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84 Riley Presidential Address. 



The Species of Apis with tiieir Varieties. 



f Race. Common Brown, Black, or German. Hab.: Central, north 

 ern and northwestern Europe ; introduced into N. 

 and S. America, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific 

 Islands. 



Sub-var. Heath. Hab.: Heath districts of North Ger 

 many. 



Sub-var. Brabant or Small Holland. Hab.: Brabant (Hol 

 land and Belgium). 



Race. Carniolan. Hab.: Carniola, Carinthia (Aus.). A distinct var. 

 Sub-var. Hungarian. Hab.: Northwestern Hungary. 



Race. Dalmatian. Hab.: Dalmatia (Austria). 



Race. Herzegovinian. Hab.: Herzegovina (Austria). 



Race. Cecropian, Attic or Hymettus. Hab.: Greece and the adja 

 cent islands. 



Var. ligustica Spin., Ligurian or Italian. Hab.: Italy and adja 

 cent islands. S. Switzerland, and S.Tyrol; introduced 

 HH -{ into other parts of Europe, N. and S. America, Aus 



tralia and New Zealand. 



Var. -\rufescens Hab.: Tasmania (acc'd to M. Girard). 



Var. \mgritarum St. Farg. Hab.: Congo (Africa). 



Var. \*adnnsoni Latr. Hab.: Senegal (Africa). 



Var. scutellata St. Farg. Hab. : South Africa. 



Var. cfiffra St. Farg. Hab.: South Africa. 



Race. Tunisian. Hab.: Tunis, Algeria. 



Sub-var. Minorcan. Hab.: Balearic Islands (Spain). 



Var. t*ttrac07or Latr. Hab.: Madagascar ; intr. into islands of Bour 

 bon and Mauritius. 



Race. Smyrnian. Hab.: Asia Minor. 



Race. Caucasian. Hab. : Caucasus. 



Race. Cyprian. Hab.: Island of Cyprus. A very distinct var. 



Race. Syrian. Hab.: Syria, northward from Mr. Carmel. 



Race. Palestine. Hab. : Palestine. 



Var. -fasciuta Latr. Hab.: Egypt. 



Race. Hazara. Hab.: Hazara District, Punjab (India). 

 Var. *sinensis. Chinese bee. Hab.: China. 



=cerana Fabr. 

 Race. Busbar. Hab.: Busbar District, Punjab (India). 



Rac,-japanese J I'. 



1 3. " Small brown bee. ' 'Hab. : Hikigoie (Satsuma) 

 Race. Boohtan. Hab.: Boohtan (India). 



It is very probable that further investigation of this group 

 will bring four of its varieties under A. mellifica, and the 

 last one under A. indica. 



*indica. Fabr., Small East Indian bee. Hab.: British and 



Dutch East Indies. 

 =8odali8 Latr. Hab.: Bengal. 

 =delesserti Gue"r. Hab. : Pondicherry. 

 =perrottetii Gue>. Hab.: India. 

 =peronii Lat. Hab.; India. 



Var. (?) