-flavescentibus..

Apis nigra, thorace, abdominisque basi superné land

rufa, .
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par.2. p. 409. n. 4? 4
' Apis parietina. Fourcroy. Ent, Par, n,4? ie,
MUS, Kirly, .
(0) Tab. 8. fig. 15.

; Long}

APIS: | (##. ¢.-2.>4,)

Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hat, In Suffolcia, Apud Somersham prope Ipswich,
in aggere aprico argillaceo, Julio ineunti 1798, semel
capta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS aterrimum, villosum.

Carut. Mazille valid, subforcipate, apice
quadridentatze dentibus rotundatis extimo acu-
tiusculo(p). Antenne capitis longitudine,
subclavatz.

Truncus supra lanugine flavescenti vestitus.
Squamule nigre. Ale fusco-nebulose, ner-
vis piceis. Pedes hirti. Digiti articulo ex-
timo piceo.

‘AzspoMen subglobosum, supra convexum, basi
lanuginoso-flavescens, ano piloso atro. Ven-

_ter lana atra. ;

This insect departs somewhat from the general
habit of this subdivision, the upper side of the ab-
domen being convex, instead of flat; it seems to
approach very near to Geoffroy’s ‘ Abeille ma-
gonne a poils roux ;” but as he describes his as
having tawny hairs upon its head and legs, which
is not the case with ours, I have added a mark of
interrogation to his synonym. My specimen, the

only one I ever saw, I took creeping upon a clay.

hank of a southern aspect, not in the neighbour-
hood of any wall.

- (p) Tab. 8. fig. 16. "
R 3 * *®. Ce

7 ae erRs ! tne. a hep " an =

2A7

248

APIS, (#. ¢. 2. 4)
* *. C. 2. B.

. manicatg.47, A. albido-villosa ; abdomine maculis flavis la-

FIG.

MUS.

teralibus; ano masculo inflexo, quinque~
dentato.

Apis manicata nigra, pedibus anticis hirsutissimis, ab-
domine maculis flavis lateralibus, ano tridentato.

Lin. Syst. Nat, Ed, 12, n.28, Fn. Suec. 1701.

Vill, Ent. Eur, 3, n.23.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 914.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.717. Apis, n.11.

Berkenhout. Synops. 1. p.15Q. n. 4.

Apis manicata cinerea, abdomine nigro, maculis flavis
lateralibus, ano quinquedentato,

Fab. Ent, Syst. Em, n,73.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2777. n. 28.

Apis abdomine fasciis flavis interruptis, apice sping
quintuplici flay4 armato.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins, Par. 2. p. 408. n. 3,

Apis manicata, Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 3.

Apis sylvestris, abdomine lato nigricanti; ad prone et
supinz partis commissuram lJanugine ruf§ vel albi,
cante donata,

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 242. n. 1,

Swammerdam. Bill. Nat. tab. 26. fig. 4.

Scheffer. Icon, tab, 32. fig. 11,12. Opuscula, tab, 40,
Jig. 66,

Christii Hymenopt. p. 133. tab. 9. fig. 5. mal.

Harris, Exp. Eng. Ins, tab. 49. fig. 3.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init, n. 55, tab, 11,

Tab, 16, fig. 12. Acul. fig. 13. Mas,

D, Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Francillon, Trim:
mer, Lathbury, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 53—83.

Hab. In hortis oppidanis in Suffolcia frequens, tomen-
tum e foliis, precipué Stachyos lanate, et Agros-

temmatis

APIS. (ex. ¢.25.B.)
temmalis coronarie, (quocum cellulas et nidum suum
obvolvit) maxillis abradens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, subtus villoso-albescens.

Caput. Mazille flave, apice nigra, multiden-
tatze(q) dentibus intermediis minoribus, Fa-
cies cinerascente-pubescens, anticé utrinque
flava. Nasus apice denticulatus. Occiput
utringue puncto fiavo notatum.

Truwcus supra pube grisea mollis, translucente
nigritudine corporis. Squamule nigre, an-
ticé villosae, puncto flavo notate. Metathorax
utrinque villoso-albus. le fuscescentes ner-
vis nigris. Pedes flavescente-pilosi, femoribus
quatuor posticis dimidiato-rufis. Tilie basi
macula flava, antice insuper linea flava lon-
gitudinali inscriptaze, posticee intus certo situ
tomentoso-pallide. Plante extrorsum to-
mento densissimo albido molles, intermediis
majoribus. Scopule ferruginez.

ABDOMEN supra subvillosum, punctulatum, seg-
mentis utrinque puncto flavo notatis. Seg-
mentum antepenultimum punctis flavis qua-
tuor. Abdominis latera flavo-ciliata. Anus
obsoleté trilobus, incurvus. Venter lana pal-
lida tectus.

Var. @ occipite punctis flavis nullis; tibiis an-

ticis basi apiceque flavis; abdomine seg-

(7) Tab. 9. 2. B. fig, 6.
RA mento

ae ee

249

250 APIS. (*#. c, 2. &.) .
mento antepenultimo maculis tanttm dug
bus mediis flavis.

Maris Mozille apice tridentate (r). Facies ante
antennas flava macula posticd media nigra.
Pedes albido-hirti. Femora nigra, apice sub-
tus dente obtuso utrinque instructa. Tibie
quatuor anteriores apice flavee, cuncte subtus
barba densa alba. Plante albo hirsutissime.
Palme flave. Apophyses postice articulo
secundo intus obtusangulo (s). Abdomen cilia
densa, incurvA, pallida utrinque ornatum, seg-
mento penyltimo maculis duabus sublunatis
flavis picto, utrinque spina incurva armato(t),
ultimo spinis tribus incurvis instructo, inter-
medio recto breviori, lateralibus divaricatis (w),
Anus seepe valde inflexus.

Obs. dAbdominis segmenta iniermedia in angulum
Jf. dentem obiusum protensa(x). Plante inter-
dum flave,

Linneus in his definition of this insect seems to
have overlooked the spines which arm the last seg-
ment but one of the abdomen of the male; for
instead of being tridentate the anus is in fact quin-
quedentate, This error has been rectified by Fa-
bricius, ‘The synonym of Swammerdam evidently
belongs to 4. manicata, and not to A. quadriden-
tata, for the dorsal spots of the abdomen, and five

(r) Tab. 9. 2. B. fig. 7. (s) Ibid. fig. 12. 3.
(4) Ibid. fig. 11. 02. (uz) Ibid. c¢. (x) Ibid, a,

spines

APIS, (#*. ¢.2. B. ¥.) 251
spines of the anus, are plainly represented in his ;
figure. Geoffroy has mistaken the male for the
female, and Panzer has fallen into the same error,
that which he has given as the male is a distinct
species, Anal spines or teeth in this family are in-
variably a sexual distinction, and point out the
males,

e €. C25 9,

48, A. atra, supra glabriuscula; maxillis promi-mazillosa, »
nentibus, intus barbatis; abdomine segmentis
margine albis, y :
Apis mazillosa nigra, maxillis prominentibus, antennis
‘thorace brevioribus, abdomine cylindrico subtus luteo

hirsuto,
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed, 12. & Gmel. p. 2773. n. 11.
Vill. Ent, Eur. 3. n. 10. .

Hyleus maxillosus, Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 4.
FIG. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n, 53. tab. 17. |

MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathlury,
Francillon, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—5é.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus haud rara. In paxillis ni-
dificat et lignis siccis Ichneumonibus manifestatori
jaculatori et femoratort K, abnoxia,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube, rara admodum, albida
consitum. ;
Capur. Mazille arcuate, prominentes, forci-
patee, feré capitis longitudine, apice bidentate
lente exteriori longiore, intus fulvescente-

barbate,

252

APIS. («*. ¢.2. ¥.)

barbatze(y). Labium valde elongatum, ros~
trum feré totum obtegens(z). Nasus apice
Squama a capite extante instructus. Antenne
clavate capitis longitudine(a). Vertex cal-
vus. Oculi posticé attenuati.

Truncvus obovatus. Squamule nigre. Ale
paululum infuscate, apice nervisque nigris.
Pedes pallido-hirti. Scopule fulve.

AxpomeEN cylindricum, nitidum, punctulatum,
segmentis margine piloso-albis, Venter lana
densa, pallidé lutea tectus.

This singular insect may always be known by
its prominent maxille, which when closed leave a
space between themselves and the mouth, which
space is filled by the hairs with which their inner
side is bearded; its lip is also remarkably elongate.
Panzer has given an admirable figure of it; that of
Christius belongs to some other insect. We learn
from Mr. Marsham that 4. mazillosa is the prey
of Ichneumon manifestator, and from Bergman
that J. jaculator pierces this as well as 4. florisom-
nis, which indeed I strongly suspect to be its male.
Nor are these the only insects of that genus to the
attacks of which our pis is exposed, for Mr. J.
Trimmer has taken another out of its foramina,
which, as it appears to be a non-descript, and

(y) Tab. 9. 2. y. fig. 6. (x) Ibid. fig. 2. 0.
(a) Ibid. fig. 7.
may

APIS, (*#. ¢.2. ¥.) 253

may easily be confounded with J. comitator, I shall
describe below (a).

4g. A. atra, cinereo-villosa; abdomine masculo in-florisom: .
- RAP nis.
curvo, ventre basi cornuto, ano obtusé biden-
tato,

Apis florisomnis nigra, abdomine subcylindrico incuryo,
ano bidentato, tibiis posticis apice spinosis.

Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. n.13. Fn, Suec. 1704,

Vill, Ent. Eur.3. n. 12,

Scop. Ent. Car. n,. 796.

Mill, Zool. Dan. n. 1903.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.711. Apis, n. 5.

Hyleus florisomnis abdomine subcylindrico incurvo
ano bidentato,

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em, n. 5.

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2773. Apis, n. 13.

FIG, Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 50. fig. 11.

Hyleus florisomnis, Panzer, Fn, Ins. Germ. Init n, 46,
tab, 13,

Ichneumon. ¥***.
(a) I, ater; antennis thoracis longitudine fascia alba; femoribus femora~
piceis. ray ag
Totus ater exceptis femoribus posticis piceis, Antennz hinc
tantim fascia media albida.
Obs. I, comitatore triplo minor, cui simillimus. Differt
tamen non solum antennis vix thorace longioribus, et femo-
ribus piceis, verum etiam alis hyalinis nervis nigricantibus,
cum in illo obscure f. subtestacee sint ale, nervis ferru-
gineis. Femora item crassiora et breviora in hoc quam in
il{o. Unde character I. comitatoris melizs sic exprime=
retur. ;

J, ater, antennis corporis longitudine fascia alba, comitator. °
| MUS,

a aoe

254 APIS. (#x. ¢. 2. »)

- MUS. D. Smith Litinean, Marsham, Latham, Francillon,
Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—5.
Hab, Barhamiz, in floribus tempore vernali baud rara,
In floribus pernoctat, Lin.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, cinereo-villosum,

Carut. Mazille apice bidentate dentibus acu
tis. Gene apud basin maxillarum in dentem
obtusum protense. Facies ante antennas
densiis barbata. Antenne filiformes, capite ~
longiores, hinc subdentatz /. articulis subtus
medio obtusangulis (¢),

Truncus suboyatus, villosus, Squamule nigre.
Ale infuscatz, apice nervisque nigris. Pedes
hirti, spinulis testaceis. Scopule fulve.

ABDOMEN semicylindricum, punctulatissimum,
segmento ultimo bidentato, dentibus obliqué
truncatis (c). Venter anticé cornu brevi,
crasso, supra concavo, apice rotundato arma-
tus (d); cuie regione opponitur cavitas to-
mentoso-pallida(e), segmento ultimo recurvo,
apice bidentato (/).

No insect, in this genus, that I am at present
acquainted with, exhibits so many singularities of
form as 4. florisomnis. The tooth in which its
genz terminate, the intermediate joints of its an-

(2) Tab. 9. 2. y. fig. 9. (c) Ibid. fig. 12. aa.
(d) Ibid. fig. 11. a. (e) Ibid. d.
(/) Ibid, ¢, & fig. 12, 20.
/ tennze

APIS. (#x. c. 2. 4.)

tenn jutting out on their under side into an ob-
tuse angle, the remarkable horn or protuberance
which arms the base of the venter, the cavity
which answers to it, and into which, when the in-
sect reposes in its flowery bed, it is probably in-
serted, and the teeth which terminate its anus on
' the underside, are peculiarities, which I do not re-
- collect that any preceding author has noticed, but
which strikingly distinguish this insect. All of
these however I take to be sexual distinctions, for
this insect is always male and the preceding is as
invariably of the other sex, a circumstance, which,
combined with general traits of resemblance, makes
me suspect that they are only the sexes of the
same species. ‘he spines at the apex of the tibie,
which Linneus has introduced into his defini-
tion, are not more conspicuous in this, than in
the other species-of the genus; Fabricius has
therefore very properly omitted them in his cha-
racter.

Scheffer has written a monograph in German
upon an pis, which he calls 4. florisomnis (g);
but which is, in fact, a very different species. He
describes it as distinguished by a very particular
circumstance, namely, antennz involute or turn-
ed in at their tips. His figure represents an insect
quite distinct from ours, it may possibly, be the

(g) Abhandl. von Insecten, 3. Band, p» 12530, tab. 1—5.
Icon, tab, 32, fig. Q, 10,

Eucera

955

256 APIS. (*#. 0.2. y)

Eucera curvicornis of Scopoli(h), of which that
author says, “ Antennarum apices adeo intorti ut
capitulum referant.” Scheffer seems to have been
led into this mistake by finding his insect in the
bell of a flower. Christius has given a figure for
A. fiorisomnis which has no-relation whatever to
it (7); Panzer’s is excellent.

‘Campo 50. A. atra, glabriuscula; ano masculo inflexo,
alana acuté bidentato, ventre basi gibbo.
FIG. Apis florisomnis minima, Christi Hymenopt. p. 197.

tab. 17. fig. 8.
Tab. 16. fig. 14. Acul. fig. 15. Mas.

MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Latham, M*Leay, Trimmer,
Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirby.
, Long. Corp. Lin, 2—2}.
Hab. Barhamiz. In floribus Campanularum frequens,
in quibus mas szpe pernoctat.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, glabriusculum, punctulatissi-
mum.

Caput. Nasus gibbus. Antenne nigre, capi-
tis vix longitudine.

Truncus. Squamule piceo-nigre. Ale pauld
infuscate, subiricolores, nervis nigris. Pedes
cinereo- pilosuli, scopulis fulvescentibus. Spi-
nule testacez.

Aspomen cylindricum, ano obtusiusculo. Ven«
ter lana haud dens4 lutescenti.

(h) Ann. Hist. Nat, 4. p.g. n. 3.

— (i) Hymenopt. p. 172. tab, 13, fig. 11, -
Maris

APIS. -(#*. c. 2. ¥.)

Maris Corpus cinereo-villosulum. Antenne fili-
formes, capite longiores(A). Facies ante an-
tennas niveo-villosula. 4bdomen inflexum ano
acuté bidentato(/). Venter segmento secundo
tuberculo elevatiusculo munito(m), cui ex
adverso opponitur apud anum cayitas rotunda,
tomentoso-pallida.

This little Apis, by far the most minute species
of this genus, that I have yet seen, is common,
_ during the summer and autumnal months, in the
blossoms of Campanula Trachelium, rotundifolia,
and hybrida, and, what deserves to be remarked,
I never found it in the flowers of any other genus
of plants. The males are often taken asleep in
these flowers, their abdomen is then doubled, so
that the tubercle, with which its base is armed,
fits into the cavity near the anus. The aculeates
» partake of the habit of 4. mazillosa, and the
males in the same degree resemble 4. florisomnis,
a further proof of the identity of those insects.
I have never met with this insect in any other
situation than the above, and therefore I can say
nothing further with respect to their mode of
nidification, than that it is most probable that, with
the other species of this subdivision, they make
their cells in posts, rails, and the like. The male
of A. campanularum is, I think beyond a doubt,
the A. florisomnis minima of Christius.

(2) Tab. 9. 2. 7. fig. 8, (J) Ibid, fig, 14,

(m) Ibid. fig. 13, a,

51, A.

2

Jv

7

$58 APIS, (##. 6 2 y)
. truncoe 51. A. atra; abdominis basi transversé carinato;
ia segmentis margine albidis; ano masculo in«
~ flexo, ihermi.
Apis truncorum nigra, glabra, fronte albida, pubescente;

abdomine segmentis margine albidis, subtus flavi-
cante.
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. && Gmel. p. 2773. n.12. Fa.
Suec. n. 1692.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3, n.11.
Miill. Zool. Dan. n. 1900. ;
Hyleus truncorum niger, abdomine cylindrico, se¢- .
mentis margine albis, subtus cinereo hirsuto. “Sp
Fal. Ent. Syst. Em, n. 9?
FIG. Hyleus truncorum. Panzer. Fn. Ins: Germ. Init. n.
64. tab. 15.
MUS. Regine Acul(n), D. Smith Linnean Acul, Haworth
Mas, Kirby Acul, Mas.
Long. Corp. Lin. 2i—4.
Hal. Brentfordic, et alibi prope Londinum, sed raris-
sima, femina semel lecta a D. J. Trimmer, mas bis
a D. Haworth. .

DESCR. Acul.

: CORPUS atrum, punctulatissimum, albido-
subvillosum.

Carut. Mazille forcipate, apice bidentate

dentibus acutis, supra subcarinate, /. lined

Jongitudinali elevatiuscula notande. Antenne

nigra, subfiliformes, capitelongiores. Facies

ante antennas albido densits barbata. Gene

’ (n) I saw this in her Majesties collection, in the Observatory
in Richmond gardens; it was the ninth specimen from the left
hand, in the first row, at the end of the drawer.

subtus

APIS.» («*. ¢..2. ¥)
subtus utrinque mucrone, /. dente brevi,
postico, armatee.

Truncus. Squamule atre. Ale fuscescentes,
apice obscuriores, nervis nigris. Pedes pilo-
suli, spinulis scopulisque fulvis.

ABDomeEn cylindricum, basi retusum, segmento
primo supra transversé carinato, /. lined ar-
cuata, transversa, elevatiusculd notato. Seg-
menta omnia margine pilis densis, brevibus,
niveis ciliata. 4nus subincurvus, pilis decum=

bentibus, pallidis canescens. Venter lana, den=.

sa admodum, flavescenti vestitus.

Maris Corpus minus. Gene inermes. Mazille
supra haud carinate. -dbdomen segmentis
anticis margine albicantibus. -4nus inflexus,
segmento ultimo integro, subcompresso, utrin-
que foveola transversa excavato. Venter basi
niveo-villosus, convexus, apice cavitate satis
profunda insignis:

Two or three distinct insects are placed tovethet,
in the Linnean cabinet, as 4. ¢runcorum, the one
I have just described is the same with the labelled
specimen. Linneus says, in his Fauna Suecica,
“« Antenne longitudine thoracis. dlbdominis seg-
menta vix margine alba, sed potids versus latera.”
But in the above specimen, and our English one,
the antenne are only a little longer than the head,
and the whole margin of the abdominal segments
‘is fringed with white hairs; this description was
probably made from one, part of whose hairs had

VOL. II, s | been

259

260 APIS. (##. ©. 2. 4.8.)

been rubbed off, an accident to which thesé ani-

. mals. are very subject. Christius has given an
A. truncorum,. but it is a very different insect.
Panzer’s figure is tolerably accurate, he has made
the tip of the wings rather too dark. The syno-
nym of Fabricius seems to me rather dubious, for
he says of his ‘* abdomine—subtus cinereo-hirsuto,”
which is not the case with 4. truncorum; in a spe-
cimen long disclosed, however, the hairs on the
underside of the abdomen might turn to cinereous;
and Panzer observes upon this species “ yariat ab-
dominis lana subtus cinerea et flava.”

**. Cc. 2. 3.

leucome- 52. A. aterrima, albido-subvillosa; abdomine seg-
vis mentis margine utrinque albis, ventre lana
cinerascenti. .
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 33.

Hal, Coddenhamiz prope Needham Market in Suffol-
cia, a me in pineto quodam tempore autumnali in
floribus Leontodontis semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS aterrimum, nitidum, levissimé punc-
tulatum, pube albescenti subincanum. -

Carut. Mazille apice tridentate. Antenne
subclavate, capitis longitudine, nigrz, apice
subtus nigro-piceo.

Trouncus posticé satis villosus. Squamule ater-
rime, nitide. dle infuscate, nervis nigris.

Pedes

re nae eae - - - ~ el LD rte ry Me

APIS. (#%. 6.2, 3.)
Pedes hirti, tibiarum spinulis nigris. Scopule
cineree. :

AspomEN €x ovali sublineare, supra glabrius-
culum, segmentis anticis quatuor margine
utrinque pilis niveis ciliatis, primo et secundo
apice auctis. Venter land haud densa cinerea
mollis. ;

This species, although very distinct from it, is

very liable, at first sight, to be confounded with
A. truncorum. If its proboscis be not unfolded,

~~ go that, the palpi can be examined, it may always

be known by the absence of the elevated curved
line, which is observable upon the first segment of

the abdomen of both sexes of the latter insect. »

It may possibly be the Hyleus truncorum of Fabri-
cius. I look upon this insect as forming the con-
necting link which unites the present with the pre-
_ ceding subdivision;

®

53. A, atra,‘cinereo-subvillosa; scutello bidentato : spinwlose.

ano masculo inflexo, spiuloso, ventre basi
cornuto.
FIG. Tab. 17.,fig.1. Acul. fig. 2. Mas;
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Sowerty, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 3—4. ,
Hab, Apud Witnesham et Blakenham Parvam prope
Gippovicum in Suffolci4, in arenariis et cretariis tems
pore autumnali haud rara,

DESCR. Acul. .
CORPUS atrum, punctulatissimum, cinereo-

villosum,
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bes.

261

7% 43

262 APIS. (x. c.2. 3.) ine

Carur. Mazille apice tridentate, dentibus
acutis. Antenne. nigra, subclavate, capitis
longitudine.’ Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-
ceesii, fundo fayoso. Facies inter antennas
hirsutie flavescenti. “i

Truncus supra pube grisescenti. Scutellum
dente parvo, acuto, sub hirsutie ocultato et
vix sine tactu dignoscendo, utrinque armatum.
Squamule atre. Ale pauld infuscate, apice
obscuriores, nervis nigris. Pedes grisescente-
hirti. Tibie posticee apice tomentoso-fulves-
centes. Scopule fulve. Spinule testacee.
Digiti picei.

ABDOMEN subglobosum, nitidum, punctulatis-
simum, supra glabrum, segmentis anticis mar-
gine interrupté, posticis continué, piloso-albi-
cantibus. Anus subdeclivis. Venter lana densa,
ferruginea tectus.

Maris Mawille apice bidentate. Facies ante
antennas vellere denso flavescenti tecta. 4n-
tenn filiformes capite longiores. Ale dilu-
tiores. .dnus dentato-spinulosus(0). Venter
cinereo-subvillosus, apud basin et apicem cor-
nu erecto, acuto, armatus. )

This little Apis, the male especially, exhibits
many peculiar characters; the anus fringed, as it
were, with minute spines, and the remarkable horn,
which, if it be closely examined, will be discovered

(0) Tab, 10, x#, c. 2. 9, fig. 18, —
, upon

APIS. (x#. ¢.2. 3.)
upon the first and last ventral segment of the ab-
domen, sufficiently distinguish it from every other
species with which I am, at present, acquainted.
In the autumn of the year 1797 I found it, in to-
lerable plenty, i in sand and chalk pits; since which
time I do not recollect to have observed it.

263

54. A. atra, griseo-villosa; abdomine nitido, atro-Leaiana,

cerulescenti, ventre lana ferruginea.
Apis nigra, hirsutie flava, abdomine supra glabro, ni-
tente, cupreo.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins, Par. 2. p. 411. n. 6.
Apis hirta. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 6,

MUS. D. M«Leay, Marsham, Latham, Sowerby, Ean ury,
Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 33—5.
Hab. Barhamize, in Carduis tempore autumnalihaudrara.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, punctulatissimum, pube gri-
sescenti. '

Carut magnum. Mazille vix forcipatee, apice
tridentate, dente interiori truncato, exteri-
oribus duobus acutis, disco supra tomento
aureo tecto. Antenne nigree, capitis longitu-
dine. Facies satis hirta.

Truncus. Squamule nigre. Ale fusce, albi-
do subnebulose, nervis nigris. Pedes rufes-
cente-pilosi. Scopule ferruginese. Spinule
nigre.

ABDOMEN ex oblongo cordatum, atro-czrules-
cens, basi subretusum, supra subglabrum,

$3 nitidissimum.

APIS. (*#. ¢. 2. 2)

nitidissimum. Pili rufi, haud densi, segmen-
torum margines, anticorum interrupté, fim:
briant. -4nus incuryus, rufo-subtomentosus,
Venter lana densa ferruginea tectus.
Var. @ dimidio minor ; abdomine nigro-eneo.
y corporis hirsutie cinerea; abdomine ater-
rimo, segmentis margine derasis. Aneadem?
gn honorem D. A. Mac Leay, Soc. Linnzan. a
Secretis, vir amicissimi, Nature regna, et
imprimis Entomologiam, summo judicio et
acumine perlustrantis, hoc insectum nominavi.
This insect agrees tolerably well with Geoffroy’s
description of his ‘ Abeille fauve 4 ventre cuivreux,”
except that the hair of the body can scarcely be
called red. Since both Fabricius and Schrank have
an Apis hirta, I have altered Fourcroy’s trivial
name. Variety y may, perhaps, be a distinct spe-
cies; but upon the whole it so strongly resembles
«, that I have not ventured to separate them.

ceruless 55, A. corpore femineo atro, albido-subpubescens ;

Cens,

abdomine czrulescenti, segmentis margine
- albicantibus, ventre land atra:
corpore masculo zneo, fulyo-pubescente;
ano bidentato,

ACUL.
Apis cerulescens fusca, subvillosa; abdomine czrules-
cente, incisurarum marginibus albicantibus.
Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel, p. 2793. n.21. Fn,
Suec. n. 1696.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.17,
Miill. Zool, Dan. n. 1902, ,
Ross,

APIS. (##. c. 2. 3.)

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 893.
Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.714. Apis, n.8.
Andrena cerulescens. Fab, Ent. Syst. Em. n.1.
FIG, Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 49. fig. 10.
Andrena cerulescens. Panzer. Fn. Ins, Germ. Init.
n. 65. tab. 18.
Aleille maconne, dont la femelle est d'un bleu violet a
poils cendrés, et le male d’un verd bronzé luisant
a poils roux.
De Geer, 2. ptie.2. p.751—4, tab. 30. fig. 23.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer,
M°‘Leay, Lathbury, Sowerby, Kirby.

MAS,
Apis enea enea, grisescente-pubescens.
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed, 12, & Gmel. p. 2793. n. 20. Fn,
Suec. n. 1695.
- Fill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 16.
Scop. Ent. Car. n. 809.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 894.
Andrena enea. Fab. Ent, Syst. Em. n.8.
FIG. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 50. tab. 3.
De Geer. ubi supra, et tab. 32. fig. 1.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, M‘Leay, Haworth, La-
tham, Sowerby, Francillon, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin, 33—4#.
Hab. Barhamiz et alibi. In murorum cavitatibus et
angulis nidificat, cellulas ex arena et argill4 conficiens.
Larvze in pupam conversure folliculum nent seri-
ceum. De Geer. Mas femina frequentior, circa
muros et palos antiquos tempore zstivo volitans :
serior femina provenit, in cretariis interdum obvia.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, obscurum, punctulatissimum,

pube albicanti incanum,
sA Carur

¢

266

APIS. (##. c. 2. 2.)

Carut trunco majus. Mazille valide; apice .
obtusé tridentate, dente interiori obsoletius-
culo, supra pilose, lineis duabus elevatis no-
tate. Antenne yix capitis longitudine, fili-
formes, piceo-nigre.

Truncus. Squamule picee. Ale imfuscate,
albido nebulosz, nervis nigris. Pedes albido-
hirti. Scopule fusce.

AxspomeEwn subglobosum, cerulescens, nitidius-
culum, segmentis, posticis praecipue, pilis albis
ciliatis. Venter lana atra, haud densa, tectus.

Var. g minor, corpore toto violaceo; alis hyali-

nis, apice nigris,

Maris Corpus zneum, grisescente-pubescens.
Mazille apice bidentate. Antenne tenues,
vix thorace breviores. Truncus supra hirsuto-
fulvus. dle subhyaline, apice fuscescentes,
nervis piceis, Pedes fulvo-hirti, scopulis ful-
vis. Abdomen fulvo-subvillosum, segmentis
margine fulvo ciliatis. _-dnus incuryus, emar-
ginatus. Venter segmento ultimo bidentato(p).

Var. @ major, viridi-ezeneus; corporis toti hirsu-

tie cinerascenti; alis infuscatis, albido-
nebulosis, ,

y minor, cupreo-nitens; corporis hirsutie
pallida,

It will be expected that I assign my reasons for

regarding as sexual varicties of the same individual,

(p) Tab, 10, c, 2.8. fig. 19. aa,
. twa

APIS. (#*. 2%. 9)

two insects, which, at first sight, appear so ex-
tremely unlike each other, as 4. cerulescens and
A. enea. The authority of the Baron de Geer
will have great weight with every entomologist,
and he informs us that he took both these insects
out of the same nidus. These are his words, ‘ Les
abeilles, que je tirai de ces coques et qui n’étoient
gueres plus grandes que des mouches domestiques,
étoient de deux couleurs; les unes d’un bleu violet
foncé et comme noiratre, mais luisant, ayant les
yeux noirs, et la téte et le corps couverts de poils
cendrés et blanchatres. Les autres abeilles ayoient
Je fond de la téte, de tout le corps et des pattes
d’un verd foncé, bronzé et luisant ; mais toutes ces
parties, en particulier le corcelet, étoient couvertes
de beaucoup de poils roux, qui sur le ventre
n’etoient cependant placés que de chaque cété et
le long de bord postérieur de chaque anneau, et ces
poils formoient sur le ventre du male comme des
rayes transversales rousses, tandis qu’en dessous il
étoit tout ras. Les antennes étoient noires et les
yeux a réseau d’un verd clair. J’ai lieu de croire,
que les abeilles bleues étoient les femelles, et les
vertes les males, puisque ces derniers étoient un
peu plus petits que les autres (q)” —

This account sufficiently proves his insects to be
only different sexes of the same species, and that
gurs are synonymous with his will appear evidently

(7) Tom. 2. ptie. 2. p. 752,
if

267

268

APIS. (xs. c.2. 3)
if they are compared with the description it gives
of them. The colour of the head and trunk of the
female varies, in some it is black, in others violet,
the wings are sometimes transparent with a brown
cloud at their tips, and sometimes they are brown,
clouded with white; in his specimens, these were,
as he informs us afterwards, ‘‘ transparentes et sans
couleur,” but as he extracted them, before their
time, from the coccoons in which they were in-
closed, they were probably not come to their pro-
per colour. My opinion, derived from this illus-
trious author, of the identity of 4. cerulescens and
A. enea, is still further confirmed by this circum-
stance, that the former is always a female, and the
latter, as invariably, a male insect.

Linneus to his 4. cerulescens applies the term
* fusca,” which will not agree with our specimens,
nor indeed with that preserved in the Linnean cabi-
net, but m his description in the Fauna Suecica,
he says, “ Corpus totum atrum, cerulescens, im-
maculatum,”

Many authors have looked upon Geoffroy’s Apis
tota viridi-cuprea (r) as synonymous with the male
of our insect, but his description appears to me at
variance with it, for he says of his. “ Elle est médio-

‘crement velue. Les poils du bord des anneaux du

ventre sont blancs.” Whereas 4. e@nea is very

(r) Hist. Ins. Par, 2, p, 415, n,15, Apis cuprea, Fourcroy,
Ent, Par, n, 15.

hairy,

APIS. (x#. c. 2. 2)
hairy, and the fringe of the segments of the abdo-
men is rufo-fulvous, and not white.

De Geer informs us that the larve of this Apis
are exposed to the attacks of more than one Ich-
geumon(s). Panzer has figured both sexes very
accurately,

269

56. A. nigra, rufo-villosa; abdomine segmentis Tunensis. °

margine pallidioribus; ano masculo emargi-
nato.
Apis Tunensis nigra, thorace hirsuto rufo, abdominis
_ segmentis margine rufo-ciliatis,
Fal, Ent. Syst. Em, n. 87.
Apis Tunetana, Lin, Syst. Nat, Ed. Gmel. p. 2773.
erg Ue r
FIG. Apis aurulenta hirsuta, fulva, capite nigro, abdomine
atro, nitido, segmentis margine postico fulvo hirsutis,
subtus lan§ fulva.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n.63. tab. 22?
MUS, D, Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 43.
Hal. In Suffolcia, a me apud Henley prope Gippovi-
cum, in aggere argillaceo tempore autumnali lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS fusco-nigrum, punctulatissimum, ru-
fo-villosum.

Carur magnum. Mazille valide, prominentes,
supra tomentoso-fulyescentes, apice triden-
tate, dente exteriori acuto. Antenne vix
capitis longitudine, tenues, subfiliformes.

(s) Tom, 2. ptie. 2. p.753, 887, 888. Amongst others to

&chneumon Apum. Vill, Ent, Eur. 3. n. 249.
Truncvus

270 APIS. («x. c. 2. 3.)

Truncus supra rufo-subhirsutus, subtus pube
pallidiori. Squamule ferruginee. dle fus-
cescentes, albido subnebulose, neryis nigri~
cantibus. Pedes rufescente-hirti, scopulis fer-
rugineis. .Tibiarum Spinule testacee.

Axspomen subglobosum, pube ferruginea, nisi

a latere vix conspicua, molle; segmentis mar-
gine villoso-pallidioribus. Venter lana densa,

- ferruginea vestitus.

Maris Corpus subtus villoso-pallidum, supra fer-
rugineo-hirsutum. Mazille forcipate, supra
glabree, apice bidentatz dente exteriori pra-
longo, interiori obsoletiusculo, truncato. Fa-

cies ante antennas vellere denso cinerascenti

tecta. Antenne thorace breviores. Ale hya-

line, apice obscuriores. Pedes pallido-hirti.

Spinule nigre. Abdomen obscure nigro-

geneum, per fascias hirsutum. —Anus incur-
vus, emarginatus. Venter apice bidentatus.

Obs. /n maribus segmentorum albdominalium fim-

bria marginalis haud albesctt.

This insect answers the description which Fabri-
cius has given of his 4. Tunensis so well, that I think
there can be little doubt of its being synonymous
with it.. Iam not so certain that it is the 4. auru-
lenta of Panzer, as his figure and description, al-
though they come very near, do not quite coin-
cide with my specimens of it. I do not know that
it has been taken in England by any one besides
Dr. Goodenough and myself.

57. A,

RR ee

APIS. (*#. ¢. 2. 2%)

271

57. A. corpore femineo atro, hirsuto; fronte bi-ticornis. «

FIG.

MUS.

a i ig a i —itiene,

corni; abdomine zneo, hirsutie rufa :
corpore masculo hirsuto-cinerascenti; fronte

albida; abdomine eneo, hirsutie rufa, ano

integro. |

ACUL.

Apis licornis fronte bicorni, capite nigro, abdomine
hirsuto rufo.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2773. 7.10. Fn.
Suec. 1691.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 86.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. Mantiss. n. 310.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.710. Apis, n. 4.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3.n.Q. tab. 8. fig. 23.

Reaum. tom. 6. Mem. 3. p. 86. tab. 8. fig.11.

Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 49. fig. 4.

Christii Hymenopt. p.159. tab. 12. fig. 9

Apis fronticornis fronte bicorni, capite nigro, abdomine
zneo, hirsuto-cinereo, subtus lana flava.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 63. tab. 20.

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, Haworth,
M<Leay, Trimmer, Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirby.

MAS.

Apis rufa, fusca, abdomine rufescente fronte alba,
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2772. .9. Fn,
Suec. 1690.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 88.
Mull. Zool. Dan. n. 1899.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 913.
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3, n. 8?
Berkenhout. Synops. 1. p. 158. n. 2.
Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins.n.709. Apis, n. 3.
Apis vernalis, Ilid, n.720, Apis, n. 14.
Apis

a“ §

272

APIS. («*#. c.2, 2)

Apis sylvestris parva, abdomine breviore, toto supinA
parte lanugine rufa vestito; thorace lanugine albi-
cante.

Rai. Hist, Ins. p. 242. n. 7.

FIG, Sulx. Hist. Ins. tal. 27. fig. 15.

Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 4g. fig. 7.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab. 10.

Apis frontalis hirsuta, fronte hirsutissima, anténnis
longis, abdomine pilis rufis vestito.

Vill, Ent, Eur. 3. n. 127. tab. 8. fig. 28.

MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, Haworth,
M*Leay, Lathbury, Sowerby, Francillon, Trimmer;
Drury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—853.

Hab. Barhamie. In Lapidum cavitatibus cellulas ex.
terra humectat4 conficit. Reawmur: Vere novo
mas obvius, estate florenti provenit femina, flores
hortorum frequentans.

DESCR. Acul. |

CORPUS atrum, subtus cinereo-hirsutum.

Carurt atro-hirsutum, trunci feré magnitudine:
Maxille forcipatee, valid, apice tridentate,
dente intermedio minuto, intimo truncato,
obsoleto (¢). “ Ad basin maxillarum duo cor-
nicula incurva, rigida nec mobilia, hirsutie vix
longiora, nigra, infra apicem a parte exteriori
denticulo notate,” faciem armant (u). -dnten-
ne capite longiores, nigrz.

Truncvus supra anticé atro-hirsutus, posticé
cinereo. Squamule atre. Ale subhyaline,

(t) Tab. 10, «#. c, 2. 3. fig. 9,

(u) Ibid, fig,6. aa. & fig, 7.
apice

ctu iat yee ee

APIS, (##. c. 2. 3)
apice pauld. obscuriores; nervis, strigaque
marginali prope apicem, nigris. Pedes rufes-
cente-hirti. Femora barba densa cineras-
centi. Plante postice dilatate. Scopule
fulvo-auree. Digiti articulo extimo ferru-
gineo. Spinule testacee.
Anpomen ex oblongo subglobosum, nigro-
zeneum, hirsutie densa rufa vestitum. Venter
lana fulvo-aured tectus.
Obs.- In adultioribus trunci et abdominis tergi
hirsuties cinerascit, et ventris pallidior.
Var. g frontis cornibus rectis, acutis (x).
Maris Corpus hirsuto-albicans.. Caput cinereo-
villosum, inerme. Facies anticé et inter an-
tennas barba densé albicanti. Verticis pili atri.
. Maxille apice bidentate (y). Antenne fili-
formes, trunci feré longitudine. Trunci hir-
suties longissima, anticé rarior. Squamule
piceze. Abdomen per fascias rufo-hirsutum.
Anus subinflexus, integer(z). Venter gla-
briusculus.
Var. g dimidio minor.

It is observed by Linneus, under 4. bicornis,

that. Forskehl saw that insect and 4. rufa “ co-
pula connexas;” and whoever compares them both
together will find that they differ only in such
circumstances as are usually distinctions of sex,

(x) Tab..10. **. c. 2, 9, fig. 8, (y) Ibid. fig. 10.
- (x) Ibid, fig. 20,

and

273

Q7A

12, fig. 14,

APIS. (##. ¢.2. 2)
and that the former is constantly furnished with
an aculeus, while the latter has no such instru-
ment, but only the male organs: these reasons
have induced me to consider them as different
sexes of the same species.

Panzer’s A. fronticornis is evidently nothing
more than the aculeate of our 4. bicornis, which
agrees with the authentic specimen in the Linnean
cabinet. His description appears to have been

drawn from an insect that had been long dis-

closed, for in such the hair that covers the upper
side of the abdomen fades to cinereous, and that
upon the venter becomes paler than in more re-
cent specimens. Linneus has described the ab-
domen by the term “ rufum,” which, in fact, be-

‘longs only to the hirsuties that covers it, as the

abdomen itself is nigro-zeneous in both sexes; this
circumstance probably might lead Panzer, whose
specimen, as I have just observed, was probably an
old one, to look upon his insect as distinct from
A. bicornis. The figure which Christius has given
of the aculeate is far from a good representation
of it, and his fig. 10. which he calls the other sex,
appears to be a distinct species ; it is certainly not
A, rufa. That which he afterwards figures for
A, rufa is a very different imsect(a): his 4. pu-
silla(l) comes very near to it, and I should refer
to it as such if the antennz were not so short in

(a) Vid. supra, p. 47. (4) Hymenopt. p. 261. tab.

his

APIS.. (#%. c. 2. 2.)
his figure; whereas, in A. rufa they aré strikingly
long. Forster, in his catalogue of English Insects,
has made two species out of the male; our « he
calls 4. vernalis, under which name he sent it to
Linneus, and it is still in the cabinet. That illus-
trious naturalist very properly considered it as
merely a variety of his 4. rufa, as appears from a
M.S. observation in his interleaved copy of the
Systema Nature, which Dr. Smith very kindly
allowed me to consult. Indeed it differs from 8;
which I take to be the common 4. rufa, in no-
thing but size, being more than twice as big. Vil-
lars seems also to have fallen into the same error, as
his 4. frontalis exactly resembles our larger insect ;
his 4. rufa is probably intended for our @: he has
placed the former amongst his Bombinatrices; but
where hirsuties is taken for the only diagnostic of
that family, this is no proof of its being another
msect, since 4. rufa is as hairy as many genuine
Bombinatrices. _'That which Scopoli(c), and after
hiny Schrank (d); have given for 4. rufa, appears
to be a different insect; for the terms by which
they define theirs, viz. “nigra; thorace abdomi-
nisque apice rufo,” will scarcely agree with the
true one; I have therefore made no reference to
them. I think there is little doubt that Reaumur
intended this insect by his ** Mouche magonne
dont la magonnerie n’est que de pure terre(e) ;”
(c) Ent. Carniol. n. $16. (d) Enum, Ins, Austr, n, 803.
(e) Tom. 6. Mem. 2. p. 92.
VOL. I, T of

2

a) ie

276

’ APIS. (##. c. 2. 3.)

of which he says, “ J*hésite presque a donner le

nom d’antennes A deux cornes qui s’élevent en de-
vant de sa téte, car elles ne sont pas flexibles(/) :”
words which clearly allude to the remarkable horns
which the female carries upon its forehead. It is
rather singular that no Entomologist should have
before discovered this insect to be synomymous
with 4. licornis. ‘This great naturalist is the only
author that has given any account of the mode of
nidification of this species(g). It is not easy to
ascertain what is the use of the horns with which
the head of the females is armed, but it is probable
that they assist her in the construction of her cells.
Rossi has described another species distinguished

by the same peculiarity (h), of which Panzer has.

given a figure (7). I am not sure that my variety 2 |

may not be a distinct species; but as it differs
in nothing from « but the shape of the horns, I
have not ventured to separate them. The larger
males (4. vernalis, Forster) appear early in the
spring; one of these, upon a very windy day in
March, once amused me much by flying round
me for some time, and at length alighting upon
me. Upon variety ¢ I found, in great numbers, a
very small 4carus, the same which Reaumur in-
forms us he took upon 4. violacea. It was a
hexapod with two long hairs in its tail, which seem-

(f) Tom.6. Mem. 3. p.86. (g) Vol. 1. p. 181. Reaum. 6.
Mem. 3. p. 85, 86. (h) A. cornigera, Fn. Etruse, n. 925.
{i) Fu, Ins, Germ, Init, n, 55, fab, 15,

7 ed

APIS. («#. c. 2.3) on"
éd to perform the office of feet: since it has not
hitherto been noticed by any other author, I shall
describe it in the margin (A).

58. A. hirsuta, aterrima; abdomine, tarsisque qua- bicolor,
tuor posticis, hirsuto-ferrugineis.

Apis licolor nigra, hirsuta; abdomine fulyo:

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 806. .
Apis rufescens nigra; abdomine tibiis plantisque rufis,
Mus. Lesk. p. 80. 0.516.

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2790. n. 169.

Apis nigra; abdomine fulvo.

Geof. Hist. Ins. 2. p.419. 2.27.

Apis rustica, Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 27.

FIG. Apis bicolor. Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 121. tab. 8. fig. 27,
Apis fusca Christit Hymenopt. p. 182. tab. 14. fig. 10;
Apis fusca atra pubescens, abdomine subtus, marginibus
segmentorum, tarsisque, fulvo-villosis.
Panxer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56, tab. 11.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Franciilon, Kirby:
Long. Corp. Lin. 53.
‘Hab. Barhamie in floribus semel capta, Bis apud
Blakenham Magnam in aggere aprico; Recens ine
sectum moscham spirat,

DESCR. Acul:
CORPUS aterrimum, hirsutum,

(k) A. rufescens; margine, linedque transyersd, pallidis; ano Apiirit;
utrinque seta longissima instructo,
Reaum, Hist. Ins. tom.6. Mem. 2. p.52, 53, tab. 5,
Jig. 8,9:
DESCR, Arenulé minor, hexapus, Anus fuscus setis dua«
bus longissimis,

Tg Carut

278

APIS, («x c.2, 3 d.1.)

Carvr trunco minus. Mazille valide, subfor-
cipatz, apice tridentate, dente exteriori lon-
giori acuto, interiori obsoletiusculo truncato.
Antenne subclavate, capitis feré longitudine.

Truncus. Squamule atre, nitide. dle sub-
hyaline, apice fuscee, nervis nigris. Pedes
atro-hirti, tibiis posticis, tarsisque omnibus,
undique hirsuto-ferrugineis.

AspomeEn subglobosum, nigrum, supra et infra
hirsuto-ferrugineum ; segmentorum dorsalium
margine densiis villoso.

Obs. In adultioribus abdominis hirsuties rufa.

A, bicolor, on account of its hairiness, is placed

amongst the Bombinatrices by Schrank, Villars,
and Geoffroy; but its inflected lip, and the hairy
brush which covers the underside of its abdomen,
prove that it belongs to the present family. Pan-
zer’s figure is not quite so accurate as his usually
are, for the base of the dorsal segments of the
abdomen, of this insect, is covered with ferrugi-

~ nous hair as well as the margin, although that

nis,

which fringes the margin is the thickest.

**. d. 1.

longicor- 59. A. nigra, pallido-villosa; thorace, abdominisque

basi, hirsuto-fulvis; ano femineo pallido.

ACUL.
Apis Bryorum nigra; thorace abdominisque basi hir~
suto-fulvis.
Schrank, Enum. Ins, Austr, n, 812.
| Lins

FIG.

MUS,

FIG,

APIS. (#*. d. 1.)
Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2780. n. 134,
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 30.
Apis longicornis. Miller, int. not. Graian. supr. citat.
Andrena strigosa thorace rufo-villoso, abdomine nigro
subnudo, margine laterali segmentoque penultimo

albis, basi apiceque rufis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.64. tab. 16.

D. Marsham, Haworth, M*Leay, Sowerby, Trimmer,

‘Kirby,
me MAS.

Apis longicornis antennis longitudine corporis hirsuti,
fulvique.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed.12. & Gmel. p. 2770. n.1. Fn.
Suec. 1684.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.1,

Fn, Frid. n. 643.

Mull, Zool. Dan. n. 1895,

Pod, Mus. Grec. p. 109.

Scop. Ent. Car. n. 794.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 922,

Apis hirsutie flavescens, fronte flava, antennis articula-

. tim ‘compressis, corpus zequantibus.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins, 2. p, 413. n.10.

Apis longicornis. Fourcroy. Ent, Par. n.10.

Apis sylvestris domestic similis, antennis nigris lon-
gissimis retro reflexis.

Rai. Hist, Ins. p. 243.

Eucera.longicornis. Scop. Ann, Hist. Nat, 4, p.8.n. 1.

Fab, Ent. Syst. Em. n. 1,

Swammerdam. Bibl. Nat. tab. 26. fig. 6.

Scheffer. Icon, tab. 44. fig. 3.

Christit Hymenopt. p. 142. tab. 11. fig. 9.

Harris, Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 49. fig. 5.

Barhut. Gen. Insect. tab. 15. Apis, fig. 7.

Eucera longicornis, Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.64.

tab. 21,
T3 MUS.

ease avert bs tae

279

APIS, (#. d. 1.)

MUS, D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, Haworth,
M*Leay; Donovan, Lathtury, Sowerby, Trimmer,
Kirly,

Long. Corp. Lin. 63—7§.:

Hal, Barhamiz, In floribus haud rara. Mense Julto
medio copulantur prope terram yolitantes in gramine
detonso. In puteo cylindrico terre ova deponit
femina, .

DESCR, <Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, subtus re ee

Capur. Mazille apice fulve. Labium hirsuto-~
rufescens. Antenne capite longiores, fusco-
nigre. Facies hirsuto-cinerascens. —

Truncus supra pube densa, mollissima, fulvo-
flava tectus. Squamule obscuré rufe. Ale
hyaline, apice nigricantes; nervis ferrugineis,
longitudinalibus duobus interioribus nigris.
Pedes hirsuto-fulvescentes. Femora pallido-
barbata. Tibia antice extrorsum tomentoso-
pallida. Spinule testacee. Scopule ferru-
ginee. Digiti articulo extimo rufo.

AspomeEn latum, fusco-nigrum, basi -flaves-
cénte-pubescens, segmentis duobus interme-
diis utrinque, antepenultimo etiam margine,
tomentoso-albicantibus. Anus ipse tomen-
toso-pallidus. Venter convexus, fuscys, anum
versus pubescens,

Maris Corpus subtus villoso-albicans. Mazille
fusco-nigrae, interdum apice fulye. Labium
et Nasus flaya. Gene barba longé densa al-
bicanti. Antenne corporis feré longitudine.

' Truncus-

APIS, («*. 4.1)

Truncus supra fulyo-pubescéns. Pedes mints
hirsuti. Tibie anticze tomento nullo. Sco-
pule pallidiores. Abdomen magis angustum,
lateribus albido-villosis, segmentis duobus an-
ticis fulvo-pubescentibus, reliquis nigro, sed
vix conspicué, pilosis. Segmentum antepe-
nultimum pallido-ciliatum. Ani fulvescit fim-
bria.. Venter planiusculus, villosulus.

Var. 8 abdomine subrotundo.

Qbs. Interdum abdominis segmenti antepenultimi

fimbria nigricat. In adultioribus thoracis et

abdominis pubes fulva cinerascit.

I do not claim the sole merit of discovering the
other sex of this species, and that the long antenne,
which form the distinction of the Eucera of Sco-
poli and Fabricius, are merely the character of the
males; for Miller, in Mr. Gray’s interleaved copy
of the Systema Naturee, before quoted, has de-
scribed the female of 4. longicornis in the follow-
ing terms: “ Femina antennis thorace brevioribus,
abdomine latiore segmentis tribus ultimis margine
et lateribus pilosis, albicantibus.” M. Latreille,
also, appears to have made the same observation ;
for in a letter to Mr. Mac Leay, dated April 26,
1801, he says, ** Demandez un peu a votre ami
sil a trouvé la femelle de Eucera longicornis : car
toutes ces abeilles & longues antennes ne sont que
des méles.” ‘The female has been described both
by Schrank and Panzer; the latter has given'a very
accurate figure of it, under the name of Andrena

s4 strigosa,

281

232, APIS, (#«. d.1,)

sirigosa. Variety @, at first sight, looks like a dis~
tinct species, but the difference in the shape of the
abdomen, seems to arise from the accidental cir.
cumstance of the anal segments being more drawn
in than in «, so that the base, of each of the
three last, is quite covered by the apex of that
which precedes it ; WD ET AeA in « the whole seg-
ment is exerted,

linguaria.69, A, hirsuto-cinerascens, abdomine nigro.

Eucera linguaria antennis nigris longitudine corporis,
thorace cinereo, abdomine nigro,

Fab. Ent. Syst, Em. n. 5.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2770. Apis, n. 25.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n, 66.

Apis tumulorum. Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins, n. 707. Apis,
m.1?

Apis longicornis Var, Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 922?

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tab. 22. fig. 16.

Panzer, Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 64. tab. 22.

Apis tumulorum. Reamer. Gen. Ins. p.61. tab. 27,
Jig. 14,

Christii Hymenopt. p. 198. tab. 17. fig. 9.

Donovan. Nat. Hist. Brit, Ins. 5, tab, 151. fig. 2,

MUS. D. Donovan, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hab. Prope Londinum. A. D, J, Trimmer accepi,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS nigrum, villoso-cinereum.

Carut. Mazille nigre. Labium et Nasus flava.
Gene barba densa, albicanti. Antenne nigre,
corporis feré longitudine.

‘ TruNcug

APIS, (#x. d. 1.)

Truncus supra hirsuto-cinereus. Squamule
piceee. Ale hyaline, nervis ferrugineis. Pe-
des pilis albicantibus hirti. Spinule flavee.
Scopule fulvescentes. Digié? articulis exti-
mis testaceis.

Aspomen subglobosum, nigrum, basi cinereo,

sed rarits, villosum; segmento penultimo

fimbria rufescenti. Venter villosulus.

This species resembles not a little the male of
the preceding, variety 8, but it is much smaller,
the hirsuties of the body is cinereous, and the base
of the abdomen is not so thickly covered with it,
It has been mistaken, by many authors, for 4. tu-
mulorum of Linneus, but this, as we have shewn
above (7), belongs to the genus Melitta, and exhi-
bits no other mark of relation to the Eucere, than
its antennz, which are longer than the thorax; a
circumstance which it possesses in common with
many other males of the family to which it belongs.
Linneus having placed it next to 4. longicornis,
and employing terms in the definition of it, which
imply that it is related to that insect, succeeding
Entomologists took this for granted, and thus have
erred universally concerning this pis, not one
author, that I have had an opportunity of consult-
ing, being acquainted with the true 4. twmulorum,
and the majority of them mistaking the insect now
before us for it. Yet had the definition which

(2) Vid. supr. :p. 56, 57.
Linneug

283

_

€84 APIS. (#«. d. 1.)
Linneus has given of it been attended to, this mis~
take would have been Avoided, for the terms “ Pe-
dibus, maxillisque flavescentibus” will not by any
means agree with 4. linguaria. In the Fauna
Suecica other characters are added to the above,
which, if they had not been overlooked, would
rave furnished a further proof, that this insect was
not the insect of Linneus, ‘ Magnitudine dimidiz
Musce domestice; toto corpore nigra, exceptis
pedibus et maxillis pallidé luteis. Antenne fili-
formes, corporis feré longitudine, subtus pallidio-
res.” Fabricius finding that the definition of Lin-
neus would not suit the insect which he mistook
for 4. tumulorum, has altered it, omitting ‘ pedes

flavi,” the most striking distinction of the true one,

and adding hirsuties, a circumstance which does.

not belong to it(m). I am not, at present, ac-~
quainted with his Eucera tumulorum.

pollinaris.61, A. nigra, albido-pubescens; thorace flaves.
centi; abdomine fusco, polline pallido.

FIG. Tab. 17. fig.3.
MUS, D. Banks.
Long. Corp, Lin. 74,
Hat, In Anglia.
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS nigrum, pube albida.
Carvut. Oculi magni, prominuli. Labium pal.
lido-barbatum. Antenne nigre.
(m) Antennis longitudine corporis hirsuti nigrique, mans

dibulis flavis.
TRUNCUS,

APIS. (ee dou) - 285

Truncus.. Thorax pube flavescenti mollis. -
Squamule fulve. Ale subhyaline; nervis,
excepto costali fusco, ferrugineis. Pedes ni-
eri, albido undique pilosissimi, postici potis-
simim.

AzDomeENn fuscum, basi albido-pubescens, squa-
mulis /. pilis brevissimis pallidis, anum versus
precipué, incanum. Venter segmentis mar-
gine pilis pallidé aureis ciliatis.

This insect is somewhat similar to the aculeate
of A. longicornis, but it is much larger, and its
abdomen is nearly covered with minute scales.
Part of the thorax of the specimen in Sir J. Banks’s
cabinet, has evidently had the hair rubbed off; this
defect is attempted to be remedied in the figure I
have given of it. I have never seen this insect. in
any other cabinet; its male, I have very little
doubt, is one of the Eucere, or long horned bees.

62. A. nigra, hirsuto cinerascens; antennis subtusDruriella,
fulvis; abdomine segmentis posticis utrinque
mucronatis,

FIG. Tub. 17. fig. 4.

MUS. Regine(n), D. Drury Apis, n. 40, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 44. |
Hat, In Anglia, rarissima,
DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, hirsuto-cinerascens.
(n) In the Observatory at Richmond, the left hand specimen
in the last row of Apis,
Caput,

os6 APIS. (#*. 4.1.2, «.)

Carut. Proboscis brevis. Maville apice rufe,
Labium luteum limbo nigricanti. Nasus fla~
vescens. Antenne corporis vix longitudine,
pices, subtus fulvze, scapo pedicelloque nigris,

Truncus. Squamule nigre, villosule. Ale
hyaline, nervis ferrugineis. Pedes cinereos
hirti, tarsis articulo extimo rufo.

Axspomen villosum, segmentis fascia media vil-
loso-albida, penultimo et antepenultimo utrin-
que dente acuto armatis.

In honorem D. Drury, operis entomologici splen-
didissimi auctoris, cujus museum insectorum
rarissimorum undique conquisitorum gazophy-
lacium ditissimum, hanc Apem ab illo ny
tam, nominavi,

This rare insect is extremely distinct from any
of the preceding ones, and appears to have been
hitherto unnoticed; the teeth which arm the last
segments of the akdomen, furnish an excellent
characteristic,

**. d.2. a

timacula-63. A. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; facie anticé, ore«
oak que, flavescentibus; ano tomentoso-incano.

FIG, Apis limaculata atra griseo pubescens, fronte flava
maculis duabus atris, abdomine apice bifido, fasciis
apiceque griseis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n.55. tab. 17.

MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Drury, Kirby,

Long. Corp. Lin. 44,

Hal,

APIS, (##. 4.2. a) 289
Hab. In Suffolcit. Circa agggiem apricum prope
Woodbridge volitantem feminam bis cepi.

DESCR. <Acul. |

CORPUS nigrum, cinereo-villosum.

Carur latum, hirtum. Mazille flave, apice
fuscee. Labium pallidé flayum. posticé utrin-
que puncto nigricanti. Facies anticé pallidé
flava, flavedine i in lineam attenuatam, elon-
gatam, apice pauld dilatatam truncatam, an-
tennas versus medio excurrente. Oculi, in
vivo, chrystallino-czesii, fundo fayoso. An-
tenne capitis feré longitudine, nigra, subtus
rufo-piceze. Vertex atro-pilosus.

Truncus supra pube nigricanti rariis consitus,
pilis cinereis immistis. Squamule subtesta-
cee. Ale hyaline, nervis nigricantibus, apice
avenie. Pedes picei, pallido-hirsuti, preeser-
tim tibiae posticee. Scopule obscuré ferrugi-

- nee, ast certo situ sub- -nigre.

<4 Mesa ex rotundo ovatum, pilis nigris rigi-
diusculis anticé rariis consitum, basi intima
cinereo-villos4; segmentis tribus anticis mar-
gine, proximis duobus totis, tomentoso-canes-
centibus. Segmentum ultimum minutissi-
mum, acuminatum, fasciculo pilorum, rigi-
dorum et quasi conglutinatorum, utrinque mu-
nitum, unde mucronatus mucrone bifido anus
videtur. Venter conyexiusculus, yillosulus,
segmentis margine pallidis.

Far. @ ore facieque anticé ex flayo rufescentibus,

pedibus nigris,
Panzer’s

i

288s

furcata,

*
‘, APIS. (we. d. % «.)

Panzer’s fi of this insect is extremely ac-
curate, except that the tibie and tarsi are moré
yellow than in any —. I have met with ; the
posterior tibiae, from the pollen, of which they
usually retain some quantity, appear yellower than
the others, but this not the real hue of the hairs,
which are pale with little or no tinge of that
colour. The eyes, in his specimen, when the in-
sect was living, he informs us were of a fine green,

““Ieete virides,” in those that I took they were blue-

grey. ‘The bifid mucro, which he mentions as ter-
minating the anus, is merely a little tuft of rigid
hairs which guard, on each side, the minute seg-
ment that terminates the abdomen ; under a com-~
mon lens these have exactly the appearance he de-
scribes. What he calls spots of the front, are ra-
ther lobes, for they are not entirely, but only in
part, insulated from the blackness of the posterior
part of the face, by the intervention of the yellow,
which is the colour of the anterior.

64..A. corpore femineo nigro, griséo-pubescenti;
facie anticé, labio, anoque, villoso-ferrugineis :
corpore masculo atro, cinereo-pubescenti ;
facie anticé, labioque, flavis ; abdomine apice
furcato.
FIG. Apis furcata cinereo pubescens, antennarum articulo
primo fronte labioque flayis, abdomine apice furcato
tarsis ferrugineis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. iit, n. 56, tab, 8, Mas.

Tab, 17. fig. 5, Acul. fig. 6, mas.
MUS,

e
BIS) (ed: 2. 4) 289
MUS. Acul. D. Smith Linnean. n. 1 Act. et Mas. D.~
f _Marsham, Trimmer, Kirly. Mas. D, McLeay.
Long. Corp. Lin. 53-03. '
Hab. In SuffolciA, sed Pipe Londinum fres
quentior. In lignis exsiccatis nidificat.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS nigrum, pube iberisell

Capur. Labium pilis ferrugineo-aureis tectum.
Vertex atro-pilosus. Facies ante antennas fer-
rugineo-subhirsuta, 4ntenne capitis longi-
tudine, nigre.

Truncus supra pube fulvescenti, sed disco ra-
rids, vestitus. Squamule atre. dle pauld
infuscate, apice obscuriores aveniz, nervis
nigris. Pedes grisescente rarits villosi. Tibie
postice scopa densA admodum. Plante ul-
timi, paris fasciculo pilorum rigidiusculorum
ferrugineo coronate. Scopule nigricantes.

Azspomen oblongum, fusco-nigrum, basi gri-
sescente-pubescens. .4nus mucronatus, to-
mentoso-ferrugineus. Venter nitidiusculus,
segmentis margine fulvescente-villosis.

Maris Corpus cinereo-yillosum. Labium flavum,
punctis duobus posticis, margineque, nigris.
Facies anticé fulva, vel fulvo-flava. Antenne
scapo antrorsum lineold flavA interrupta in-
scripto. Truncus supra villoso-grisescens. Pe-
des hirsutie subcitiered.. Tibie postice fasci-
culo pilorum nullo. Digiti articulis extimis,
Scopuleque ferruginea, Abdomen ex globoso

cordatum,

RE
* "s ‘ : Sart es

vulpina,

Sl

r» -
of

o-hirtum, segmentis ultimia
atro-pilosis. Anus furcatus dentibus patulis (0).
enter posticé essus concayus tomen-
oso-fillyescens. | |
Var. B corporis hirsutie grised ; antennis scapo
immacul
As the sexes of A. furcata are so unlike each
other, that no common character would include
them both, I haye, therefore, been under the ne~
‘cessity, as in some former instances, of making a
separate one for each. I do not give these indi-
viduals as male and female upon my own authority,
but Mr. James Trimmer, upon whose accuracy I
can rely, has taken both out of the same nest.

Upon their mode of nidification I have enlarged

before(p). Panzer’s figure and description, which
belong to the male, vary a little from our speci-
mens, but I think there can be no doubt of his
intending the same insect.

'

65. A. atra, villoso-pallescens; thorace flavescenti;
abdomine segmentis margine pallidis; femo-
ribus intermediis magnis, clavatis.

FIG. Apis vulpina ferrugineo villosa, antennarum articulo
primo fronte labioque flavis, abdomine nigro, seg-
mentis posticé ferrugineo villoso-fasciatis.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ, Init. n. 56. tal. 6?

MUS. D. Haworth.

Long. Corp. Lin, 5.
Hab. In Anglia rarissima.

(p) Vol. 1. p. 188, 189.
DESCR,

(0) Tab. 11. fig. 15. a.

APIS, (ed Eg AS
DESCR. Mas. 5% Nepitat sb ali
CORPUS atrum, pube pallescenti.
Carur hirsutum. Gene barba densa, longa;

“Macille nigre, maculd flava. Labium flay-

um, thargine antico, punctisque duobus pos~

ticis, nigris. Facies ante antennas subrufa,

maculis duabus quadratis atris, Antenne ni-

gree, basi antrorsum flave. r
Truncus supra pube dens4 fulvo-flava mollis,

Squamule nigre. Ale hyaline, nervis nigris,

Pedes albido-hirti. Femora clavata, inter=_

mediis majoribus. Digiti obscuré rufes-

centes. )
Azpomen ovatum, atro-subpilosum, segmento A

primo villis flavescentibus pubescente, reli-

quorum marginibus pilis rufo-pallidis laté tec-

tis. Venter hirtus, |

I take this insect to be a variety of Panzer’s 4.
vulpina. In Mr. Haworth’s specimen, the only
one that I have seen, the black spots on the ante-
rior part of the face are larger than in the figure
given by that author, and the abdominal. fasciz
have a very slight tinge of red: the very large
- intermediate thighs are the most striking charac-
teristic; I have, therefore, introduced them into
my definition. -

66. A. grisescente-villosa; ore flavo; abdomine\ptundate,
segmentis margine subrufis; thorace femineo
nigricanti, masculo fulvo.

WOU Ii.) * wr: MAS,

-»

id API S. (ee. 4.2. =)
MAS. f.
Apis rotundata nigra, cinereo hirta, abdomine subgle-
boso segmentorum marginibus albis.
Fab. Eni. Syst. Em. n. 80?
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 3778. n. 88?
Vill. Ent. Eur.3. n.76?
Apis subhirsuta cinerea, abdomine nigro, segmentis al-
bidis; fronte flavescente.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par, 2. p.413. n.11.
Apis terrestris, Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n.11.

FIG. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 56. tab. 9.
MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth, Drury aa n. 53,

Trimmer, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—54.
Hal. Prope Londinum. Flores Erica in arenario quo-
dam juxta Combe Wood supra dict, uterque sexus
frequentabat, Julio ineunti, 1801," '

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, pube grisescenti.

Carut. Mazille nigre, basi flavee. Labium fla-
vum, posticé utrinque puncto nigricanti. Fa-
cies anticé pallidé flava, flavedine in lineam at-
tenuatam, elongatam, apice pauld dilatatam,
antennas versus medio excurrente; fulvo-pu-
bescens. Vertex atro-pilosus. Gene barba
albida. Oculi, in vivo, chrystallino-virentes,
fundo fayoso. Antenne capitis vix longitu-

~ dine, nigrz.

TRuNcus supra nigricanti rariis pilosus, limbo
fulvescenti. Squamule subtestacer. Ale
hyalinz, apice pauld obscuriores ayeniz, ner-
vis nigris. Pedes grisescente-hirti. Femora

postica

en) ee sustain

“Oe

APIS, Cg, d..’2; al
postica apice fulvo-pubescentia, antica bar-
bata. Tibie posteriores scopa dens4. Sco-
pule nigricantes. .

Azpomen subglobosum, pilis atris adspersum,
segmentis quatuor anticis margine tomentoso-=
subrufis /. fulvescentibus. Anus tomentoso-
incanus. Segmentum. primum utrinque ful-
vescente-villosum. Venter convexus, nigro=
piceus.

Maris Facies tota ante antennas lutea. Antenne
capite longiores, scapo antrorsum flavo, apice
articulo primo breviusculo. Vertex fulvo-
villosus. Trwncus supra pube, densa admo-=
dum, fulvo-aurea tectus. Sgquamule picee.
Digiti articulo extimo apice dilatato. -dldo-
men segmento primo toto villoso-fulvescenti,
antepenultimo margine pilis non fulvescen-
tibus sed albidis tomentoso, ultimo supra cari-
nato. Venter hirtus.

Var.@ corpore cinereo-villoso; trunco supra
pube flavescenti; abdomine segmentis mar-
gine tomentoso-albis.

When my Synopsis Specierum went to the press,

I had seen only variety g of the male of this in-
sect; but since that, in July last, I took recent
specimens of both sexes frequenting the flowers of
Erica, in a sunny sand-pit near Combe Wood, a
spot well known to the Entomologists of the Me-
tropolis, and producing many very rare insects.
As all that I was then able to examine agreed to-

ve” gether,

Si APIS. r. d. 2, a.)
gether, I thought it most adviseable to correct my
Nomen Specificum and description by them: the
specimen from which I originally described being,
probably, one that had been disclosed so long from
the pupa, as to change the colour of its hirsuties.
Panzer’s figure, which evidently belongs to the
male of our insect, was taken from one in the same
predicament; and if I am right in my reference to
Fabricius, concerning which, however, I have my
doubts, his description was drawn from one of this
sort too. Geoffroy for his, * Abeille a levre jaune
et anneaux du ventre blanchatres,” which appears
synonymous with this variety, refers to one descri-
bed in the first edition of the Fauna Suecica, but
which afterwards seems to have been omitted by
Linneus. This, however, although it belongs, I
think, to the present family, I suspect to be a dif-
ferent species, perhaps 4. bimaculata; for Linneus
says of it : “‘ Abdomen nigrum segmentis villosis ca-
nis 5 vel 6,” which implies that not the margins only,
but the whole of these segments was covered with
hoary hairs. Geoffroy says of this pis: “ Cette
espéce forme dans la terre des trous horizontaux
qui sont fort longs et divisés au bout en plusieurs
cellules. On voit ces trous dans les terreins cou-
pés perpendiculairement en forme de murs(q).”
From an inspection of the female, of which I had
seen no specimen, when I.made the arrangement
adopted in my synopsis, I find that 4. rotundata

(7) Tom. 2. p. 413, 414.

ought

tem y ~

APIS. (xx. d.2. a)
ought to follow 4. bimaculata, which it resembles
in many respects.

A. PALLICINCTA. 67.
Since the printing of my synopsis, I have again
seen the insect which I had described under this
name, and find it to be M. fodiens before noticed (7).
I drew my description of it long ago, before I was
acquainted with the characters which distinguish
my first family of Melitta, from a specimen, the
only one I had then seen, in Mr. Drury’s cabinet (s),
the structure of whose proboscis I could not as-
certain. As it seemed to have a general resem-
blance to some of the individuals of this family,
particularly 4. rotundata, I placed -it next to that
insect; although I observed even then that it want-
ed one of the most prominent characters of the
subdivision, the os crassum. A year or two after
this I took it myself, and finding its istrumenta
cibaria to be those of a Melitta possessing peculiar
characters, I did not recollect that it was the same
insect I had described before as an Apis. }

é

205

68. A. atra, albido-subvillosa; abdomine subglo- subglolo-

boso.
MUS. D. Haworth.
Long. Corp. Lin. 43,
Hab. In Anglia. Hane unicam vidi.
DESCR. <Acul. .
CORPUS atrum, pube cinered.
(r) Supr. p. 34, 35. (s) Apis, n. 35,
| U3 Carur

Sa,

retusa,

‘

APIS. (##. d.2. a.)

Carur atrum, immaculatum, pube albida, Vers
tex atro-pilosus.

Truncus supra hirsutie e pilis atris cinereisque
mixtis constante notandus. Thorax posticé
glabriusculus, punctatus. Squamule picee,
Ale subhyaline, nervis nigris, Pedes cinereo-
hirti.

Azpomen subglobosum, glabriusculum.

Obs. Jn hoc specimine margo segmentorum abe
dominalium forsan derasus,

I have seen a single specimen only of this insect
in which I suspect that the hair is rubbed off the
margin of the dorsal segments of the abdomen;
but supposing this to be the case, still it is suffici<
ently distinguised from 4. rotundata, which it re-
sembles, by its black nose and lip.

69. A. corpore femineo atro, hirsuto; tibiis posticis
scopa fulyo-aurea :
corpore masculo nigro, hirsuto-fulvo ; ana
nigricanti, pedibus intermediis elongatis, cri-
nito-pectinatis,

ACUL,

Apis retusa nigra, subhirta, abdominis basi retusa, tibiig
posticis extus lanatis.

Lin. Syst. Nat, Ed, 12, & Gmel, p. 2772. 2.8. Fn,
Suec, 1690.

Vill. Ent, Eur. 3. n.6,

Miill, Zool. Dan, n, 1898,

Ross, Fn, Etrusc. n. 907,

Apis acervorum hirsuta atra, tibiis posticis ferrugineis;

Fab,
a

FIG.

MUS.

APIS. (#%. d.2. @)

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 36.

Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2783. n, 50.

Apis rufipes hirsuta, atra, pedibus posticis rufis,

Miller. int. not. Graian. supr. citat.

Bomlylius medius totus niger, lanugine duntaxat longa
flava anteriori /; inferiori superficiei primi crurum
posteriorum internodii adnascente.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 247. n. 4.

Apis sylvestris muraria nigra,

Rat, Hist. Ins. p. 243?

Scheff. Icon. tab. 77. fig. 5.

Harris. Exp. tab. 38. fig. 7.

Apis acervorum. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 78.
tab, 18,

Donovan, Eng. Ins. tom.3. tab. 108. fig. 2.

Apis rufipes. Christii Hymenopt. p. 132. tab. 9. fig. 1.

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, Drury, Ha-
worth, M¢Léay, Sowerby, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirly.

MAS.

Apis pennipes pubescens subgrisea; pedibus secunda-
riis elongatis crinito-pectinatis.

Lin. Not. MS. in Syst. Nat.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins.n.731. Apis, n. 25.

Apis pilipes grisea, pedibus intermediis fasciculato-
pilosis.

Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 54.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2776. 2. 80.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 54.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc.910. Mantiss. 311.

Apis plumipes hirsuta, pedum mediorum metatarsis
scopa atra, posticé pilis raris longis barbatis.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n 804.

Apis Hispanica hirsuta flavescens, abomine apice nigro,

pedibus intermediis fasciculato-pilosis,
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.10?
Lin, Syst. Nat, Ed, Gmel. p, 2784. n.1?
u 4 Apis

eo -

298

APIS, (#«. d. 2, a.)
Apis sylvestris corpore oblongo, supina thoracis, et ans
teriori abdominis parte pulchré flava, cauda nigra,
Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 243,

FIG, Harris. Exp. tab. 40. fig. 14.

Apis pilipes, Christii Hymenopt. p. 131. tab.8. fig. 9,
mal. :

Panzer. Fn. Ins, Germ. Init. n. 55. tab. 8.

Apis Hispanica, Ibid, tab. 6.

Apis plumipes, Pallas. Spicil, Zool.Q. p.24. tab. 1

Jig. 14.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Drury, M*Leay, Haworth,

Trimmer, Sowerby, Lathbury, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 7—8.

Hal. Barhamiz. In floribus tempore vernali frequens,
mas feminz assiduus comes, quam, dum nectar flo-
rum sugit, letus circumvolat. Terris induratis, gla-
reosis aut argillaceis, sectis verticaliter, nobiscum ni-
dificant; interdum et in muris antiquis. ‘ In muris
et aggeribus unaquzque foramen sibi soli excavat
ellipticum fetui excipiendo, in quibus pabulum eidem
nutriendo reponit.” Raius. ‘* Sub vesperum queri-
tat apta parietum foramina ibique pernoctat,” Rossius,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS totum atrum, hirsutum.

Caput subtriangulare. Labiwm pilis rufis bar-
batum, Antenne capitis longitudine, nigre,

Truncus. Squamule pices. Ale fuscescentes,
nervis nigris. Pedes hirti, tibiis posticis ex-
trorsum scop4 fuly4. Plante item posticas
basi fulyo-aureo extus hirsute. Scopule fers
rugineee, Femora cum digitis picea.

Axspomen ex ovato oblongum, hirsutum, Ven
{er convexus, piceus,

Obs,

ma

APIS, (#*. d. 2. &.) 209

Obs. Scopa tibie posterioris in adultioribus .
flavescit.

Maris Corpus subtus albido-villosum. Maville
apud basin macula obliqua flava notate. La-
bium flavum margine omni, punctoque utrin-
que postico, atris. Nasus cum frontis angulis
rufus, suturis nigris. dntenne nigra, scapo
antrorsum pallidé carneo. Gene barba lon-
ga densaque alba. Facies anticé pallido, pos- _
ticé fulvo villosa, spatio inter antennas inter-
jecto glabro, linea media elevatiuscula notato.
Truncus supra et utrinque hirsutie fulva mol-
lissima vestitus. Squamule nigre. Ale sub-
hyaline. Pedes primarii cinereo-pilosuli, tibi-
arum apicibus extrorsum tomentoso-pallidis ;
secundarii reliquis longiores, femoribus sub- ’
tus nigricante-barbatis, tibiis hine cinereo-
ciliatis, plantis elongatis, cinereo-pilosulis, an-
trorsum versus apicem penicillo denso pilorum
nigrorum instructis(¢), posticé una cum digi-
tis, pilis longissimis, rarioribus crinitis (2) ;
digitorum articulo extimo utrinque densiis
barbato(x); ¢ernarii femoribus subtus nigro
barbatis, tibiis nigro-villosis, posticé cinereo-
fimbriatis, plantis brevibus, latis, posticé nigro
longits pilosis. Scopule nigree, linea inter-
media pallida. Abdomen subglobosum, su-

(é) Tab. 11. d. 2. «. 8. fig. 18, @, (u) Ibid. 3.
(2) Ibid. ce, :

Pra

i

er

APIS. (##. d.2. «.)
pra hirsuto-fulvum, ano nigro-villoso. Ani
nigritudo “non abrupté incipit, sed ipsa
baseos flavedo quibusdam veluti umbris,
penumbrisque in eam degenerat(y). Ven-
ter apud anum depressus, lateribus villoso-
albicantibus.
Var. g adultior, corpore supra hirsutie subgrisea,
vel cinerascenti vestito; naso flavo punc-
tulis duobus nigris; antennis scapo antror-
sum flavo; alias «, ut ovum ovo, simillimus.

From an inspection of the authentic specimen
preserved in the Linnean cabinet, I do not hesitate
to give the aculeate of the present pis as the 'ge-
nuine 4. retusa of Linneus. ‘That specimen is,
indeed, smaller than our English ones usually are,
not quite so hairy, nor is its hair of so deep a black ;
but these circumstances appear to be entirely acci-
dental: insects of different climates, and some-
times those of the same, vary much in size; and
the hair of an Apis newly disclosed from the pupa,
as to colour and density, is often very different
from that of the same individual when it has been
long exposed to wind and weather. In other re-
spects the Linnean specimen is the very counter-
part of ours, and agrees exactly with the descrip-
tion in the Fauna Suecica. ‘‘ Magnitudine 4. mel-
lifice. Corpus totum nigrum pubescens. Tibie
posticae dilatatz, extus vellere brevi, denso, flavo.”

(y) Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. p. 399.
This

APIS. («x. d. 2. #.)
‘This insect, however, has been mistaken by Fabri-
cius and many other Entomologists, and confound-
ed with another. As it is usually very hairy, this
author regarded it as a Bombinatrix, and took it
for granted that it could be no other than the 4.
acervorum, Linn. Possessed with this idea, he
added to “ hirsuta, atra,’ the Linnean definition,
the terms “ tibiis posticis ferrugineis,” in which he
has been followed by Gmelin and others. But had
he paid due attention to the description of the
Fauna Suecica, he would have been convinced
that, by .4. acervorum, Linneus intended a very
different insect. ‘ Praecedenti(z) similis,” says he,
** sed minor; toto corpore nigro, immaculato ex-
ceptis setulis quibusdam circa collum sulphureis.”
These terms plainly exclude the tibize ferrugineze
of 4 retusa, of which I never saw a specimen, and
I have seen many, that had any sulphureous hairs
about its neck. I suspect that the specimen pre-
served in the Linnean cabinet, as 4. acervorum, is
not the original one, although its label is an auto-
graph of Linneus. When an insect with such a
label answers to the description of Linneus, no
doubt can remain of its authenticity; but when it
varies from it, its claim to be considered as the ori-
ginal specimen is a good deal invalidated. In the
present instance, the specimen differs from the
description in several respects; its wings are vio-
jet, it has no sulphureous hairs about its neck, and
x) Nempe 4, lucorum, Linn,

the

3O0t

e .

302

APIS. (##. d. 2. a.)

the disk of the scopa, or brush, which covers the
underside of its abdomen, is tawny; it belongs to
the same family with the Aleille magonne of Reau-
mur -(a), and I strongly suspect it to be the female
of that very insect, which that author describes in
terms which agree well with it. ‘ Les uns doivent
devenir des abeilles trés-noires, aussi, noires, mais
plus velués que les perce-bois; elles ont seulement
un peu de jaundtre en-dessous a leur partie posté-
rieure (b).” I shall give a fuller description of it in
the margin(c), Concluding that 4. retusa was
4. acervorum, and unacquainted with any insect
that would agree with the Linnean character of
the latter, Fabricius has excluded it from his last
work, Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Auc-
ta, as a nonentity; expressing only a suspicion
that it may possibly be his Andrena pilipes (d).
With respect to other synonyms of the aculeate,
the insect Christius has figured for 4. retusa (e)

(a) Tom. 6. tab. 7. fig. 1,2, 3. It belongs to the fourth
subdivision, of the second section, of my family labio inflezo,
(**. c. 2.2),

(4) Reaum. ubi supr. Mem. 3. p. 60. .

(c) DESCR. Acul. Corpus atrum, hirsutum, Mazille vali~
dz, dilatatz, apice extus bidentatz, dente exteriori acu-
to. Ale corpore longiores atro-violascentes. Pedes
atri, tarsis rufis. Abdomen subglobosum, atrum, un-
dique hirsutum, ventris scop4 disco fulvo,

Long. Corp. Lin. 7.
(a) Melitta pilipes of this work, vid. supr. p. 97, 98.
(¢) Hymenopt. p. 119. tab, 9. fig. 4,

appears

a ae

ie

Dre til
ity

APIS, (eee d. 2. 2)
appears to be a Bombinairix, and I think repré«
sents one that I shall hereafter describe: his 4.
rufipes is the true 4. retusa. Under the same
name Miller, in the MSS. so often quoted by me,
has noticed our Apis; to his definition, inserted

- amongst the synonyms, he adds this short descrip-

tion. “ Tibize tarsique postici rufo vellere extus
hirsuti.” Ray appears to have described this bee
twice, but as this may seem too bold an assertion
to hazard with respect to a writer of his acknow-

_ledged accuracy, I shall assign my reasons at large

for being of that opinion. The description he
gives of his Bombylius, n.4. so exactly suits our
insect, that I think no one will deny them to be

synonymous; the doubt will be attached to the,
other which I have quoted, viz. his A. sylvestris”

muraria nigra. His description of this, “‘ Tota
nigra est, corpore breviusculo, cruribus duntaxat
postremis obscuro aurantii colore rubentibus,” will
suit our insect very well; but it is not so much
upon this that I ground my opinion, as the follow-
ing circumstance. ‘This illustrious author informs
us, that it makes its nest in walls and banks, and
that it abounds at Kilby, near Hill Morton, in
Northamptonshire(f). Now, in the beginning of
July, 1797, in company with Mr. Marsham, at
Wandsford and Ufford, in the northern part of the
same county, I discovered 4. retusa in the great-
est abundance, frequenting the walls made of the

(Sf) Hist. Ins. p, 243,

stone

203

. 804

a ae —

APIS, (##. d. 2. @.)

stone of that country(g): a strong proof, as hig
description agrees with ours, that we both mean
the same insect. It is probable, that, in his tra
vels, seeing this bee so plentiful about the walls, at
the place above-mentioned, he took it for a dif-
ferent species from the one he had seen less fre-
quent in other parts, and in a different situation.
As some doubts, however, must still remain, with-
out I could visit the very spot, where he found it,
I have placed a query after this synonym.

The male of this Apis is so totally unlike the
female, that it has been regarded by all authors,
not excepting even Linneus himself, as a distinct
species. In an interleaved edition of the Systema
Nature, containing MS. notes of that great Na-
turalist, and now in the possession of the President

of the Linnean Society, (who, with his accustomed

liberality, has permitted me to copy such of them
as relate to the present genus), I find it described
under the name of 4. pennipes, and placed next to
Melitta cunicularia: upon the authority of For-
ster, it is said to be a native of North America:
it is inserted, under the same name, in Forster’s
Catalogue of British Insects, published in 1770.
Professor Pallas and Schrank, denominate it /.
plumipes. Fabricius, and after him Panzer, call
variety «, 4. Hispanica(h); and variety @, 4. pi-
lipes.

(gz) Kettering stone.
(h) I am not quite certain that the 4. Hispanica of Fabricius

is synonymous with this; his description agrees; but ours in
size

2 meee ee ln ee a ane ene
| m

*

%

APIS, (#%. d.2. a)
lipes. "When the insect first makes its appearance
in the spring, the down of the upper side of the
body, the anus excepted, is of a reddish yellow,
answering to the description and figure of the for-
mer; later in the year, when it has been long dis-
closed, this becomes cinereous, or greyish, and
then it agrees with those of the latter. I suspect

A. cochlearipes of Christius to be a different spe-'

cies, for there are several that are distinguished by
similar pedes secundarii, although Panzer has re-
ferred to it as synonymous with 4. pilipes. It is
singular that an insect should be described undet
so many different names, and prove at last to be
entitled to none of them. This point I shall now
endeavour to prove as briefly as possible. When
I first set out in my entomological career, I began
to notice the motions of this Apis, and have con-
tinued to do so occasionally ever since. Early in
the spring the male may generally be seen attend-
ant upon his swarthy bride, flutterimg round her,
or hovering over her, while she, with great coolness,
collects the honey from flower to flower, without
bestowing any attention upon him : if she departs,
he departs; and if she returns, he returns likewise.
During the season of courtship, his whole employ-

size is greatly smaller than 4. virginica, Panzer’s certainly
belongs to ours. Linneus, in the MS, notes mentioned above,
has described another 4pis under this name, which he received
from Forster, in these terms: Hispanica A. nigra, abdomine
testaceo apice nigro, segmentis duobus penultimis albis.

ment

304

406

APIS. («##. d. 2. a.)
ment seems to be to attend -upon her; but whet
the halcyon days of love are over, like many other
husbands, he goes about his business, and leaves.
her to take her flights in solitude. I was often

entertained with this scene, before I was aware of '

any connection between these little creatures; but

at length I could not help suspecting, in spite of

the total want of resemblance between them, that
they were different sexes of the same species: to
ascertain this point, I examined anatomically a
number of each; and found that the black ones
were always aculeates, and the others as constantly.
males. I found both afterwards in the same nest,
which has likewise been done, more than once, by
my friends the Rev. Peter Lathbury, and Mr.
James Trimmer. ‘These circumstances furnish as
strong presumptive evidence, in support of the fact
I assert; short of sceing the sexes copula connexos,
as can be desired. Ray, indeed, makes an obser-
vation with respect to the male, which seems, at
first sight, to militate very strongly against the
opinion here advanced: after describing it in terms
which leave no doubt as to its being the same in-
sect, he says: “ In muris et aggeribus terrenis ni-

dum pro feetu constituit prioris nido (viz. A. syl-

vestris muraria nigra) similem, in quem substantiam
quandam dulcem melle crassiorem ei nutriendo re+
condit (i).” This, however, is easily accounted for;
he would certainly never dream of any connection

(i) P. 243, F
between

*

APIS, (x#. d.2. a) 307

between two insects so entirely unlike each other,
without he had noticed some circumstances that
might excite such suspicion; and therefore, of
course, if he observed the male go into a nest, he
would immediately conclude that it was peculiar to
it, and so, vice versa, with respect to the female.
What he says with regard to the two nests being
similar to each other in form, and built in the
same situation, is a further proof of this.

70. A. hirsuto-fulva; ano nigro; plantis interme-Haworths

ee ° ana,
diis extrorsum barbatis:

MUS. D. Haworth, Davies.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7.
Hab, In Anglia, rarissima,
DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS atrum, supra hirsuto-fulyum.
~ Capvt hirsuto-pallidum. Maville nigre, im-
maculate. Labium luteum, posticé utrinque
puncto nigro. Nasus anticé pallidus, mar-
gine extimo nigro. Antenne nigre, scapo
antrorsum pallido.

Truncus. Thorax disco piloso-nigricanti. Pec-
tus hirsutie pallida. Squamule nigre. Ale
hyaline, nervis nigris. Pedes atri. Femora
antica cinereo-barbata, posteriora quatuor ni-
gro. Tibie secundi et tertii paris fulvo extus
ciliatee. _Pedes secundarii posticis breviores,
plantis pilis densis atris extrorsum fimbriatis.

YOL. II, x Digiti

APIS. («#. d.2. «.)
Digiti omnes rufescentes, articuloextimo apice
dilatato, piceo.

AxspomeEnatrum, pubescens, basi hirsuto-fulvum.

In honorem D. Haworth, Generis Narcissus Mo-

nographi, Entomologiz etiam studiosi, hance
Apem nominavi.

This species, at first sight, strongly resembles
the male of the preceding; but upon a close in-
spection, we find’that its intermediate legs, instead
of being longer, are shorter than the posterior;
their plantz, also, have only a dense beard of black
hairs on one side, without any of those very long
ones, along the whole of the tarsus on the other,
which form a remarkable character of the male sex
of that insect. Its maxillz, likewise, have no yel-
low spot; and the anterior part of the nose alone
is pale yellow, and not the whole face below the
antenne. ‘The specimen from which I drew my
description, is in the Museum of Mr. Haworth ;
I have since seen it amongst the English insects of

__ Major Gen. Davies at Blackheath. I have by me

cyanea.

two or three other exotic males, whose interme-
diate legs resemble those of 4. retusa and 4. Ha-
worthana, in being, what Fabricius terms, fascicu-
lato-pilosi.

71. A. ceruleo-virens, glabriuscula, cylindrica; ab-
domine cuneiformi: ore masculo albo.

FIG. Acul. tab. 17. fig.7. Mas. Jlid. fig. 8.
Apis caerulea cerulea, alis violaceo-fuscis,

Vill, Ent. Eur. 3, n,88, tab. 8. fig. 25? °
MUS;

, weer

APIS. (#%. d. 2. «)
MUS. Regine (hk), D. Marsham, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin, 323,
Hab. Barhamie. In floribus Jacobe@ tempore au-
tumnali anni 1799 a me semel lecta.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS lineare, punctulatissimum, ex viridi
cerulescens, glabriusculum, sub lente parva
pube pallida pilosulum. =. |

Carut. Proboscis valvulis incurvis(/), laciniis
interioribus linearibus(m). Labium et Mazille
nigra. 4ntenne capite breviores, clavate, pi-
ceo-nigrz, apicearticulo primo brevi, conico(7).

-Truncvs supra disco leviusculo, nitidissimo.
Thorax lineolis quinque longitudinalibus le-
vissimé impressis notatus. Squamule atre.
Ale fuscescentes, certo situ, apicem versus
precipué, violascentes; nervis nigris. Pedes
nigri, tibiis posticis scopa parva pallida.

‘ABDOMEN cunciforme(o), segmentis anticis mar-
gine auctis, depressiusculis. .4nus obtusus,

mucrone parvo instructus. Venter reliquo

corpore longits pilosus.

Maris Corpus violaceum.. Lalium et Nasus
alba. -dntenne desunt. Squamule picee.
Aldomen segmento penultimo supra carinato
apice mucronato, ultimo inflexo..

(k) The last row but one, the fourteenth specimen from the
left hand.

(2) Tab, 11. d. 2. &. fig. 9. a. (m) Ibid. fig. 10, aa,
() Ibid. fig: 13. a, (0) . fig. 16,
| x 2 This

310 APIS. («#. d.2, « 6.)

This little insect varies somewhat from the cha-
racters cf the present family, for the valvule, in- -—
stead of being strait, are incurved; and the inte-
rior lacinize are not pointed at their tips; in gene-
ral habit, also, it is unlike the rést of the individuals
that compose this section. It is, however, more
nearly related to this, than any other family; for
it exhibits the following characters, which com-
bined are peculiar to it: its exterior palpi, namely,
consist of six articulations, and its interior of two;
not to mention that the nose and lip, of the male,
are of a different: colour from those’ of the other
sex, a circumstance which usually distinguishes
the insects of this section. 4. cyanea approaches
so near to 4. cerulea of Villers, that I strongly
suspect it to be merely a variety of that insect; in
that case it ought to be denominated by the name
he has given it.

**. d.2. @.
tricolor, 92. A. violacea, supra glabra; alis nigricantibus.

FIG. Drury. Ins. vol. 1. p. 108. tob. 45. fig. 3.
Tal. 17. fig. 9.
MUS. D. Latham, Drury Spec. exot. Kirly Spec. exot.
_ Long. Corp. Lin, 8.
Hal. In Anglid? D. Latham. Ex insula Jamaicensi
allatam accepit D. Drury.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS violaceum, supra glabrum.
Carut

APIS. (#x. d.2. B.)

Capur punctatum, atro-pilosum. Gene bar-
_' bate. Antenne capitis feré longitudine, ni-
gre, subtus pallidze. :

Truncus. Thorax glaber, nitidissimus, iricolor,

lined longitudinali intermedia impressus, punc-
tatus disco levissimo. Metathorax et Pectus
atro-pubescentia. Squamule violacee. dle
fusco-nigree, Pedes violacei, atro-hirti. Plan-
te atree, undique hirsutissime. Digiti picei.
Aspomen subiricolor, latum, supra glabrum,
punctulatum. -d4nus fimbrid atra. Venter
anum yersus atro-hirtus,

This most beautiful insect is in Dr. Latham’s
cabinet, amongst his English pes, but he does
not recollect where it was taken, or upon what
authority he considers it as English(o), It has
been received from Jamaica by Mr. Drury, who
has given an excellent figure of it, of which I was.
not aware when I caused it to be engraved for this
work. I have also received it from Mr. Marsham,
Its place ought to be next to 4. violacea, Linn.
which it a good deal resembles, except that, in-
stead of black, its body is violet; and, on the con-
trary, the wings, instead of violet, are blacks The
prismatic hues upon the thorax are very brilliant ;
upon the abdomen they are much fainter. Since I
wrote the natural character of this section, I find that
the interior laciniz, of the insects that belong to it,
are lineari-lanceolate, and shorter than the exterior.

(0) Vid. supr. vol, 1. p. 191.
xX 3 * *. e,

311

312

APIS. («#. e. 1.)
**, & 1.

mellifica. 73. A. corpore femineo pubescenti; thorace sub-

FIG.

griseo; abdomine elongato, conico; alis cor-
pore dimidio brevioribus; tarsis rufescentibus :

corpore neutro pubescenti; thorace sub-
griseo; abdomine subprismatico; plantis pos-
ticis intus transversé striatis :

corpore masculo pubescenti; trunco tomen-
toso-fulvescenti; oculis postic conniyenti-
bus; alis corpore longioribus.

Apis mellifica pubescens, thorace subgriseo, abdomine
fusco, tibiis posticis ciliatis, intus transversé striatis,

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel, p. 2774. 0.22. Fn,
Suec. 1697.

Fal. Ent, Syst. Em, n. 58,

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 18.

Scop. Ent. Car. n. 811.

Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. n 813,

Mill, Zool. Dan. n. 1907.

Bergman, Act, Upsal. 1779. p. 310.

Ross. Fn, Etrusc. n. 912,

Forst..Cat. Brit. Ins, n.719. Apis, . 9,

Apis cerifera, Scop. Ann. Hist, Nat. 4. p. 16, n. 16,

Apis gregaria, Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p. 407. n.1.

Apis mellifera. Fourcroy, Ent. Par. n. 1.

Aldrovand. Ins. n. 20.

Apis domestica seu vulgaris alvearium, Rai, Hist, Ins,
p. 240,

Mouffet, Ins, p.1. *

Jonst, Ins. 1. tab. 2,

Swammerdam. Bib, Nat. tab. 17. jig. 1, 2. Operaria,
3, Femina, 4, Mas.

Reaum, tom.5, tab, 22. fig. 1, Operaria, 2, Mas, 4,
Femina,

APIS. (*. e, 1.) a

Femina. tab. 25. fig. 1, Operaria, 10, Mas. 16, 17,
Femina.

Christit Hymenopt. tal. 1. fig. 1, Pea tal. 2. fig.
1, Mas. 5, Femina.

Harris, Exp. Eng. Ins. tab, 39. fig.9, Operaria. 10,
Mas.

Sulx. Ins. tab. 19. fig. 123.

Tab,17. fig. 10, Femina. 11, Mas, 12, Operaria.

MUS, Femina, Kirly. Operaria museis feré omnibus hospi-

tatur, Mas, D. Marsham, M*Leay, Kirly, &c.

Long. Corp, Fem, Lin. 8$. Operar. Lin. 6. Mas Lin. 7.
Hab. In Anglia. Inculta in arboribus cavis nidificat,
sed rarissimé obvia, a D. Sowerby semel detecta ;
frequentits culta hospitatur, Reerna (Femina) uni-
ca. Fuc1 (Mares) ad 1600. Oprrrart® (Spadones)
ad 20,000. Respublica Alvearii gynecocratica est,
dum Femina imperans semper inclusa, operariorum
custodum satellitio assidué stipata, antennis obvium
marem salutat, insiliendoque comprimit cum illius
vita dispendio ; parit dein ova ad 40,000 szpe quot-
annis, in adaptatis favi cellis; his exclusis gradu se-
cundo supra calorem zstatis consuetum adolescunt
Larve sextiduo, nent ad parictes cellas, operiuntur
usque dum adultz evolant, alteroque die mellificant.
Harum femina junior, per tridaum omni hore qua~_
drante, stridorem edit, eoque admonet emigraturum:
in examina gregem. Mares ignavum pecus, incurii
apricantur serenis diebus, gule dediti. Spadones
operarii, neutri, indefessi, mele nectare, ceram e pol-
line florum () seduld legunt 3 milliaris spatio, quo-
ties per czlum licet, reducunt, favos cereos struunt
sexangulari-prismaticos, eosque melle replent, femi-
nam mares pullosque nutriunt, cellas inhabitatas re-
purgant, mira munditia impura auferunt, vigilias et

wo
(p) Hoc tamen negatur a D, Huber,

x4 stationes

313

——

——— Sool

‘
”
$14 APIS, (##. e. 1.)
oy stationes ad portas instituunt, hostes arcent aculel ice
po
tu, maresque demum transactis nuptiis occidunt, ex-
pellunt. Examinant emittendo colonias femina duce
ad novas querendas sedes superato solstitio zstivo.
Hostes imprimis sunt Myrmecophage, Mures, Ursus
Arctos, Viverra Ratel, Motacilla alla, Merops Api-
aster, Cuculus indicator, Picus viridis, Falco apivo-
rus, Pavones, Hirundines, Bufones, Phalane mello-
nella, cereana, &Sc. Apes fures, Vespa, Pediculi,
Aranea calycina, furnus, frigus intempestivum, &e.
Tulipe flores captivant. Flores melliferi non omnes,
precipui sunt Tetradynamie, Echit, Boraginis, Ver-
basci, Serpyllii, (Fale, Salicis, Aceris, Rubi), &c.
imprimis Erica Suecis et Lunebergensibus, Fago-
pyrum Scanis, Filia Polonis, Rosmarinus Narbonen-
sibus, Thymus Atticis, Arbutus Corsis, Absinthium
Sardis, Aconitum Ponticis, (Rubus Anglis), &c. hinc
pretium varium mellis. Pan Apum vestitur a D.D.,
J.O. Hagstrom; historiam apum aut culturam dede-
runt Reaumur, Aubenton, de la Pluche, Albrecht,
Riem, Huber, Wildman aliique
ipsee Regem parvosque Quirites
Sufficiunt, aulasque et cerea regna refigunt,
Lin, Syst, Nat, Ed, Gmel,
DESCR. Fem,
CORPUS fusco-nigrum, grisescente-pubescens,
Carur depresssum. Mazille sordidé rufe, api-
ce bidentate, dente exteriori longiore acuto
intus concayo, interiori truncato segmento cir-
culi dempto(g), Labiwm rufescens, Oculorum
pili, certo situ, aurei. Antenne pice, pellu-
cide, subtus pallidiores. Facies inzqualis,
Vertex nigricanti-yillosus.

(4) Tab. 12, ¢, 1, fem. fig. 4, 5.
. Tryncvg

APIS. (%%. e. 1,) 315

Truwcus supra subvillosus, pube insuper parva
pallidé aurea, certo situ, micans. Thorax li-
neolA intermedid longitudinali posticé abbre-
yiataé exaratus, Scutellum prominens. Squa-
mule pices. Ale abdomine dimidio brevi-
ores, subtestaceze; nervis rufis, costa picea.
Pedes piceo-nigri, griseo-villosi, geniculis tar-
sisque rufis. Plante posteriores apice seg~
mento circuli dempto, Scopule aurate, pilis
brevissimis,

ABDOMEN glabrum, a latere conspectum pilis
brevissimis decumbentibus pallidé aureis seri-
ceum, segmento primo breyi, pubescente,
omnibus apice rufescentibus. Venter sordidé
rufus, subpubescens, segmento ultimo nigro.

Neutri Mazille nigre, intus lineis duabus ele-
vatis notate (r). Antenne nigre, opace. Tho-
rax densits pubescens. Metathorazx villoso-
flavescens. Squamule nigre. Ale subhya-
Jinz. Pedes nigni. Tibie postice supra in-
zequales longitudinaliter hinc concave, subtus
tomentose. Plante posteriores supra lined
Jongitudinali elevatiuscula, extus pilis flaves-
centibus ciliate. Scopule aurate, fulyee. Di-—
giti rufo-picei. _.dbdomen ex oblongo corda-
tum, segmentis duobus anticis pubescentibus,
tribus proximis basi fascia tomentoso-pallida.
Anus pube nigricanti subyillosus. Venter
pubescens, basi sordide fulvus.

(7) Tab. 12, €, 1, neut. fig. 10, 11, {
Maris

316 APIS. (##. ¢.1.) :

Maris Corpus densé tomentoso-grisescens. Os
hirsutissimum. Mazille valdé barbate apice
bidentate, dente exteriori acuto, interiori »
truncato(s), sub hirsutie oris penitis occul-

tate. Labiumrufum. Oculi maximi, oyati,
pilosissimi, locum occipitis occupantes, ubi
confluunt(¢). Stemmata in angulum frontis,
pauld infra concursum oculorum, sita(w). An-
tenne nigro-picee, opace, nitide. Truncus
supra tomento sordidé fulvescenti, brevi mol-
lis. Scutellum et Metathorax longiis villosa.
Squamule nigre. dle magne, corpore lon-
giores, hyalinze; nervis testaceis costa ferru-
ginea. Femora quatuor anteriora hirsutissi-
ma. Pedes posteriores clavati, elongati(z),
supra glabri. Tibie Planteque posticze com-
presso-trigona, subtus hinc tomentoso-pallida.
Scopularum pili breves, ferruginei. Abdomen
basi hirsutulum, segmentis margine decolori-
bus. -d4nus subinflexus, pubescens. Venter
pallidus, hirsutus,

My Synopsis Specierum was printed before I was
aware that there were other species, besides 4. mel-
lifica, belonging to this section, and all distinguished
by “ Plante posticze intus transverse striate ;” other-
wise I should. have excluded this character from
my definition of the neuter.

(s) Tab. 11. **. e. 1. fig. 3, (¢) Ibid, fig. 2. ad.
(u) Ibid, 4. (x) Ibid. fig. 8.
- * *. e.

o-

APIS. («#. €, 2.)

**. e. 2.

4

74, A. hirsuto-flavescens; thorace fulvo,

_ Apis Muscorum hirsuta, fulva; abdomine flavo.

Lin, Syst. Nat, Ed. 12. & Gmel. p.2782.0.46. Fn.
Suec. 1714.

Fab. Ent, Syst. Em. n.31.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 100.

Schrank. Enum. Ins, Austr. n. 801.
- «Fn, Frid. n, 652.

Mill. Zool. Dan, n, 1924.

Ross. Fn. Etrusc. 2, n. QO4.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins, n.728. Apis, n. 22.

Bombylius medius, dorso longis et densis pilis rufis ves-
tito, mellificus yulgatissimus, in gramine nidum con-
struens,

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 246. 2.3.

Apis senilis hirsuta cinerea,

Fab, Ent, Syst. Em, n. 44.

Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p.2784. n. 117,

Vill, Ent. Eur.3, n, 113.

FIG, Reaum, tom. 6, Mem.1. p. 32. tab. 2. fig. 1—3,
Baxin, Abregé, tab, 6. fig. 1\—3.
Frisch. Ins. 9. tab, 26. fig. 8.
Scheffer. Icon. tab. 69. fig. 8.
Christiti Hymenopt. Femina, p. 130. tab. 8. fig. 3. Opes
raria, p. 142, tab. 11. fig. 8.
Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 38. fig.6. tab. 40. fig.17, 18,

MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Banks Mas var. y, Marsham, La-
tham, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury, M<«Leay, Sow-
erby, Kirby,

Long. Corp, Lin. 5—10.
diab. Barhamiz. In pratis et graminosis frequentis-
gima, In terre cavitatibus e musco nidum struit.

~ DESCR,

‘

317

Muscoe »
yum.

$18

APIS, (##. e.2)
DESCR. Acul.
‘CORPUS hirsutie pallidé flava.
Carut. Os ferrugineo-barbatum. Probosel

trunci longitudine, palpis exterioribus acutis,
* Truncus. Thorar hirsutie rufo-fulva, /. aurany

tiaca, tectus. Squamule rufo-picee, Ale
subcolorate, apice nervisque nigris. _Pedes
nigri, hirti, Femora densé flavido-barbata.
Corbicula flavescens. Scopule ferruginez.
Spinule castanee. Digiti picei. |
ABDOMEN triangulare, supra hirsuto-fulvo-fla-
vum. a
Var.g minor; thoracis hirsutie dilutiori; alis
coloratis, apice immaculatis ; abdomine bre~
vi, subgloboso. An eadem ?
y precedenti similis, sed minor; —
triangulari.

§ thoracis hirsutie fusc4, qui color ex pilis

nigris fulyisque mixtis exoritur; magnitu-
dine praecedentem sequiparat.
¢ preecedentibus dimidio minor.

_ Maris Mazille supra pallide, barba nigricanti.

Antenne thoracis feré longitudine, articulis
subarcuatis. Scopule fusco-nigre. -dbdomen
angustius, ani extremitate nigro-villosa.

Far, g tertia parte minor; spinulis atris; scopulis

pallidioribus, vix auratis.
y adultior, corpore toto hirsuto-cineras-
centi.
Obs. Jn hdc varietate thorax prsabidn Maeicit.
Of

.

‘*

APIS, (##.€.2.)
. Of these varieties I take « to be the female; y
and 3 to be the neuters of the largest size(y); and
¢ the small neuter; ¢ I suspect. may be a distinct
species, in size it is mtermediate between « and y.
Variety @, of the male, is considerably less than «,
but it differs from it very slightly in other respects ;
it may be the male of variety @ of the other sex,
but both are too similar to the rest to be separated,
without a nest could be found, which contained

them alone. Variety y, of the male, is 4. senilis

of Fabricius, as appears by the specimen in Sir
J. Banks’s cabinet, which he labelled. The cine-
reous hue of its hirsuties is merely occasioned by
age; the thorax, even in this, retains a tinge, very
faint indeed, of its original colour.

319,

75. A. hirsuto-cinerascens; thorace, abdomineque, Francit-

fulvis.

Bombylius mediz magnitudinis, toto corpore, tam tho- |

race quam abdomine, sordidé rufo.
Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 248, n.13.

BIG. Tab.17. fig. 13.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Haworth, Trimmer,
Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 4—5.
Hab. Barhamiz, precedenti rarior.
DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS hirsuto-cinereum.
Capvur atro-subhirsutum. Os barba rufa. Pro-

~ (y) Reaum, tom. 6. Pref, p. 5,
Loscis:

lonella.

320

Reuters of three different magnitudes,

APIS.. (##. €.2)
Loscis capite longior. Facies circa basin ati-

ténnarum cinereo-villosa. .

Truncus supra hirsuto-fulvus. Sguamule tes-
tacee. dle subcolorate, apice obscuriores,
nervis ferrugineis costa nigra. Pedes atro-
hirti. Femora barba cinerascenti. Tibie pos-
tice corbicula atra. Scopule fusco-nigre.
Spinule nigre. Digiti rufo-picei.

Azspomen subglobosum, supra hirsuto-fulyum,
basi penicillo pilorum cinerascentium utrin- .
que ornatum.

Var.@ minor; scopulis vix auratis; abdomine

fascia obscur4 nigricanti.

D. Francillon, cujus museum ditissimum stupen-
dos insectorum thesauros, item quamplurimorum
dilineationes accuratissimas exhibet, hoc in-
sectum nomine insignitur.

This insect would by many be placed aside as a
variety merely of the preceding, which indeed, at
first sight, it resembles much; a close inspection
will, however, convince the skilful entomologist
that it is distinct. The hair of its head, except
what grows round the base of the antenna, is
black, as is also the corbicula of the posterior ti-
bia; the abdomen is of a different form, and its
hair is of the same colour with that of the thorax,
not to mention slighter differences; besides, which
I think is a strong argument, its smallest neuter
is less than that of 4. muscorum; so that were this
admitted to belong to that species, it would have

76. A.

7

APIS. (#4. €. 2%) 321
76. A. hirsuto-flayescens; thorace fulyo; abdo-jfbralis, °
mine maculis, fasctisque atris.

is fasciata tota rufa, abdominis fasciis quatuor vel

tee nigris.

Scop. Ann. Hist, Nat. 4. p.12. 1.7.

Apis floralis. Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p.2785.n. 125.
FIG. Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins tab.40. fig. 13. Acal.

Tab. 17. fig. 14. Mas.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M¢Leay, Haworth, Lathbury,

Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6—8.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS hirsuto-flavescens.

Carvut atro-subhirsutum, sed circa basin anten-
narum pili succrescunt cinerei. Proboscis vix
thoracis longitudine, palpis exterioribus acutis.
Os rufo-barbatum.

Truwncus supra hirsutie rufo-fulv4 tectus. Squa-
mule ferruginee. Ale subhyaline, apice ob-
scuriores; nervis nigricantibus. Pedes atri,
hirti. Femora barba pallida. Spinule cas-
taneez. Corbicula atra. Scopule ferruginee.
Digiti rufo-picei.

* Agpomen subtriangulare, supra hirsutie e fulyo-
flavescenti, segmento primo utrinque penicillo
villorum flavyidorum ornato, secundo maculis
duabus lateralibus, proximis tribus fascia, atro-
hirsutis. ;

Var. abdomine hirsuto-fulyo, segmentis qua-

tuor

ny Pie

$22 APIS. («#. e. 2.)
tuor intermediis utrinque maculA hirsut4
atra.
Maris Caput hirsuto-flavescens pilis sparsis, atris.
Antenne thoracis longitudine, articulis subar-
cuatis. Abdomen fasciis quatuor atris.

Sowerbi- 77. A. hirsuto-flavescens; thorace, anoque, fulvis ;
aes abdomine fasciis duabus nigris.

MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
Hal. Barhamiz, semel lecta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS hirsuto-flavescens.

Caprur pilis atris inter hirsutiem subflavam spar-
sis. Mavzille supra pallid, barba nigricanti.
Proboscis vix thoracis longitudine.

Tauncus supra hirsuto-fulvus. Squamule tes-
taceez. Ale subhyaline, apice obscuriores,
nervis nigris. Pedes atro-hirti, femorum bar-
ba flavescenti. Spinule castanee. Scopule
ferruginee. Digiti rufo-picei.

AxspoMeEN subtriangulare, supra hirsutie sub-
flava, segmento tertio quartoque fascia media,
angusta, hirsuta, atra. Anus hirsuto-rufus
extremitate nigro-villosa.

D. Sowerby, Botanici periti, insectorum, atque
rerum onnium naturalium, imprimis M. Bri-
tanniz indigenarum, collectoris indefessi, item

pictoris eximii, hoc insectum nomen gerit.

Its

APIS. (xx. e. 2.) ) 323
Its red anus sufficiently distinguishes this from
the male of the preceding species, which in many
respects it resembles a good deal.

43. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace anoque fulvis; ab- oe
‘ <a ef ella.
domine fascia media atra.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Haworth, McLeay, Lathbury,
Trimmer, Kirby.
. Long. Corp. Lin. 43—8.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus satis frequens,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS hirsuto-pallidum, /. pallidé flavum.

Caprur atro-subhirsutum, ast circa basin anten-
narum villi pallidi innascuntur. Os barba
ferrugined. Proboscis capite longior.

Trouncus supra hirsutie rufo-fulva tectus. Squa-
mule ferrugines. Ale colorate, apice ner-
visque nigricantibus. Pedes atro-hirti, femo-
tum barba pallidé flava. Spinule castanez:
Scopule ferruginee. Digitt rufo-picei.

ABDOMEN triangulare, segmento primo utrin-
que penicillo villorum flavescentium notando,
secundo basi hirsuto-rufo, margine tertioque
atro-hirsutis. Ani hirsuties rufo-fulva,

Var. dimidio minor.

Maris Caput hirsuto-flavescens, pilis attis spar-
sis succrescentibus. Maville supra pallid.
Antenne thorace breviores, articulis subarcu-
atis. dle apice immaculate. Scopule fusco-
nigre. Anus extremitate nigro-villosus:.

VOL, 11, : oe Var:

324°

Curtis-
ella.

APIS. (+. ¢.2,)
Var. @ duplo minor; digitis ferrugineis.
Obs. Jn utriusque sexs adultioribus thoracis et
ani hirsuties cinerascit.
Memoria D. Beckwith Angti, Entomologi peri-

tissimi, hoc insectum consecratur.

This insect very much resembles 4. floralis, but
instead of four narrow ones, the abdomen is distin-
guished by one broad black band only; as each of
these has, likewise, a male agreeing with it, I think
I am justified in considering them as distinct spe-
cies. Variety ¢ of this sexis not half the size of
a. Ihave observed not seldom a variation in the
size of individuals of this sex, which leads me to
suspect that, in each nest, there may be two de-
scriptions of males as well as of neuters.

79. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace fulvo; abdomine
atro, basi rufescenti.
MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—54.
Hab. Barhamiz, cum precedentibus, sed rarior.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS hirsuto-pallidum.

CaruT hirsuto-flavescens, immistis pilis sparsis
atris. Maville supra pallide. Antenne tho-
racis feré longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.

Truncuvs supra hirsuto-fulvus. Squamule fer-
ruginee. Ale subcolorate, apice obscuri-
ores; nervis ferrugineis, cost4 picea. Pedes
atro-hirti, femorum barba pallida. Tilie apice

obscuré

APIS, («*. e. 2.) 325

obscuré tomentoso-pallide. Scopule fusco-
nigra, vix aurate. Spinule castanex. Digiti
picei.

AspomeEN hirsutum, atrum, basis hirsutie ob-
scuré rufa.

Var. é dimidio minor.

Memorie Flore Londinensis celeberrimiz aucto-
ris, D. Curtis, Botanicit summi, et inter ento-
mologos haud ulli secundi, sit hec Apis sacra.

80. A. hirsuto-albida; thoracis fulvescentis basi, Forster-
ee Pf : ADIN: F ella.
abdominisque fasciis obscuris, nigricantibus.

MUS. D. Marsham, Kirby.
Long, Corp. Lin. 4%,
Hal, Barhamiz, cum przcedentibus in floribus obvia.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS hirsuto-albidum.

Carur atro-subhirsutum. . Os barba ferruginea.

Truncuvs supra hirsuto-fulvescens. Thorax an-
ticé hirsutie nigricanti.. Squamule ferruginez.
Ale colorate, apice obscuriores ; nervis fer-
rugineis, costa picea. Pedes atro-hirti. Spi-
nule castaneze. Scopule fusco-nigre. Digiti
ferruginel.

AsppomeEn subglobosum, hirsuto-cinerascens,
fasciis tribus, obscuris, nigricantibus.

Sit hoc insectum sacrum memorie D.J.R. Fors-
ter, qui inter alia studia plurimim Entomolo -
gie se dedit, et lumine novo eam illustravit.

¥ 2 i: As

326 APIS. («x. ©. 2.)
agrorum. 81. A. atra, hirsuta; thorace, anoque, ferrugineis.
Apis agrorum hirsuta, atra, thorace toto anoque ferru-
gineis.
Fab, Ent. Syst. Em. n. 29.
Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2782. n. 109.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 117.
MUS. D. Banks.

Long. Corp. Lin, 7.
Hab, In Anglia, rarissima.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

CaputT immaculatum.

Truncus supra hirsutie ferrugineo-rufa tectus.
Ale colorate, apice obscuriores, nervis nigri-
cantibus. Pedes atro-hirti.

Azspomen hirsutum, atrum, hirsutie basis ob-
scuré rufa. -dnus ferrugineo-rufus.

This insect agrees very well with the description
of Fabricius in every respect, except that it will
not answer the epithet “magna.” It may be a
neuter.

sylvarum.82. A. hirsuto-pallida; thorace inter alas, abdo-
mineque fasciis, nigris, ano rufescenti.

Apis sylvarum hirsuta, pallida, thoracis fascia nigra, ano
rubro,

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed.12.n.45. Fn. Suec, 1713.

Scop, Ent. Car. n, 822.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.99.

Apis sylvarum, hirsuta pallida, thoracis fascia, abdomi-
neque posticé nigris, ano rufo,

Fab, Ent, Syst. Em. n,.27.

Lin,

FIG.

MUS.

APIS. (**. e. 2.)
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p, 2782. n, 45.
Bombylius minor, lanugine albicante vestitus, cauda
rufescente.
Rat. Hist, Ins. p. 247. n.g?
Apis scylla. Christii Hymenopt. p. 129. tab. 8. fig. 1.
Barbut, Gen. Insect. tab. 15. Apis, fig. 4, 5?
Tab. 17. fig. 15, fem. ibid. fig. 16, mas.

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, M* Leay, Ha-
worth, Lathbury, Trimmer, Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 44—74.
Hab, Barhamiz, in floribus tempore autumnali fre-
quentissima,

DESCR. Acul,
CORPUS hirsuto-pallidum.
CapurT flavescente-subhirsutum. Os barba fer-

ruginea. Proboscis vix thoracis longitudine,
palpis exterioribus acutis. Vertex atro-pilosus.

Truncus supra limbo hirsuto-flavescenti, disco

ABDOMEN triangulare, segmento primo villorum _

nigro. Squamule picee. dle subcolorate,
apice nervisque nigris. Pedey pallido-hirti.
Apophyses secundariz articulo extimo subtus
insuper pube obscuré ferruginea mollis. Spi-
nule castaneze. Corbicula pallida. Scopule
ferruginee. Digiti rufo-picei.

pallido-flavescentium penicillo magno utrin-
que insignito; secundo hirsuto, pallido, utrin-
que macula atra, tertio atro margine pallido.
Anus fasciis hirsutis, pallidis rufisque alternis,
variegatus. Segmentum ultimum ferrugineo
subtomentosum.

42 Var,

3

328

APIS. (##. €. 2.)

Var.g dimidio minor; spinulis nigricantibus;
abdomine segmento secundo maculis nigris
lateralibus obsoletis.

y precedenti dimidio minor; abdomine seg~
mento secundo immaculato, hirsutie ob-
scuré fulva tecto, proximis duobus basi hir-
sutis, atris.

6 abdomine fascia unica hirsuta atra, alias y
simillima, et ejusdem magnitudinis.

€ preecedenti minor, alias simillima.

Obs. In hac saltem varietate, si non in reliquis,
in adultioribus, corporis tote hirsuties fit cine-
rea, etiam ani; trunci disco, abdominisque fas-
cid media, hirsutis, atris. In omnibus apophy-
ses secundarie articulo secundo subtus, vel po-
tis antrorsum, tomentoso-ferrugineo, sed hoc
tomentum sub hirsutie longiori pallidé plerum-~
que delitescit.

Maris Mazille barb rufescenti. Antenne tho-
racis feré longitudine, articulis subarcuatis,
Spinule nigree. Scopule dilutiores. bdomen

- segmento secundo quartoque fascia atra.

Var. ¢ abdomine fascia atra-unica. _

The insect I have just described is the genuine
Al. syluarum of Linneus, as appears from the au-
thentic specimen, but it is not the 4. sylvarum of
Schrank and Rossi, which we shall shortly notice ;
A. Scylla of Christius seems intended for it, al-
though his figure, if so, is very inaccurately co-
Joured, It is rather doubtful whether this be the

insect

APIS. («x. e. 2.)

insect Ray meant by his Bombylius, n. 9, although
I think that most probably it is; his description is
too'short to enable me to determine with certainty,
Linneus has expressed the colour of the anus of
this bee by the term ruber, and Fabricius by rufus,
but it really exhibits alternate fascize of rufous and
pallid, a mixture of colours which Linneus, upon
some occasions, denominates griseus(z). The reader
will observe that ¢, y, and <, varieties of the neuter,
differ from each other in size, which will give three
dimensions of that sex; may not 3 and «, which,
except in that respect, are exactly similar, belong
to a distinct species ?

329

83. A. supra hirsuto-flava; thoracis fascia atra. - fragrans, »

Apis fragrans hirsuta flava, thorace fascia nigra.
Pallas. It, 1. p. 474. n.75.

Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2783. . 111.
Apis pratorum. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 34.’
Vill. Ent. Eur. 3... 111.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathlury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 8,
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus tempore autumnali, sed
rara. Recens insectum odore rosarum flagrans. .

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS supra hirsutie densa flava, subtus ra-
riore pallida tectum.

Carut hirsuto-nigricans. Proboscis vix tho-
race longior, palpis exterioribus acutis. Maz-
ille barba nigra. Frontem penicillus yillorum

(z) For instance in the description of Silpha grisea.
EA flaves-

330 APIS, (#. e. 2.)
flavescentium ante antennas signat. Occiput
hirsutie flava. -4ntenne thoracis longitudine,
articulis subarcuatis.

Truncus. Thorax fascia hirsuta inter alas atra.
Pleure flavo-hirsute. Squamule nigre. dle
subhyalinz, apice pauld obscuriores, nervis
ferrugineis, crassioribus nigris. Pedes atri,
hirti. Femora hirsuto-cinerea. Spinule cas-
tanee. Scopule ferruginee. Digiti rufi.

Azpomen oblongum, hirsutie densa viridi-flava
vestitum. |

This insect is beyond a doubt 4. fragrans of

Professor Pallas, which Fabricius, for what reason
I cannot conjecture, has called 4. pratorum, giving
the name of 4. arbustorum to that which he mis-
took for the Linnean 4. pratorum. Pallas says,
** feminz odore roseo. flagrantissime.” I have
never met with a female or neuter; but the male,
which with us is now and then to be met with in
the autumn, has the same agreeable scent.

«asa 84. A. supra hirsuto-flava; thorace inter alas, ab-
ssi domineque fasciis duabus, atris.
FIG. Apis Maura. Christii Hymenopt. p. 131. tab. 8. fig. 8?
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby. ,
Long. Corp. Lin. 7%.
Hab. Barhamie. In Carduis, precedente frequentior,
roseum odorem spargens,

DESCR. Mas.
CORPUS supra hirsutie subflavya, subtus cine-

rea, tectum,
Carvey

APIS. («#. ¢. 2.) 33:1

Carvut atrum, subhirsutum. Mazille barba
nigricanti. Frons ante antennas fasciculo vil-
lorum pallido insignita. Antenne thorace
breviores, articulis subarcuatis.

Truncus. Thorax anticé pilis fulvo-flavis den-
sits hirsutus, posticé atris rarids. Scutellum
flavescenti-subhirsutum. Squamule piceex.

| Ale subhyalinz, apice paulo obscuriores, ner-
vis nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti, femorum
barba pallida. Spinule nigra. Scopule et
Digiti ferruginea.

_ ABDOMEN triangulare, supra hirsuto-flavescens,
segmento secundo tertioque fascia atra.

In honorem D. Latreille Galli, in entomologia
doctissimi, operis ingeniosissimi, quod charac-
teres insectorum novos tradit, auctoris.

A. Latreillella is not unlike the preceding in-
sect, and has the same remarkable scent of roses ;
but it is also a male, is smaller, its abdomen is of a
different form, and is distinguished by two narrow
black bands, which are scarcely separated by a few
pale yellow hairs; these circumstances furnish a
sufficient warrant for my considering it as distinct.
A. maura of Christius comes very near to this, if
it be not altogether the same.

85. A. supra hirsuto-flava; thorace inter alas, ab- Rossiella. ,
dominisque fascia, atris.
Apis sylvarum hirsuta pallida, thoracis fascia nigra; ab-
domine basi nigro,
Schrank,

332

APIS! (x: €. 2)

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n. 807.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. n. 906.

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tab. 241. fig. 7, 8.

Tab, 18. fig. 1.

MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury,

Sowerby, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 64.
Hal. Barhamiz. In floribus haud rara.

DESCR. Mas. ©

CORPUS supra hirsutie flava, subtus atra,
tectum.

Capur subglobosum, hirsuto-aterrimum: Ver-
tex et Occiput flavoevillosa. Antenne vix
thoracis longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.

Truncus supra cingulo hirsuto-aureo, quod
etiam pleuras pertingit, anticé insignis, dein
fascia lata atra, scutello flavescenti. Squamule
piceo-nigre. le col , apice nigrican-
tes; nervis feorupincallic picea. Pedes
atri, hirti. Spinule castanese. Scopule fer-
ruginese. Digiti rufo-picei.

ABDOMEN triangulare segmento primo utrinque
penicillo pilorum flavescentium instructo, se-
cundo pilis atris, sed rarits, hirsuto, reliquis
hirsutie, densa satis, laeté flava vestitis. dni
extremitas nigro-villosa. |

Obs. In adultioribus hirsutiei jucunda flavedo
valde obscuratur, et ad cinereum vergit.

Faune Etrusce docti auctoris hec Apis conde-
coratur nomine.

Age,

APIS. (#*. e.°2.) 333

Age, as I have before observed, makes a great
alteration in the colour of the hirsuties of the Bom-
binatrices. The bright and beautiful yellow, which
adorns the insect before us when recently disclosed,
fades, in such as are old, to a pale, dirty yellow.
From a specimen in this state, Schrank probably
drew his description, for I have no doubt of this
being his 4. sylvarum. A specimen of this insect
in my cabinet, has one leg covered with cinereous

_ hairs, while those of the othquaye are black.

86. A.atra, hirsuta; thorace anticé, scutello, ano- Leeana.
que, flavis.
MUS, Kirby,
Long, Corp. Lin, 62.
Hab. Barhamiz, semel capta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, —.
Carut subglobosum, totum atrum. Antenne

vix thoracis longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.

‘Truncvs supra anticé hirsuto-sulphureus, qui
‘color in pleuras incurrit, dein ater, scutello
obscuré flavo. Squamule piceer. Ale sub-
colorate, apice obscuriores ; ‘nervis ferrugi-
neis, costA picea. Pedesatri,hirti, Spinule
castaneze. Scopule ferruginee. Digiti rufo-
picei.

Aspome_N triangulare, hirsutum, segmentis du-
obus anticis atris, reliquis sulphureis. Ani ex-
tremitas atra.

Memoria

334 APIS. (##. ¢. 2.)

Memorize D, Lee de Hammersmith, et Filize, qui
insecta quamplurima rarissima, tam exotica
quam indigena, colligebant, hee Apis inscri-
bitur.

A, Leeana is extremely similar to the preceding
species but the hair of its vertex, and of the ante-
rior half of its abdomen, is black. Both are of the
same sex. Of the two, this is much the most rare.

anda.

. Francis. 67. Aint ‘ie ano flavescenti.

MUS, D, Marshangp@rly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 54—6£,

Hal. Barhamiz, bis capta,

DESCR. Mas.’

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

CarvtT subglobosum, immaculatum. Antenne
thoracis vix longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.

TRuncvus supra bicep 'evioens Squamule
piceze. dle subco , hervis, excepto cos-
tali piceo, ferrugineis. Pedes atri, hirti. Spi- —
nule nigre. Scopule ferruginee. Digiti picei

AspomeN subtriangulare, segmento penultimo
et antepenultimo subinterrupté hirsuto-fla-
vescentibus.

In honorem Rey. D. Francis Jungermanniarum
Angliz futuri elucidatoris, qui et in Entomo-
logiad multim necfrustra sudavit.

The whole hirsuties of, this bee is black, .except
a subinterrupted yellowish band at the tail. I sus-

peet

APIS. (#. e. 2.)

pect one of the three species that I have described
last, to be the male of that which I am next to
notice, but as I know not which to fix upon, I
must leave that point undecided till I can meet
with the nidus. These three exactly resemble
each other in form and habit, differing only in the
colour of their hirsuties, whence a suspicion arises
in my mind, that after all they,may turn out to be
varieties only of the same sscihie:

bx:
<

335

8s. A. atra; hirsuta; t ce anticé, scutello, campes-

anoque inflexo utringue, flavis; abdomine
subgloboso.

FIG. Apis campestris hirsuta nigra: thorace flavo fascia atra:
abdomine nudo nitido, apice elongato acuminato,
alis nigricantibus.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 74. tab. 11.
Tab. 18. fig. 2.

MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathbury. Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 8.
Hab. Barhamiz. In fioribus tempore vernali et esti-
vo, € rarioribus una,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carr subtriangulare, immaculatum. Mazille
forcipate.

Truncus supra hirsuto-flavescens, fascié inter
alas atra. Squamule nigre. Ale fusces-
centes, apice nervisque nigris. Pedes atri,
hirti. Tlie posticee supra pilose, nec cor-
bicula nec pectine instruct. Spinule nigre.

Plante

tris.

336

APIS. (##. €. 2.)

Plante posteriores absque auricula. Scopule
ferrugineze, subaurate. Digiti rufo-picei.

ABDOMEN, in mortuo saltem, subglobosum, ni-

tidum; segmentis tribus anticis atro-subhir-

sutis. nus incuryus, flavo subinterrupté
hirsutus, segmento ultimo glabro, inflexo,

subacuminato.

This insect, although it does not entirely agree
with Panzer’s description, is most accurately re-
presented by his figure of his .4. campestris, so
as to leave no doubt of their identity: if my figure
of it had not been taken when I received the num-
ber which contains his, I should have omitted it
as unnecessary. The aculeate of this bee, as well
as of two or three others of the present section,
has no corbicula, nor is the apex of its posterior
tibize furnished with a pecten, or its plantee with an
auricle at their base, like the other Bombinatrices.

. lucorum, 89, A. supra hirsuto-flava; ano albido; thorace

FIG,

fascia nigra.
Apis lucorum hirsuta flava, ano albido.
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2783. n.48. Fn,
Suec. n. 1716, ,

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n, 35.

Vill. Ent. Eur, 3. n. 102.

Mull, Zool, Dan. n. 1926.

Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. n 808.

Apis Hypnorum. Ross. Fn. Etruse, 2. n.905. Var. 8.

Apis cespitum hirsuta atra: thorace citrino medio nigro:
abdomine albo anticé citrino.

Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n, 81, tab, 19. Var. 8.
MUS.

APIS, (#. e, 2.)

MUS, « D. Smith Linnean, Kirby. 8 D. Marsham, Latham,

Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7.
Hab. Barhamiz, « rarissima a me semel lecta; 6 co-
piosissimé flores adit hortorum tempore autumnali.

DESCR. Mas. Rs

CORPUS supra hirsutie flava, subtus flayes-
centi, tectum.

Capur subtriangulare, hirsutum. Mazille bar-
ba rufescenti. Antenne capite longiores, ar-
ticulis rectis.

Truncus supra Pleureque hirsutie dens4 fulyo-
flava tecta, fascia inter alas nigricanti. Squa-
mule pices. dle subhyaline, apice pauld
obscuriores; nervis ferrugineis, costa picea.
Pedes hirti, pilis pro situ, nunc pallescentibus,
nunc sordidé subnigris. Femora barba fla-
vescenti. Tibie postice supra glabriuscule,
spinulis castaneis. Scopule ferruginese. Di-
giti picel.

AxzspomeEn oblongum, hirsuto-flavum, segmen-
tis duobus intermediis fascia angusta obscura
nigra. dnus albido-hirsutus.

Far. @ corpore supra hirsuto-citrino; abdomine
segmentis duobus anticis citrinis, proximis
duobus nigris, ano albo. )

Obs. In hac varietate segmenta duo intermedia
a latere conspecta interdum albescunt.

This is the true 4. Jucorum of Linneus, as ap-
pears upon a comparison of it with the authentic
ahs specimen

337

8338

Jonella.

APIS. (%«. €. 2.)

specimen in the cabinet. x, although at first sight
it appears distinct, upon a close inspection will be
found to be merely a variety of «. The former of
these has been mistaken by Rossi for .4. Hypnorum,
Linn. (which is a very different insect (a), and ap-
proaches nearer to 4. Muscorum and Bechwith-
ella), it is. extremely well figured by Panzer un-
the name of 4.cespitum. Of the latter, I have
seen only the single specimen, except the Linnean,
which I have in my own cabinet. The black band
of the thorax, in the authentic specimen, is nearly
obsolete.

go. A. hirsuto-flava, ano albo; thorace abdomine-
que fascia atra.
MUS. Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 65.
Hab. Prope Londinum, a D. Trimmer semel lecta, et
mihi transmissa.

‘DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS hirsuto-citrinum.

Carut. Mazille barba rufa. Vertex, item
Gene posticé, atro-villosus. Antenne capite
longiores, articulis supra rectiusculis, subtus
convexis. :

Truncus supra hirsuto-citrinus, fascia inter alas
atra. Squamule picee. Ale subcolorate,
nervis piceis. Pedes atri, hirti, femorum barba

(a) See Christii Hymenopt. tab.9. fig.7. which is one of the
best figures of that author.
citrina.

APIS. (#%. €. 2.)
citrina. Spinule nigricantes. Scopule fer-
ruginee. Digiti picei.

Azpomen triangulare; breve, segmento primo
utrinque penicillo pilorum citrinorum ornato,
proximis tribus hirsutis atris, ano albido. Ven-
ter basi rarits nigro hirsutus, apice sordidé
albus.

In honorem D. Jones, Entomologi periti, et Lepi-
dopterorum pictoris exquisiti, qui Papilionum
ordines solerter et subtiliter illustravit (6).

‘

330

91. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé,hortorum, .

scutello, abdominisque basi, flavis; capite
elongato.

Apis hortorum hirsuta, nigra, thorace abdomineque an-
ticé flavo, ano albo.

Lin, Syst; Nat, Ed. 12, & Gmel, p,2781. 0.42. Fay

Suec. 1710.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 6.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n.797;

Fn. Frid. n. 649. :

Ross. Fn. Etruse. n. 9C3.

Forst. Cat; Brit. Ins. n.725. Apis, n. 19.

Apis ruderata hirsuta atra, thorace flavo fascia atra, abs
domine anticé flavo, ano albo.

Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 10,

Lin, Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 2781... 105.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. m.107.

Apis paludosa hirsuta nigra, thorace anticé posticéque,
abdomine anticé, flavis: ano albo,

Mill. Zool. Dan. n. 1919.

(2) Linn, Trans. vol, 2, p: 03—9;
VOL. Il, Z } Apis

340

FIG.

MUS.

APIS. (##. €. 2.)
Apis nigra, thoracis basi et apice, abdominisque basi
flavis, ano albo. f 3
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p, 418. .25.
pis Hypnorum. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 26.
Bomlylius major, niger, ano albo, cum triplici trans-
vers’ areola luted, linguam in 5 filamenta longa nigra
divisam fulvam ex ore exerens.
Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 248. n.11.
Mouffet. Theatr. p. 53. fig. dextr. infim.
Scheff. Icon. tab. 9. fig. 7.
Apis ruderata. Christii Hymenopt. p. 128. tal.7. fig.4.
D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, M¢Leay, Latham, Ha-
worth, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6—10,
Hal. Barhamiz. In floribus hortorum, vulgatissima
feré omnium.,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum. ;
Carut anticé productum(c). Os ferrugineo-

barbatum. Lingua involuta, corporis feré
longitudine.

Truncus. Thorax anticé cingulo denso, hir-

suto-flavo, quod pleuras attingit. Scutellum
hirsutie flava. Sqgwamule rufo-picee. Ale
subhyaline, apice obscuriores, nervis piceis
costa nigra. Pedes atri, hirti, Tibie pos-
tice nigro-piceze. Spinule castanee. Sco-
pule ferruginee. Digiti picei, articulo ex-
timo rubello. .

AxspoMEN triangulare, segmento primo peni-

cillis duobus villorum citrinorum tecto, prox-

(c) Tab. 13, fig. 9.
imis,

APIS. (x#.6.2,)
imis duobus hirsutis, atris, -4nws hirsuto-

ee albus, apice subacuminatus.

eS

Var. @ major; abdominis basi utrinque macula
citrina; villi flayéscentes etiam albedini ani
imcumbunt. .

y dimidio minof; thoracis cingulo scutel-
loque citrino.
3 praecedente dimidio minor, alias simillima.

Maris Mazille pallidee, barb nigra. dntenne

thoracis féré longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.
Thorax cingulo scutelloqtie citrinis. Tile
postice nigra. Scopule fusce. -Anus apiceé
extremo atro-villosus:

Var. g thoracis cinguli, scutelli, abdominisque

_ flavedine valde obscura et feré evanida.

Linneus, in his description of this insect, takes
ho notice of the yellow hairs which cover its scu-
tellum. This circumstance induced Fabricius to
consider another as 4. hortorum, and to give this

as a new species under the name of 4. ruderata. |

It is, however, the genuine 4. hortorum, as appears
upon a comparison of it with the authentic speci-
men of the Linnean cabinet. ‘The Fabrician 4;
hortorum stands by it, but without a label. The
synonyms of Scopoli seem to belong to a variety of
AA, terrestris, for he describes it in these terms é
*« Thorace anticé flavo; abdomine fascié flava:
apice albo(d).” To suit the insect before us, or

(d) Ent, Car, n, 817. Ann. Hist. Nat. 4, p. 10, n. 2.

z2 that —

3A1

Ve,

Ve
—
to

APIS. (##. e. 2.)

that which has been mistaken for it, it ought to be

** abdomine basi flavo.” Miller, in his Zoblogid
Danica, has described this Apis under the name of
A. paludesa: of course his 4. hortorum is another,
most probably synonymous with that of Fabricius.
The 4. hortorum of Christius(e), as far as I can
judge from his figure, is no Bombinatrix.

- The head of this species is much longer, in pro-
portion to its width, than is usual in this family, in
shape it bears no faint resemblance to the head of

; a dog, while others, with very little stretch of the
imagination, may, in this respect, be tegarded as
similar to the cat. |

~ Ray seems at a loss to conceive what can be the
use of the complex machinery of the proboscis; we,
who know the admirable art and contrivance mani-
fested in the construction of this organ, need not
wonder, but we shall be inexcusable if we do not
adore.

Serim- 92. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé, scu-
sac biatiad tello, abdominisque basi, flavis. ©
MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Kirly,
ea Long. Corp. Lin, 4—5.
Hal. Barhamiz in floribus, sed rara.
. oq JESCR, Acul.
- CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
yo CaPur triangulare(/).. Os barba rufa, Lingua
(e) Hymenopt. p. 140, tab. 11. fig. 3.
(f)'Tab.-13. fig. 10. piety: Kt:

tor

m4

thoracis

pe ; ni” pesien Te ate Pe
Pe aes. Ee + _ Dy gee ae DURUM. IF

APIS. (««. e. 2.)
thoracis longitudine. Occiput yillorum fla-
vorum fasciculo ornatum.

Truncvus. Thorax antice cingulo hirsuto-ci-
trino, quod pleuras pertingit. Scutellum ci-
trinum. Squamule rufo-pice. Ale sub-
hyaline, nervis nigricantibus. | Pedes atri,
hirti. Spinule castanee. Scopule. ferrugi-
nee. Digiti picei.

AxBDoMEN triangulare, segmento primo villorum
citrinorum penicillo utringue instructo, prox-
imis duobus atro-hirsutis, ano albo.

Maris Mazille pallide, barba nigra. Antenne
thoracis longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.
Scopule fuscee. Anus segmentis duobus ul-
timis atro-villosis. |

In honorem D. Schrimshire frairum. © Arcades
ambo.” fi

This little bee is very liable to be confounded

with the preceding, but it may always be known by

the shape of its head, which, hke that of most

other Bombinairices, represents an equilateral tri-

angle, with rounded angles. The last segment of

the abdomen, of the aculeate, is likewise shorter.

yo
CoO

g3. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; vertice, thorace an- Barlu:-

ticé, scutelloque, fulyis; abdomine subgloboso.

Bombylius major niger, duplici in supina parte area, an-
teriore latiore e fulvo albicante, posteriore angust’
albicante. Nh

Rat. Hist, Ins, p. 248. n.17. Acut, Var.?

Z3 ons MARS

BAA

APIS. (##. e. 2.)
MAS, Var. B.

: é,
Apis autumnalis hirta, thorace cinerascente fascia nigra —
abdomine atro basi cinerascente, ano albo.
Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 43.

FIG. Apis saltuum hirsuta atra; thorace albo fascia nigra ;
abdomine anticé anoque albis.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n..75. tab. 21. ‘
Apis monacha, Christii Hymenopt, p. 131. tab. 8. fig.7.

MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth, Trimmer, Lath-
bury, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 69. ~
Hal. Barhamiz. In floribus tempore zstiyo haud
rara. Mas in Carduis frequens,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

CaputT subglobosum. Os barba nigricanti.
Lingua thoracis longitudine. Mazxille for-
cipate, Vertex et Occiput fulvo-villosa.

‘Truncus. Thorax anticé hirsuto-fulvus. Scu-~
tellum hirsutie sordidé fulvescenti. Squamule
nigre. dle fuscescentes, apice nigra; ner-
vis nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti. Tibie
postice supra pilose, neque corbicula neque
pectine instructe. Plante posteriores absque
auricula. Spinule castaneze. Scopule fus-°
ce. Digiti picei. ne

AspoMEN subglobosum, incurvum, rariis hir-
sutum, segmento primo villis certo situ fla~
vescentibus utrinque instructo. nus hirsu-
to-albidus, segmento ultimo glabro, inflexo,
subacuminato,

Maris

APIS. (+. e. 2.)
Maris Maville pallide, barba nigra. Antenne

ak, capite longiores, articulis rectiusculis. Ver-

tex villis citrinis. Thorax anticé fascia ci-
trina. Sguamule picee. Ale dilutiores,
venis tenuioribus testaceis. Spinule nigree.
Scopule ferruginez, vix aurate. -dbdomen

‘ triangulare, subacuminatum, segmento primo
villorum flavidorum, penicillo utrinque orna-
to. ._Anus albus, extremitate nigro-yvillosus,
haud inflexus.

Far. g adultior; thoracis fascia, scutello, abdo-

minisque basi hirsuto-cinerascentibus.
y thoracis basi et apice obscuré flavescen-
tibus; abdominis basi immaculata.

~ Obs. In quibusdam scutellum nigricat.

In honorem D. Barbut, qui Insectorum et Ver-

mium Genera figuris illustravit.

This insect exhibits the same peculiar charac-
ters as 4. campestris, 4. autumnalis of Fabricius,
A, saltuum of Panzer, and 4. monacha of Chris-
tius appear to me to be all intended for variety ¢ of
the male. This variety is common late in the year
upon thistles, and is nothing more than e grown
grey from age: its wings, when it is in this state,
will always be found to be torn at their tips. The
synonym of Ray, n.15. I refer to the aculeate of
this Apis, because he says, “ Superior area lata est,
et media parte in angulum excurrit ad frontem,”
which is exactly the case with ours. His descrip-
tion was probably taken from a specimen in which

the hair was faded.
. ZA g4. A.

345

>

346

and,

APIS, (**#. e. 2.)

. Tunstall- g4. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thorace anticé scus

telloque fulvescentibus. afd: ¢

ACUL. Var. «.

Apis veterana hirsuta cinerea, thorace er ‘nigra.
Fal. Ent. Syst. Em, n, 45?

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, M¢Leay, Haworth, rN pa
Trimmer, Kirby.
v Long. Corp. Lin. 54—10.
Hat. Barhamiz, cum preecedentibus frequens.
DESCR. Acul.
~CORPUS atrum, densé hirsutum.
Carurt anticé productum. Os ferrugineo bar-
batum. Lingua vix corpore brevior.
Truncus. Thorax anticé fascia hirsuta, haud
lata, fulva. Scutellum hirsuto-fulvum. Squa-
mule picee. Ale infuscate, apice obscu-
riores. Pedes atri, hirti. Spinule nigre.
Scopule ferruginee, Digiti picei, articulo
extimo rubello,
AzspomeEn ex oblongo triangulare, mollisimé
hirsutum et quasi velutinum, ano albido.
Var. @ ano hirsutie grisescenti.
y dimidio minor; alis subhyalinis apice ni-
gris; digitis ferrugmeis; alias « similis.
6 precedenti dimidio minor; thoracis cin-
-gulo scutelloque citrinis; alis subhyalinis;
digitis ferrugineis.
¢ adultior, praecedentis fere magnitudine;
thorace antice, scutello, abdomineque, hir-
suto-cimerascentibus,

Obs,

APIS, (x*-e.2.)

Obs. Abdominis hirsuties in hdc varietate a la-

tere conspecta est cinerea, a dorso e€ cinereo

: nigricat.
_Memorie D. Tunstall, rerum naturalium collec-
toris assidui, hec Apis inscribitur.
A. Tunstallana possesses many characters in

common with 4. hortorum. The female, however, °
is larger, the hair of its scutellum, and of the an-

terior part of its thorax, is tawny, and not yellow,
and that which covers the first abdominal segment
is black; its wings are darker, and its abdomen in-

_clines more to an oblong form. Variety & and

which. is in fact merely 3 long disclosed, agrees
with the description of 4. veterana of Fabricius.

347

95. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo, apice nigro ; thorace vestalis.

basi flavo.

Apis nigra, thoracis basi flava, ano supra flavo apice albo.

f _—s- Geoff. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. p. 419. n. 26.

Apis vestalis. Fourcroy. Ent. Par, n. 26,
FIG. Tab.18. fiz.3. Acul. ° Ibid. fig: 4. Mas.

MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Drury, Haworth, ry wim
Trimmer, Kirby.
. Long. Corp. Lin. 7—9,
Hab. adits florente Farfardé obvia, sed haud fre-
quens. Prope terram sepius volat,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum. ae
Carur subglobosum. Maville forcipatee.
Truncvs supra cingulo antico, hirsuto, fulyo-
_ flavo ornatus, Squamule atree. Ale pauld
| Nee y |. SEemeatains

348

APIS. («+#. 6.2
infuscate, apice nervisque nigricantibus, venis
tenuioribus testaceis. Pedes atri, hirti.. Tibia.
posticee neque corbiculaé, neque pectine in- ©
structe. Spinule castanee. Plante absque
auricula. Scopule vix aurate, ferruginee.
Digiti tomentoso-rufi. !

Aspomen ex globoso oblongum, incurvum,
hirsutum, segmento tertio margine utrinque
flavo, quarto toto quintique lateribus albidis,
ultimo glabro, nitido, infiexo, subacuminato.

Var. g dimidio minor.

Maris Antenne thorace breviores. Abdomen
fascia postica hirsuto-alba. Anus ipse nigro-
hirsutus. |

This is again another of those Bombinatrices,

which, like 4. campestris and Barlutella, have no
instruments for carrying or preparing masses of
pollen. The posterior tibiz, of one specimen in
my cabinet, is covered from one end to the other
with a thin coat of pale earth, mixed with particles
of sand; they probably use this in constructing
their nests or cells. This species was known to
Geoffroy, who has described it with great accuracy
in the following terms: “ Cette grande espéce est
noire. Le haut ou la base de son corcelet a une
bande de poils jaunes citrons. Les deux tiers su-
périeurs du ventre sont noirs, ensuite il y a quel-
ques poils jaunes, et son extrémité est blanche. Les
ailes sont brunes.” He has neglected, however, to

notice the black extremity of the anus.
96. A.

APIS, (##. e.2) 349
96. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo; thoracis cingulo,virginalis °
abdominisque segmentis duobus anticis, flavis.
Apis nigra, thoracis abdominisque basi flavis; ano
albo.
Geoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. p. 418. n. 24.
Apis virginalis. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 235.

Apis hortorum. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 22.
Mull. Zool. Dan. n. 1918.

MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, M¢Leay, Haworth,
Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 45—7.
Hab. Barhamiz, in floribus cum sequente obvia.

DESCR. <Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carut subglobosum. Os barba rufescenti,
Proboscis vix thoracis longitudine, palpis ex-
terioribus acutis.

Truncus. Thorax anticé densé hirsutus, fulvo-
flavus. Squamule picee. dle subhyaline,
apice pauld obscuriores, neryis nigris, .tenul-
oribus testaceis.. Pedes atri, hirti. Spinule
ferruginee. Scopule fusce, sub luce argen-
tate. Digiti obscuré ferruginei, articulo ex-
timo dilutiori.

AspomeEw subglobosum, hirsutum, segmento
primo villorum flavescentium penicillo utrin-
que ornato, secundo citrino, tertio atro, ano
albido.

Var. minor; abdomine segrenti primi peni-

cillis nigris, segmento quarto etiam atro.
Maris

APIS. («#..¢, 2.)

Maris Mazille pallida. -Antenne capite lon-~
giores, articulis rectiusculis. Truncus supra
cingulo antico hirsuto, citrino. Pleure citri-
no-villose.. Tibie posticee supra vix pilose.
Scopule ferruginee. Abdomen Segr... “tis
duobus anticis hirsutis citrinis, proximis duo-
bus atris, ano albo. whis

Obs. Feminam nondum vidi, mas. neutro ‘0 duplo
major.

This, I take to be the insect which Fabricius
looked upon as 4. ‘hortorum of Linneus.. The tuft
of yellow hairs, which is observable on each side of
the first dorsal segment of the abdomen, is some-
times black, which brings this species very near to
A. terrestris. In that, however, the whole of this
segment is hairy, and not the sides only; its ab-
domen is also proportionably longer, and the sco-
pule are of a different colour; not to méntion,

that in one, the exterior palpi are acute, and in the
other, truncate. I have not yet met with the fe-

male of this species, but Geoffroy knew it.

terrestris.Q7. A. atra, hirsuta, ano .albo; thoracis basi, ab-

dominisque fascia, flavis.

Apis terrestris hirsuta nigra, thorace peng flavo, ano
albo.
Lin, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, & Gmel. p. 2781, n, Al. Fn,
Suec. 1709.
Fab. Ent. Syst. n. 8.
Vill, Ent. Evir. 3. 95. en BS
ov Scop. Ent. Car, n. 815, Ann. fist, Nat. 4, p. 10. n. 3.

7 ivi Fn,

- —

APIS. (xx. ¢. 2.)

"Bn. Frid. n. 648.

Miill. Zool. Dan. n. 1917.

_ Ross. Fn, Etruse, 2. n. 902.

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n. 724. Apis, 2. 18.

Berkenhout. Synops. 1. p.159. n.6.

Apis hortorum. , Scop. Ent, Car. n.817. Ann. Hist.
Nat. 4, p.10. 2.2?.

Bombylius magnus niger, duplici in dorso area trans
versa fulva, cauda alba.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 248. n. 15. Acul: &,

Bomblylius major niger, duplici transverso ductu tte,
alio supra scapulas torquis loco, alio per medium abe
domen; imo abdomine /. ano albo.

| Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 247. n. 5. Mas «.

FIG.

MUS.

Mouffet. Theatr. p. 53.

Goedart. Ins. 2. tab. 46. List. Goedart. fig. 105.
Bradley Nat. tab. 26. fig.1. D.

Reaum. tom. 6. Mem... p.2. tab. 3. fig. 1.

Frisch, Ins. 9. tab. 12. Sig. 1.

Sulz. Ins. tab. 19. Jig. 124,

Scheff. Icon. tab.251. Ag. 7. Fund. Ent, tab.20. Jig. 6.
Christit Hymenopt. p.117. tab. 7. fig. 2.

Barhut. Gen. Insect. tab. 15. Apes, fig. 2.

Panzer. Fn: Ins, Germ. Init. n. 1, tab. 16.

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, M*Leay, Haworth,
Sowerby, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby,

AcuL. Var. y. s.-

Apis Graminum hirsuta atra, thoracis basi, abdominis<
que fascia anoque, fulvis,

D. Marsham. MS,

Bombylius maximus, niger, cauda fulva, areolé etiam
fuly4 transversA abdomen supinum dividente,

"Rai: Hist. Ins.-p.247-n. 6, Var. .

FIG,

Sele Thesaur. 4. tab, 96. fig. 7.
Harris, Exp: Eng. Ins tat. 38, fig. 14,
Apis

351

oe

352 APIS. («#. ¢. 3.).
Apis terrestris. Barbut. Gen. Ins, tab.15. Apes, fig. 1:
Donovan, Eng. Ins. tab. 88. fig. 1.
MUS, D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6—10.

Hab. Barhamie. Sub terra profundé nidum ponit.
Circa cacumina Pseudoplatani tempore inflorescen-
tie vespere volitant frequentes, sonore bombilantes.
Florente Salice femina ptodit.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
~ Capurt ex triangulari subglobosum. Os barba
rufescenti. Proboscis vix capite longior, pal-
pis exterioribus attenuatis apice obliqué trun-
catis (g).

Truncus. Thorax anticé hirsutie densd fulvo-
flava. Squamule nigre. Ale colorate, apicé
obscuriores, nervis nigricantibus, tenuioribus
ferrugineis. Pedes atri, hirti. Spinule et
Scopule ferruginee. Digiti tomentoso-ru-
fescentes,

Aspomen oblongum, densé hirsutum, basi
atrum, dein fascié fulyo-flava, medio iteruni
atro, ano albo.

Var. minor;. thoracis basi flava; alis subhy-

alinis apice nigricantibus.

y major; thoracis basi, abdominis fascia
media, anoque, fulvis.

3 ano pallido, alias y similis,

¢ thorace atro, immaculato, alias y simillima.

(g) Tab. 13. fig. 3. b. & fig. 4,
Obs.

APIS. (#x. €. 2.)

Obs. Fascia thoracice rudimenta, tamen valdé
obscurata et fer2 evanida, retinet hec varietas.

Maris Mazille pallid, barba rufescenti. Tho-
rax hirsutie antica pallidé flava /. lutea. Tibie
posticee supra glabriuscule, pilis lateralibus
cinerascentibus. Scopule fusce. Abdomen
subglobosum, fascia media pallidé flava /. luted.

Var. @ thoracis basi, abdominisque fascia, fulvis ;

ano pallido.

Obs. Hujus Apis palpi exteriores longiores quam

vulgd obtinet in héc familia.

I had followed my friend Mr. Marsham in con-
sidering variety y as a distinct species, on account
of its tawny anus, at the same time still suspecting
from its great similarity in other respects to J. ter-
restris, that it might be merely a variety of that
insect. Reaumut’s observation upon this species,
gave strength to this suspicion—‘‘ Ceux (les poils)
de la troisiéme (bande) ou du bout du corps, sont
blancs ou jaundtres(h),” says he; and receiving in-
formation from Mr. James Trimmer, that he had
found this in the same nest with «, I was convinced
at last that my suspicion was well founded, and
that it ought only to be considered as a sexual va-

riety. I take it to be the female, from the circum-_

stance of its making its appearance early in the
spring. The synonym of Ray belongs to one that
retains the faintest trace possible of the yellow band

(i) Reaum, tom, 6,.Mem, 1, p. 34,
of

358

=

_S =~

354.

APIS, (##. ¢. 2.)

of the thorax, and which, indeed, is scarcely visible
to the naked eye. I have a specimen of this in my
cabinet: it furnishes an instance of the tendency
of these insects to vary, even such: as"have been
recently disclosed, (for of this description is my
specimen), in the colour of their hirsuties. If the
band vanishes from the thorax, it may vanish, like-
wise, for aught we know, from the abdomen; in
that case, « would become J. soroensis, Fab. I
mention this, to shew how very liable we are to err
in our determination of species in this family. Ray
has given the male and common aculeate as dis-
tinct species, misled by the different hue of the
anterior part of the thorax, and of the abdominal
band, which in the one is pale, and in the other
tawny-yellow. These, however, in variety ¢ of the
male, are also of the latter colour, but @ is the
most common. I have often been amused, at the
time of the sycamore’s being in flower, with seeing
these insects, by myriads, busily engaged upon its
very summit, in collecting honey and pollen from
its blossoms, and making a hum that might be
heard at a considerable distance, and this even after
sun set. They are as alert in the morning; I have
frequently seen them at work in my garden, when
the gooseberry was in blossom, before seven o'clock.

Soroensis.98. A. atra, hirsuta, ano albo.

Apis Soroensis hirsuta atra, ano albo,
Fab, Ent, Syst. Em, n, 12.
Lin.

: APIS. (#*. & 3) 855
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2781. n. 107;
Vill. Ent. Eur.3. .109.
Apis Cardui hirsuta nigra, ano albo.
Mull. Zool. Dan. n. 1929.

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tab. 251. fig. 6.
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.7. tab. 11.
MUS. D. Haworth, Kirly.
| Long. Corp. Lin. 54—10.
Hab. Prope Londinum; a D. Haworth et Trimmer
lecta.

DESCR. <Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Capur anticé productum. Os barba rufa.
Proboscis vix corporis longitudine.

Truncus anticé utrinque puncto obsoleto flavo.
Squamule picecse. dle paulo infuscate, apice
nervisque nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti.
Spinule nigre. Scopule ferruginee, Digiti
picei. :
AgpomeEN €x tridngulari oblongum, hirsutum,

aterrimum, ano albido.
Var. 8 triplo minor, tibiis posticis corbicula pal-
lida, scopulis fuscis; digitis ferrugineis.
This insect may possibly be only a variety of

A. Tunstallana, which it greatly resembles; but

is a specimen recently disclosed, therefore the hir-

suties cannot have changed its colour from ages
and as that is almost the only mark in this family,
short of the inspection of the nest, by which we
have to steer our course, I haye, with Fabricius,
given it as distinct,

“WOL. II. 2A gg. A.

356

APIS. (##. 6.2.)

subinter- 99. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulyo; thoracis basi ab-

rupta,

dominisque fascia anticd ; flavis.

Apis subinterrupta. MS. D. Marsham.

Apis nigra, thoracis abdominisque basi flavis, ano fulvo,

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p.417.n. 23. Var. v.

pis regalis. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 2A.

Bombylius medius niger ano fulvo / rufo, cum duplici
transversa area lutea, altera supra scapulas, altera per
medium abdomen,

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 247. n. 10.

FIG. Scheff. Icon, tah. 250. fig. 4.

Apis listriata. Christii Hymenopt. p. 128. tab.7. fig.3.
Tal, 18. fig.5. Acul.

MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby.

Long. Corp. Lin. 6—84.
Hal, Barhamize. In -Salicum amentis ineunte Aprili
1800, haud rara,

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
Carut. Os rufo-barbatum. Lingua vix cor-
pore brevior. Palpi exteriores tenues.
Trouncus. Thorax anticé dense hirsutus, fulvo-.
flavus. Sgquamule piceo-nigre. dle sub-
- coloratee, apice obscuriores, nervis nigricanti-
bus. Pedes atri, hirti. Spinule nigra. Sco-
pule ferruginee. Digiti picei. 4
Aspomen oblongum, hirsutum, segmento pri-
mo atro, secundo subinterrupté flavo, proxi«
inis duobus quintique basi atris, ano fulvo.-
Var. 2 abdominis fascia flava feré absoluta.
y duplo minor; thoracis basi, abdominisque
} segmentis

ArLS. (#%. € 2.) 357
seementis duobus anticis subinterrupte, ci-
trinis; squamulis rufo-piceis.
Obs. In hdc varietate basis intime abdominis
_ pili atri. An eadem? MS
Maris Caput subglobdsum. Macille barbA ni-
gricanti. Antenne capite longiores, articulis
rectiusctlis, Sgquamule nigte. Ale venis
tenuioribus ferrugineis. TZ%lie intermedia
hinc barba albida. Spinule castanee. Digiti
obscuré ferruginel.
ido. A: atrd; liirsuta, ano rufo; thoracis abdomi-Donovan=

L1
nisque basi flava: ms

FIG. Tab. 18: fig. 6. Mas:
MUS. Kirly.
- - Long. Corp. Lin. $3—74;
Hat. Wichaisices In floribus rara.

DESCR: Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Caput. Os barba rufescenti.

Truncus: Thorax anticd hirsutie densa citrind.
Squamule nigre. dle fuscescentes, apice
nervisque riigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti.
Spinule nigrse. Scopule ferruginee. Digiti
picei. :

ABDOMEN ex triangulati subglobosum, fitsirs
tum, basi laté citrinum, dein fascia atra, seg

~ menitis ttibus ultimis rufis.

Maris Antenne thoracis lougitudine. Thorax fas~
cia citrind antica obscuriori. Digiti ferruginei.

2 & 2 In

358 APIS, (+. e: 2.)
In honorem D. Donovan, gui Insectorum, Avi-
um, Conchyliorum M. Britannie Historiam
Naturalem figuris et observationibus illustravit,
necnon Insecta Chinensia et India Orientalis
exquisttissimé figuravit.

This insect approaches very near to A. subinter-
rupta, but the wings are darker, the abdomen is
shorter and wider, its black band is much narrow-
er, the red hairs of the anus are of a deeper colour,
and occupy three segments.

Burrell- 101. A. hirsuto-flava, ano fulvo; thoracis abdomi-
serge nisque subglobosi fascia atra.
Apis flava, abdominis medio nigro, ano fulvo.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p.418. n, 23. NB.
Apis regalis 8. Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 24.

FIG. Scheff. Icon. tal.261. fig.5, 6.

MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Haworth, Lathlury,
Trimmer, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6.
! Hal. Barhamize. In floribus hortorum haud rara,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS hirsuto-citrinum. °

Carut. Mazille barba fulvescenti. Antenne
thoracis longitudine, articulis rectiusculis.

Truncus supra anticé laté hirsuto-flayus. Tho-
rax inter alas ater. Squamule nigre. Ale
subcolorata, apice obscuriores, nervis piceis.
Pedes flavescente-hirti. Femora quatuor pos-
teriora pallido barbata, anteriora citrina. Spi-

nul@e

APIS, (#. e, 2:) 350
nule nigre. Scopule fusce, vix aurate.
Digiti picei.

AzspomeEn subglobosum, hirsutum, segmentis
duobus anticis citrinis, intermediis totidem
atris, ano fulvo. Venter hirsutie pallida.

Obs. In adultioribus corporis hirsuties plis mi-
nus cinerascit.

Inhonorem Rev. D. Burrell, insectorum collectoris
assidut.

Geoffroy gives this as a sls of A. subinter-

rupta, but we know the male of that insect, which
is very different, and quite distinct from this.

102. A. hirsuto-pallida ; ano ferrugineo ; thoracis © Gale
abdominisque fascia atra.

MUS. Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 63
Hab. Witneshamiz prope Gippovicum in Suffolcia,
semel capta.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS bituee- palit, f. pallidé flavum.

Carut. Mazille barbi pallida. Vertex, Occiput
utrinque, Gene posticé, atro pilosa. Facies
ante antennas fasciculo denso villoso-pallido
insignita. Antenne trunci feré longitudine,
articulis subarcuatis.

Truncus. Thorax facia inter alas atra. Squa-
mule picee. Ale subhyalinz, nervis nigri-
cantibus. Pedes pilis atris cinereisque mixtis
hirti. Spinule castanee. Scopule fusce,
vix aurate. Digiti nigro-picei. .

Vol. Il. A3 ABDOMEN

APIS, (x#. 6. 20)

ABDOMEN ex ovato oblongum, hirsutum, seg-

mentis duobus anticis flavescentibus, inter-

medio atro, ano ferrugineo.

In honorem D. 'T. G. Cullum, Baronetti, viri
amicissimt, et Nature indagatoris docti, indefessi.
It is probable that in a recent specimen (that
from which this description was drawn, haying
apparently been some time disclosed) the hirsuties
of the body of this species would be of a lemon
colour. It differs from the preceding in the form
of its abdomen, and of the joints of its antenne,
and only one abdominal segment is black.

' pratorwm. 103,

FIG.

A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvyo; thorace anticé

flavo.

Apis pratorum hirsuta nigra, thorace anticé flavo, ana
rubro.

Ein. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel, p. 2781. . 43. Fn.
Suec. n. 1711.

Vill, Ent. Eur. 3. n. 97.

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n, 798.

Fn. Frid. 2. 650,

Miill. Zool. Dan. 2. 1920,

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins, n.720. Apis, n. 20.

Bombylius minor niger, transversa areola e viridi lute4
supra scapulas, extrema cauda rufescente.

Rai. Hist, Ins. p. 247. n. 8.

Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 40. fig: 9.

. D: Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, M:Leay, Ha-

worth, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp, Lin. 4—7.
Hab. Barhamiz. In hortis flores wees, et Ruli ida
vulgatissima adit.

DESCR.

APIS. (#x. e. 2.) 361

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carport. Proboscis vix thoracelongior. Os bar-
ba rufescenti.

Truncus. Thorax basi hirsutie densa flava.
Squamule picee. die fuscescentes, apice
paulo obscuriores, nervis nigris. Pedes atri,
hirti.~ Spinule nigre. Scopule ferruginez.
Digiti obscuré ferruginei.

Azgpomen oblongum, hirsutum, atrum, ani ex-
tremitate fulya.

Var. g dimidio minor ; scopulis fuscis.

y preecedenti duplo minor; alis subcoloratis
nervis ferrugineis; abdomine subgloboso.

Obs. In plerisque rudimenta, obscurissima tamen,

_ fascia antice fiavescentis abdomen exhibet.

This is the genuine 4. pratorum of the Linnean
cabinet ; 4. arbustorum of Fabricius, which-he gives
as 4. pratorum, is a different insect, as we shall see
hereafter. I have a strong suspicion that the one
before us is nothing more than a variety of 4. sub-
_interrupta, before described, for a very faint trace
of a yellow fascia is observable upon the abdomen
of «and @, but not upon y; this last is the small-
est Bombinatrix with which I am acquainted.

104..A. atra, hirsuta, ano rufo; thoracis limbo, Aldinella
abdominisque lateribus, cinerascentibus.
FIG, Apis frutetorum hirsuta nigra, thorace cinerascente fas-

cia nigra, abdomine basi cinerascente, ano fulvo.
244 A Panzer

362

APIS. (%#. e. 2.)
Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n. 75, tab. 20.
MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lathbury, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7.
Hab, Barhamie, In floribus tempore autumnali, ra«
rior tamen,

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carur subglobosum. Mazille barba nigri-
canti. Antenne thorace breviores, articulis
rectiusculis.

Truncus supra limbo cinerascenti. Squamule
pices. Ale fuscescentes, nervis nigricantihus.
Pedes fulvescente-hirti, femorum barba nigra.
Spinule nigra. Scopule obscuré ferruginee.
Digiti vigri. 7

ABDOMEN ex globoso oyatum, hirsutum, seg-
mento primo secundique margine utrinque
cinerascentibus. Anus acutiusculus, rufo-
fulvus. |

Var.@ thorace atro basi obscuré flavescente ;

pedibus hirsutie sordidé nigricanti.

Y had printed my Synopsis Specierum before I
saw Panzer’s figure of this insect, or I should have
given it under the same name, I suspect it may be
the male of one I shall shortly describe. Its abdo~
men is rrarrower at the base than is usual in this »
family. Variety ¢ may possibly be the male of a
different species. Its trunk, instead of being sur-
rounded with cinereous hairs, has only an obscure,
yellowish band next the head, and the base of the

abdomen P

Agta”,
al

APIS. (#%. e. 2.) 363.
abdomen, except it be viewed a latere, appears
black, with a cinereous spot on each side. In form,
however, and habit it agrees with «.

105. A. hirsuta, fusco-cinerascens, ano fulvo ; tho- Derham-

ella.
racis abdominisque fascia atra.

FIG. Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins, tab. 38. n. 4?

MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Trimmer, Kirby,
Long. Corp. Lin. 6,
Hal, Barhamiz, haud rara.

DESCR. Mas.

CORPUS hirsutum, hirsutie fusco-cinerea.

Caput triangulare, atro-hirsutum. Antenne
thoracis longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.
Facies circa antennas pilis cinereis nigrisque
mixtis.

Truncus. Thorax inter alas ater, item Pleure
posticé. Squamule pices. Ale subhyaline,
nervis piceis. Pedes pilis fusco-cinereis, ast
certo situ nigris, hirti, tibiis plantisque qua-
tuor posticis hinc rufescente-ciliatis. Spinule
nigre. Scopule Digitique fusco-ferruginea.

AxspomEN ex globoso ovatum, hirsutum, seg-

_ mentis duobus anticis fusco-cinereis,. tertio
atro, reliquis fulvis.

j06. A. corpore femineo atro, hirsnto, ano rubro : lapidaria. :

corpore masculo supra atro, hirsuto, ano

rubro; facie, thoracisque basi et apice,
flavis.

hs dh ACUL,

FIG,

MUS.

APIS. (##. ¢.2,)
ACUL.

Apis lapidaria hirsuta, atra, ano fulvo.

Lin. Syst. Nat, Ed, 12. & Gmel. p. 2782. n.44. Frm,
Suec. n. 1712.

Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 98.

Scop. Ent. Car. n. 813. Ann. Hist. Nat. 4. p. 10. n. 1,

Schrank. Enum. Ins. Austr. n.799.

Frisch. Ins. 9. p. 25. ”, 2, 5

Pod. Ins, Grec. p. 110,

Fn. Frid. n. 651.

Miill. Zool. Dan. n. 1921,

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p.417, 2.21.

Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n, 22,

Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.727. Apis, n. 21.

‘Apis lapidaria hirsuta, atra, ano fulvo, alis albo-hyalinis,

Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 25.

Bomlylius maximus totus niger, exceptis duobus ex<
tremis abdominis annulis rubris.

Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 246. n. 1.

Mouffet. Theatr. p. 53. fig. sinstr. infim.

Reaum. tom. 6. Mem.6. p.2, 3. tab. 1. fig. 1\—4,.

Scheff. Icon. tal. 69. fig. 9.

Christit Hymenopt. p. 126. tab. 7. fig. 1.

Barlut. Gen. Insect. tab. 15. Apes, fig. 3.

Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 38. fig.1. tab.40. fig.12, 15.

Donovan. Eng. Ins. tab.108. fig. 1. tab. 58 fig. 2. Var.B,

Shaw. Natural. Miscell. n. 135. tab. 454.

Apis pratorum. Christii Hymenopt. p. 141. tab. 11,

2.5. Var. B. .

D. Smith Linnean, Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Hae

worth, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirby.

MAS.
Apis arbustorum hirsuta nigra, thorace antic? flavo,
ano rubro.
Fab. Ent. Syst, Em, n, 24
Apis

FIG.

APIS. («+#.°e 2.)

Apis nigra, fronte basique thoracis flavis, ano fulvo.

Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p. 417. . 22.

Apis coronata. Fourcroy. Ent. Par, n. 23.

Bomlylius medius niger, aud rubra, supra scapulas
torque e viridi lutea caput feré cingente, cum insigni
velut penicillo pilorum luteorum splendentium in
media facie inter oculos,

Rai, Hist. Ins. p. 247. n. 7.

Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 38. fig. 5.

Apis hemorrhoidalis, Christii Hymenopt. p 132. tab,
9. fig. 2.

MUS, D. Marsham, Latham, M*Leay, Haworth, Lathbury,

Trimmer, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 5—10.

Hal. Barhamiz. In floribus frequens, prassertim col-
lium, tempore estivo. Praedatur mel apum, plerum-
que infeliciter. Scop. Habitat in Lapidum acervis
strenué mellificans, Zinn. Nobiscum sub terra
nidificat.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
Carut. Os rufo-barbatum. Proboscis vix tho-

racis longitudine, palpis exterioribus tenui-
oribus, elongatis.

Truncus immaculatus, hirsutie dens4, aterrim4

vestitus. Squamule nigre. Ale corpore
breviores, subhyalinze, apice paulo obscuriores,
nervis nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti, Spi-
nule atque Scopule ferruginee. Digiti to-
mentoso-rufi.

Azpomen oblongum, mollissimé hirsutum, ater-

rimum, segmentis tribus ultimis rubris. Ven-
ter vosticé rufo-pilosus,

Var.

365,

366 APIS. (**. ¢.2.)
Var. @ triplo minor; alis albo-hyalinis.
y precedenti dimidio minor.

Obs. In hdc varietate anus, in adultioribus, ful-

vo-aureus. |
Maris Corpus hirsutum, subtus flavescens.
Maxille supra pallide, barba pallescenti.
Antenne thorace breviores, articulis rectius-
culis. Occiput et Vertex medio pilis citrinis
ornata. Facies ante antennas fasciculo denso
quadrangulari villorum citrinorum insignita,
Truncus supra basi citrinus, medio ater, apice
pallidus. Squamule picee. Ale albo-hya-
line. Pedes rufescente-hirti, femorum barba
dilutiori. Scopule subaurate. Digiti ferru-
ginei. -4bdomen subovatum, ano ferrugineo.
The difference of size between @ and y, which I
take to be the two descriptions of neuters, and
a, which is the female, is so great, that were they
not most exact counterparts of each other in every
other respect, I should scarcely be able to persuade
myself of their identity. 4. pratorum of Christius,
as far as I can judge from his figure, is nothing
more than the largest of the two neuters of this
species. The male has usually been considered as
a distinct spscies: Fabricius mistook it for 4. pra-
torum, Lin. but changed its name to 4. arbusto-
rum. ‘That it is not 4. pratorum, we have shewn
above; it remains that we assign our reasons for —
giving it as the male of the species before us. In
the first place Reaumur, speaking of the yariations
of

aya

APIS, (x. e. 2)

of colour observable in the cloathing of the Bom-
binatrices, has these words :, “‘—dans le méme nid
jai vi naitre des Bourdons de méme taille, qui
différoient entr’eux par le couleurs ou les distribu-
tions de couleurs dont nous venons de.parler. Par
exemple dans le nid peuplé de bourdons dont le
derriére seul étoit feuillemorte, yen ai vid naitre
quelques-uns qui avoient sur le corps une ow deux
Landes transversales de couleur de citron(i).” Again,
I have myself seen this insect entering the nidus of
A. lapidaria, but what appears to do away all
doubt upon the subject, I saw this insect in the
collection of the celebrated Peter Collinson, with
a memorandum affixed to it, that he had seen it
connected with 4. lapidaria.

567

107. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvo; tibiis posticis cor- Raiella. -

bicula rufa.

Bombylius minor, przcedenti concolor, abdomine imo
palliditis rubente / fulvo.
Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 246, n. 2.
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham Mas, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 6—7.
Hab. Barhamiz. A nobis bis atque iterum lecta; Mas
semel a D. Latham.

DESCR. Acul.
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
Capurt. Os barba rufa. Probocis fere thoracis
longitudine, palpis exterioribus petiolatis, apice
lanceolatis ?
(7) Ubi supr, p. 2,3,
Truncus

868

APIS; (#% ¢. 2)

Truncus ater, immiculatus. Squainule nigi®:
Ale subhyaline, apice nervisqué nigricanti:
bus, Pedes atri, hirti. Tibie postice corbiculA
rufa. Spinule castaneze. Scopule ferruginee:
Digiti picei, articulo extimio rubello. .

AzppoMmEN triangulare, hirsutum, atrum, =
mentis tribus ultimis ferruginéo-rufis.

Maris Caput subglobosum. Antenne thoracé
breviores. dle apite immaculate. Pedes
rufo-hirti: Anus e pallido fulvescens.

| Memoria Sohannis Ray ze caw, hec Apis in:

scribitur.

This Apis is so similar to 4. lapidaria, that, if
known, it has probably been confounded with it;
it differs, however, in the shape of its,exterior pal-
pi(A) and abdomen: Its corbicula is red; and its
anus is paler. The accurate eye of Ray detected
these differences, and he has given it as a distinct
species, for his description makes it evident that he
means the siime insect. Superiore” (viz. A. la-
pidaria) “ duplo minor est,” says he, “ et insigni
nota ab eo differt, nimirum qudd superius inter=

(k) This is a strong character, as the exterior palpi in all the
aculeates, at least, of 4. lapidaria are elongate, very slénder,
and filiform. I have affixed a mark of interrogation to this
character, because the envelope, in which I preserve this pro-
boscis, is labelled 4. lapidaria second magnitude. But as I
formerly looked upon A. Raiella as a variety of that insect, and
all the others have similar posterior palpi, I have little or no
doubt that this proboscis belongs to the one before us.

nodium

APIS. (s+, e. 2)
fiodium crurum posteriorum (quod compressum et
Jatum est) ad margines fimbria pilorum rubentium
cingitur, ciim in illo pili /; setulz internodium istud
cingentes nigri sunt, reliquze scilicet lanugini con-
colores.” This species differs, likewise, from 4.
lapidaria in its place and mode of nidification, as
we learn from the same illustrious author. “ Nidi-

fieat et mellificat in gramine eodem quo sequens

(viz. 4. muscorum) modo.”

369

108, A. atra, hirsuta, ano fulvo, alis nigricantibus, rupestris.

Apis rupestris, Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 26.

Apis lapidaria. Var. Brunn. Prodrom. Insectol. Sie-
land. p.1Q. not. aa.

Apis subterranea. Geoffr. Hist. Ins. 2. p. 416. n. 20.
Fourcroy. Ent. Par. n. 21?

FIG. Apis subterranea. Christii Hymenopt. p. 125. tab, 6.
Jig. 5?
MUS. D. Marsham, Latham, Lathbury, Trimmer, Kirly.
Long. Corp. Lin. 10—12, |

Hab. In Anglia. Prope Londinum frequens, apiid nos
rarissima, mfiec nisi unicam legi,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carur magnum. Labium anticé obtusangu-
lum (/). Proboscis vix thoracis longitudine,

palpis exterioribus acutis. Mazille forcipate,
intus emarginatee.

Truncus ater, immaculatus. Squamule mag-
ne, higre. dle magne, corpore longiores,
(2) Tab, 13, fig. 12,

nigra,

370

APIS, (x#, ¢. 21)
nigra, subcoriacee. Pedes atri, hirti. Tibia
posticee supra pilose, nec corbicula neque
pectine instructae. Spinule castanee. Plante
posteriores absque auricula. Scopule ferru-
ginee: Digiti nigri, tamen, certo situ, e to-
mento fulvescunt.

ABpoMEN ex ovato oblongum, atrum, utrinque
hirsutum disco glabriori, segmento antepe+
nultimo et penultimo hirsutie longiori fulvo+
rufi, ultimo subacuminato, tomentoso-ferru-
gineo. Venter segmento ultimo lateribus
marginatis margine deflexo reetangulo. Acu-
leus vagina valida.

Obs. Omnium fer? nostratum hec Apis maxima.

This gigantic Apis is often confounded with the

female of 4. lapidaria, and Fabricius, who has de-
scribed it under the name of 4. rupestris, seems to
doubt whether it ought to be regarded as distinct :
but its black wings, longer than the body, and of
a substance intermediate between corium and
membrane, would sufficiently establish its claim to
the rank of a species, without the aid of other cha-
racters; it possesses others, however, which esta-
blish its identity beyond all doubt, for, with 4. cam~
pestris, Barbutella, and vestalis, before described, it
is ‘without the instruments for preparing and car-
rying masses of pollen upon its posterior tibia. I
am not clear that 4. subterranea of Christius is
synonymous with it, as his figure gives a yellow
band at the base of the thorax, it comes, however,

very

APIS. (##. e. 2:)
very near to it. Geoffroy describes it, I: think,
under the same name, but neither of these is the
A. subterranea of the Linnean cabinet.

109. A. atra, hirsuta, ano fusco; capite masculosubterra-

: “14° - nea
subgloboso; maxillis supra tomentoso-fulvis.

Apis subterranea hirsuta, atra, ano‘fusco.
Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. & Gmel. p. 2783..51, Fn
Suec.n. 1718.
Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n.37.
Vill. Ent, Eur.3. n. 104.
Ross. Fn. Etrusc. Mantiss. n. 315.
Mull. Zool. Dan. n. 1928.
Forst. Cat. Brit. Ins. n.730. Apis, n. 24.

FIG. Harris. Exp. Eng. Ins. tab. 38. fig. 8. Mas.
MUS. D. Smith Linnean, Fem. Marsham, Kirly Mas.
Long. Corp. Lin. 7.
Hab. Barhamie. Feminam in Anglia nondum vidi.

DESCR. Mas (m).
CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.
Capvut subglobosum. Maxille supra sericeo-
flavescentes, barba nigricanti. Antenne tho-
_ racis feré longitudine, articulis subarcuatis.
Truncus ater, immaculatus. Squamule pice.
Ale subcolorate, apice paulo obscuriores, ner=

(m) The only specimen of the other sex, that I have ever
seen, is that preserved in the Linnean cabinet, I shall add the
particulars in which it differs from the one I have described
above as the male.

Feminz Caput subtriangulare. Ale colorate nervis nigris.
Scopule fusce. Aldomen subtriangulare, hirsutum, atrum,
ano minis nigro, / pilis fuliginosis sordidéque albidis tecto.

Long. Corp. Lin, 10.
VOL, Il. 28 vis

372

APIS. (#4. ¢. 2.)

vis piceis tenuioribus ferrugineis. Pedes atri,
hirti. Spinule castanee. Scopule ferrugi-
nex, subaurate. Digiti picei.

AxspoMeEN subtriangulare, subacuminatum, hir-
sutum, atrum, ano minus nigro /. fusco, qui
color e pilis sordidé pallidis nigrisque mixtis
exoritur.

Obs. Ani pili pallidi densiores utrinque.

This insect differs so very slightly from the spe-
cimen of the Linnean cabinet, which is an aculeate,
that, I think, there can remain scarcely any doubt
of its being the male of 4. subierranea. Linneus
referred to Ray n. 1. as synonymous with this, and
adopted Geoffroy’s reference, neither of which be-
long to the true 4. subterranea. Ray evidently
intending by his description 4. lapidaria, and
Geoffroy -4. rupestris, the former expressly noti-
cing the deep red anus that distinguishes the one,
and the latter the black wings which form the cha-
racteristic of thé other(n). Gmelin has rectified
this error in some degree with respect to the sy-
nonym of Ray, by referring n. 1. to 4. lapidaria,
but then in its room he refers n, 2. to 4. subterra-
nea, which we have just seen belongs to another
insect (0).

(7) Upon reconsidering the synonym of Geoffroy, I am net
clear that it belongs to 4. rupestris, as he says of his, “ Il y a
quelques poils jaunes mais peu apparens autour du col” But
if it be not A. rupestris, it is clearly more nearly allied to it,
than A. subterranea.

(0) After my Synopsis Specierum was printed, upon going

over

a a a i

APIS. (#. e.2) 373

110. A. hirsuta, aterrima. Harris -
ella,
FIG. . Tub. 18. fig.7. Acul. Jlid. fig. 8. Mas.

Apis retusa, Christi Hymenopt. p. 133. tal. 9. fig. 4.
Mas.

MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Kirby.
Long. Corp. Lin. 8—10.
Hal. Barhamiz. Mas a nobis bis atque iterum capta,
Femina semel a D. Sowerby,

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS atrum, hirsutum.

Carut. Os et Nasus ferrugineo-barbata.

Truncus immaculatus. Sguamule nigro-pi-
cee. Ale subcoloratz, apice obscuriores, ner-
vis nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti. Scopule
atque Digiti ferruginea.

AxspoMeEn oblongum, totum atrum, hirsutum,
ano minus nigro.

Obs. /n nostro specimine abdomen anticé punctis
duobus albidis insignitur. An sit hee nota
constans nondum comperitum hakeo.

Maris Caput triangulare. Mavzille supra palli-
de, barba rufescenti. _dnienne trunco bre-
viores, articulis subarcuatis. 4bdomen ex ova-
to oblongum, ano obtuso. Venter nigricante
hirsutulus.

I cannot help suspecting that the male of this

may be the original 4. acervorum of Linneus.

over the male Bomlbinatrices, I found the maxilla of all were
covered with pale or tawny down, though most remarkably in
this species.

yi: aa It

374

APIS, («*. ©. 2.)

It wants, indeed, the ‘ setulae quadam circa
collum sulphurez,” but in other respects it agrees
well with his description, for it somewhat resem-
bles 4. lucorum, but it is narrower, and the terms
“ toto corpore nigro immaculato” exactly suit it.
As another Apis, however, occupies its place in the
Linnean cabinet, and the absence of the setul sul-
phurez renders its claim to it somewhat dubious,
I have given it under another name. Christius has
a tolerable figure of the male as 4. retusa. It is
a coincidence rather singular, that 4. retusa should
be mistaken for 4. acervorum, and, vice versa, 4.
acervorum for A, retusa.

APPENDIX.

( 375 )

APPEN DIX:

MELITTA. x. b.

M. ANNULATA. p. 37. add

Mas. Var. y antennis totis nigris; facie ante an-
antennas flava nasi suturis nigris; col-
lare et tuberculis atris, immaculatis ;
tarsis obscuré rufis plantis posticis ba-
si luteis; abdomine nitidissimo vix
punctulato.

* *. b.

111. M. viridi-zenea, nitidissima; abdomine seg- Smeath-
mentis intermediis basi utrinque tomentosa- "4.
albis. ;

MUS. D. Marsham, M*Leay, Kirby,

Long. Corp. Lin. 34.
Hal. Prope Londinum. In aggeribus nudis, apricis,
uterque sexus frequens.

DESCR. Acul.

CORPUS viridi-aneum, nitidissimum, pilis. al-
bidis subincanum.

Caput. Antenne nigre,.subtus fusce, basi
approximate.

Truncus. Squamule ferruginee. Ale hyaline,
iricolores, neryis testaceis. . Pedes nigri, pi-
loso-incani, digitis rufescentibus.

28 3 ABDOMEN

‘ 376 APPENDIX.

. Axspomen ovale, pilosulum, segmentis apice pal-
lidis, duobus intermediis basi utrinque tomen-
toso-albis. Anus villoso-pallidus.

Maris Nasus apice pallidus. Antenne thoracis
longitudine, nigra, subtus fulvee. Facies ante
antennas pilis decumbentibus albicans. dle
nervis nigricantibus. -4bdomen lineare, ni-
gro-zeneum, nitidissimum, segmentis margine
immaculatis, intermediis basi depressiusculis,
vix tomentosis.

Locus post M. eratam. p. 58.

Memorie D.Smeathman Termitum docti His-
torici hec Apis consecratur.

This insect much resembles M. grata, but it is
larger, and its abdomen is viridi-zeneous. The
male is half as big again as the same sex of that

> species, and has no white hairs at the base of the
intermediate segments of the abdomen.

M. MINUTIssIMA. p. 64. add

Mas. Var. major; antennis totis, tarsisque ni-
gricantibus.

M. opovaTa. p. 75. add

Maris Corpus pallido-pilosum. asus porrectus,
apice macula lutea. le paulo infuscatz ner-
vis nigricantibus. Tarsi sordidé lutei, .dbdo-
men e lineari cuneiforme glaberrimum, seg-
mentis duobus intermediis basi tomentoso-
albis, praecipte utrinque. Venter planiusculus,

M. LeEv-

APPENDIX. 3/7

M. tevcozonia. p.77. add
Mas. Var. ¢ tarsis nigricantibus.

#*. C.
M. THoRACICA. p. 101. after the synonym of

Harris, add
Drury. Ins. 2. p. 70. tob. 37. fig. 4.

M. NIGRO-=NEA. p. 110. add

There is a specimen of this Melitta in Sir J,
Banks’s cabinet, from the island of Madeira.

M. FuLVA. p. 129. after the synonym of Pan-
zer, add
Coquelert. Ill. Ic. Ins. tab. 6. fig. 7.

M. convexiuscuta. p. 166. add

Far. @ duplo minor ; thoracis pube ferruginea ;
tibiis posticis totis pallidé rufis; tarsis se-
cundaris ferrugineis; abdomine, segmen-

torum marginibus exceptis, glaberrimo. ‘

APIS. & #0. 2," 2

A. rRicoLor. p.310. after the synonym of
Drury, add
Apis virens, Christi Hymenopt. p, 123, tab. 6. fig. 2.

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INDEX.

NOMINA TRIVIALIA.

——9
Litere majuscule species Linneanas
Romane Fabricii et aliorum Praia
~ Italice nunc primim descriptas

Asteriscus species denotat yel sub alio nomine ab aliis descriptas, vel
incertas an sint nove.

ABBREVIATIONES.
B. valet Brunniche. Mi. Miller. MS, Pal. Pallas.
Cé. Christius. Mii. Miiller. Ro. Rossi.
Fa. Fabricius. MM. B. Mus. Banksia- | Ra. Ray.
Fo. Forster. * num. Sch. Schrank.
" G.F. Geo. Fou. Geoff- | M. L. Mus. Leskea- | Sc. Scopoli.
roy and Fourcroy. num. S.R. Sulzer & Roemer
G. Gmelin. ' | Ma, Marsham. MS. V. Villers.
La, Latreille. P, Panzer.
STYLOPS. MEBITTA,
P, P.
WEG ss io's wane vate 113) “Albierus. 2-0-0000. 2 156
AUN NUBAT Ag... 6 senasd gcel 36
ICHNEUMON. ARMUGTIS FH, oho Sa fOD 38
Comins row. <4", — 8 253 . “Angustion. . 000s i'w 122
Femorator...... y+ ++ 253 AnigUlase os ibis SOOKE 127
MELITTA, Armata. BE Ds oS 124
VALEVCOD SS - do = «it ee
Abdominalis. P........ Fa Bar batan oe. eae 150
LET G00 oe be ats 2S 58 ' Barbilabris....... 60000 151
MINIS 3 ND Ra G2: & Barbatilla. os Mas Sek 152
Afeliella. ae be cee ee 169 | Bimaculata.. .. 2.0020. ; 115
Albipes,-£a.32 0 Ovary 71 ‘Chrysosceles. ... 2000's» 143
Albicans, Mii.......... 94 Chrysurd, %..ee02++5- 172

Cingulata,

380

womina TRIVIALIA.

MELITTA.

P.
Cingulata. Fa........- 8s
CINERARIA. ...6..2.. 98
Clarhella. *.. 4.4.4.4. 130
Contigua........+..+. 140
MENS 5 aic's w tAG btwn 147
Collinsonana. ........ 153
Combinata, iCh. ...... 153
Connectens. j. 5.0405 &s 157
Convexiuscula......... 156
CunICULARIA........ 106.
Denticulata.. ...5 5000. 133
Dilatets, s $62 2.EN4 39
Dwi i POOL OO 49
Digitalis........ pa Sine 159
Dorsala. sve vere 144
Flavipes. Fa. ........ 55
Fodiens..G. F... 05... 34
Fulvicornis. ........%. 67
Fulvo-cincta. *. ...... 68
Fulvago. Ch. ........ 93
Palva. Sch... uve. . ss 128
WIPES, oes sic act 136
PRMvicsus.. sce eestor 138
WSCC. oo ay vote yh 167
Geoffrella, ®. oe. 45
Dibba: Fa... 5. waver 42
Gwynana. *. ......65 120
Hemorrhoidalis. Fa. ..141
PAREWOLAS 300i oe 119
| AL EAS) 65
Bevigass. ... 00s eesis 75
Lathamana........... 83
AEsTONS, . ss diss be 139
eas 6. Sesh vas 148

Leucopus.,.ccccseeees 59

MELITTA,.
Pr.
Leucozonia. Sch...... 76
aeevanetla. 5. ee 149
Listerella. . . 6c eos. 137
Lugubris.... 0.6.2.0... 81
Malachura. .......... 67
Melanocephala........ 103
Minuta. Sch. ........ 61
Minutissima. ........ 63
TY Se kre se 161
Monilicornis. ........ 47
Movie: Meo) 60
Mouffetella........... 108
MOREY. 5... Sarna’ -. 161
Nitidiuscula........ 2. 64
Winds: C.F. ...5a7ive 104
Nigro-enea.......... 109
Magricepe. . 22. .5 0.005 134
Nudsuscula... 0.0652. 155
Los v'6 Sates 162
PUBS 6 cs x nn LR 48
Pipes, Pa, .'. >. Giiaes 96
Pictcornts: 255 Ash 123
bo. ge 127
PE Sawin woes 164
Pratensis. Mi........100
Rrorima. . 260. sh ees 146
Puactulata. .. + s0 tts 66
Pubescens. Fa........141
Quadricincta. Fa...... at |
Quadrinotata, ...++-++ 79
ree. Posie ote «. 84
Rubicunda. Ch. ...... 53
Miafitarsis. .. 5c ceiveds 135
Schrankella. *..... «++ 90
Seladonia. Fa.,....... 57
Sexnotatai

NOMINA TRIVIALIA.

MELITTA.

P.
Sernotata. ... 0... soles 82
og a ane 160
Signata, *. ....000+- Al
Smtthella. *. .....-+- 131
Smeathmanella. ...... 375
Sphecoides. ¥.....+.6- 46
DPUNEZET As..s Wye) 6) ale (d's 123
PUCCIMET As Hea rae. 32
Subdentata,......-+++ 126
WNIEDUNGOIUL. 5 vias v8 sin 0's 158

Swammerdamella, *. ..174
Pehoratica, La. si oooce Ot

RUBIES ois en ste a's aes 107
Trimmerana. .......+- 116
DP PUBCRU EE S055, ee 132
MN TICURELG. =<, Manne e 171
TUMULORUM......... 56
Warians:) Aon). ava sree ii tz
Plas One 62
PF BPEL Bhs. 6 wy) a'g Waele 145
Xanthopus. %........- 78
Kanthuras sb. ease’. 164
PEE HS heb alae 87
APIS.
Agrorum. Fa.. ....... 326
17) A eS 182
DALEPHELLD. Poe « ims ioa\aavete 361
Banksiana, ../%......- 179
Barbutella. %........- 343
Bechwithella. ........ 323
PICORMIGy 60's He winnie 271
Bicolor, SeMsyeciveins. 4s 277
Bimaculata. P........286
Burrellana. *........- 358

CRULESCENS. ,...,.,.204

APIS,

P.

Caprese tee 193
Campanularum. *. ....256
Campestris, Pils... 335
CENTUNCULARIS. ....237
Circumeincta. ........ 246
CATR ETE. 6. seb dia aidn 2 190
COnNETA.. Hy \6) «4 mpeean's 199
CONIGAOR 2 Snieieieane 224
Curtisella, 0S rich cae 324
Cub Mass einen sian no 359
Cyaned. #. 1. cca des 308
Derhamella. *......+.+- 363
Donovanella.......... 357
BD ruptedlae 6h. alaee as 285
PABSRICIBEL Ass). s sivinions 2138
FPERRUGINATAS % waite 218
; SLES eB con ee Pe eae ee 186
Blauo- peta’. 5 ihe oa ole 202
Flavo-guttata........- 215
FLORISOMNIS, ...2... 253
eloraligs: Gee. 6 ek anal $21
ParsterPeles oo. etal 325
- Francillonella. #....... 319
Bracwags. Pay. 2)-s,.)\0 5/9. 329
ET ATUCSENM Ss 5.5. 5.h sa aie « 334
Wort) P01 nae ee 195
Burcata,, Ps... vacua 288
Goodeniana.......+-++ 180
Haworthana, ........ 307
Harrisella. *. ........ 373
PAM ATED, 5. 35,» sath as 208
FIGHBORUM, . 3 «ug noi! 339
ANEVMIUS, He cv cvvesece 229
Sricolor, #., ... a's. + seceetn 6 310
PAGO, Le mv nspeiaiis ee
Jonella,

381

382

NOMINA TRIVIALIA.

APIS.
Pr.
TOME: -<\c'ts vk oo ce Oke 338
Lathburiana. ........ 183
LAGOPODA........... 236
Latreillella. *. ....... 330
BUAPIDAREA. 6.c0 sures so 363
Leucophthalma, ...... 197
Leucomelana.’........ 260
EE. Wee Pes iy he 5 263
TOL, bed ole’ abs ven 333
Linneella;* 0.0... 179
TAMA Es oh aks. 0,0 ¢ 194
TAG SECE Boy v0 0 0 243
Linguaria.‘Fa......... 282
LonGICoRNIS. ....... 278
PUCUROM Sy has oe ne 336
Marshamella. ........ 188
“Maritima. 0000000. 2. 242
MANICATAT’ YT. St 248
MAXILrosa. Bh sgt oh. 251 -
Mecririca! “........312
Muscorwm.’.,... 2. 31Z
* Ochrdstéma: *.’.’...o... 209
a TY pei ES 2 AL 7h 238
Pallicineta. %. 2... HP 5:
Pheeoptéra. 0000.0... 232
Pree! 98.65. 2S) ee
Pollinaris..000.0 50: 284
PRATORU MPO. 360
Ponca: ea rr. 219
Punchilatissima. ...... 231
Quailrinotata.’?.2.5.4,214
Raiella, #20200... P8367
Rervsx. ree) 8 5.2. 206
Rotundata: Fa.’ ). 2... 291

Rossiellar%: 2.00. 6.331

APIS.
?r.

Rufiventris........... 187
EP OICEDS 5 05 «0 .ns0 2 5's 207
RvuFIcoRNIs. ........- 210
Rufo-cincta. ......... 216
Rupestris. Fa......... 369
Schefferella. *. ..... ; 199
Scrimshirana. .....- “ 342
BCRCINLIA. . ce «x eahs 198
Sheppardana.’........217
Solidaginis. P. . ere. 204 |
Sowerbiana, ......... 322 |
Soroensis. Fa......... 354,

Spinulosa..... Fe rs 261
Subcornuta..........- 192
Subglobosa. oo... ..... 293
Subinterrupta. Ma... . 356
SUBTERRANEA........ 371
SyLvARvi. Busi genes 3 6s 326
Terkusriis! * Pay ae 350
TruNcéavw.”. ee pot ...258
Tuneasis? Wo ewe adi ae
Tunstalldne.” *. oY Ae tg - 346

Dtsinta’ MIL i 178

Varia. » sae ag ‘ 18,
VARIEGATA. 2... ri ue 223
Vestalis: “G. F..%. 2 847 i

Virginalis. G. ee er . 349
Vulpina. Po... s »+.- 290

Willighbiella. *...... 233°

Xanthosticta: wm. ole
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' Flavipes. Fa. 9 —

“Succincta. Fa.

SPHEX.

Annulata. P. —
GIBBA. _ —
Signata. P.— —
VESPA.
Pratensis. G. FP. —
Rubra. G. F. —
HYLAUS. Fa.
Abdominalis. P.
Albipes. Fa.
Annulatus. Fa.
Florisomnis. Fa.

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Glutinosus. La.
Maxillosus. Fa.
Morio. Fa. —
Quadricinctus. Fa.
Truncorum. Fa. —
ANDRENA.
fénea. Fa. — —
Aterrima. P. —_
Bicolor. Fa. ——
Cerulescens. Fa.
Carbonaria. Fa. —
Ciliata. Fa. —

Hemorrhoidalis.

Helvola. Fa.
Labiata. Fa.
Marginata. Fa.
Pilipes. Fa. —
Plumipes. P.
Rose. P. —
Strigosa. P.—

(tAdaabs

Fa.

bel ater

APIS.
FENEA. —_ —
Acervorum. Fa. —
Albilabris. P. —
Albifrons. Fo. —
Albicans. Miu. —
ANNULATA.— —
Arbustorum. Fa.

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( 383 )

SYNONYMA.

APIS,

Pe

Armata. M.L. — — 124
Sch. — — — 96

Atra. ENT ogi *
Aterrima. Chk — — 96
Aurea. Ma. — — 128
Aurulenta. P. — — 269
Autumnalis. Fa. — — 344
Bicincta. Sch — — 69
Bidentata. P. — — 224
Bistriata. Che — — 356
Bryorum. Sch. — — 278
Cespitum.: Pop" = 336
Cerulea. Vu. — — 308
Carbonaria. Chi — — 96
Cardui. Mii. — — 355
Cetii. Sch. — — — 90

lide ig } Ch. 229

acuminata.

Centuncularis. P. — 243
Cerifera. Sc. — — 312
Cingulata. Che — — 84
CINERARIA. — — g8
Cineraria. Ch. — — 100
Cinerea. G. F. — — 99
Combinata. Ch. — — 153
Conica. Fa.— — — 229
Coronata. G.F. — — 365
Crocipes. G. F.) —.,--#) 5H
Cunicularia. Mi. — 104
CunICULARIA. — — 106
Dichroa. G. — — 142
Farfarisequa. P. — ,— 174
FaBRICIANA. — — 213
Fasciata. Sc. — — 321
Flavipes. P. — — 53

Brees fy ea

minima.
Fronticornis. P. — — 271
Frontalis. V. — — 272
Frutetorum: P. — — 361
Fulvago. Chh — — 98
Fulva. Sch. — — — 128

_———

384

Retusa. Ch. —

APIS.

Yara, Ch. ~) —'

Graminum. Ma.—
Gregaria. Ge.

Hemorrhoidalis. Ch.

Hetvo ta.
Helvola. { Pee

Hirta. G.F.— —

Hispranica. Lin. MS.

Hispanica. Fa. —
Hortensis. G. F. —

Hortorum. { pei ag

Hypnorum. oe

Icterica. Ch.
Lagopus. G.
Lapidaria. B.
Leucozonia. Sch.
Maxillosa. Ch.
Marginella. G.
Maura. Ch. —
Mellifera. Fou.
Minuta. Sch.
Monacha. Ch.
Muscaria. Ch.
Ms Mii.
Nitida. GF.
Parietina. G. F.
Paludosa. Mii.
Pennirves. Lin.

Pilipes. { a

Plumipes. Pal.
Pratensis. Mii.
Pratorum. { pone

Pubescens. Fa.
QUADRIDENTATA.
Quadridentata. Mi.
Regalis. G. F.

PrP PUPP SULr br errdret

Rufescens. { o 4
Rufa. Ch.

SYNONYMA.
APIS,
P.
— 277 Rura.—- — —
— 351 Rubicunda. Ch. —
— 312 Rustica. G. FF. —
— 94 Rufipes. Mi. Ch.
— 119 Ruderata. Fa. —
— 121 Saltuum. P. —
— 123 Scylla. Ch.— —
— 263 Seladonia. Fa. —
805 Senilis. Fa.— —
— 207. Sphegoides. P. —
— 51 Swecincra. _—
— 351 Subaurata. Ro. —
— 349 Suecica. G.— —
— 330 Subterranea. G. F.
— 340 Sylvarum. Sch. —
— 130. Terrestris. G. F. —
— 236 Thoracica. Fa. —
— 369 TumuLoruM. —
— 76 Tumulorum. S. R.
— 78 Tunetana.G —
— 90 Varians. Roo —
— 330 Vestita. Fa. —
— 312 Vernalis. Fo. —
— 61 Veterana. Fa. —
— 344 Virens. Ch.— —
— 222 Vulpina. Che —
— 68 EUCERA.
— 104 Linguaria. Fa. —
— 246 Longicornis. Sc. —
— 339 NOMADA.
— 297 Cingulata. Fa. —
— 131 Crucifera. P. —
— 297 Fabriciana. Fa. —
— 298 Flava. Pp. — —
— 100 Fucata. P. — —
— 329 Germanica. P. —
— 364 Gibba. Fa, — —
— 141 Jacobee. P. -—
»— 225 Lineola. P. — —
— 229 Ruficornis. Fa. —
— 350 Sexfasciata. P. —
— 373 Solidaginis. P. —
— 43 Succincta. Sc. —
— 277 Varia. P. — —
— 40 Variegata, Fa. —--

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12, Ditto. operar.

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13. A. Francillonella, fem.
14. A. floralis. mas.
15. A. sylvarum. fem.
16. Ditto. mas.
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FIG. 1. A. Rossiella. mas.
2. A. campestris. fem.
. A. vestalis. fem.
. Ditto. mas.
. A.subinterrupta, fem.
. A. Donovanella. mas.
. A. Harrisella. fem.
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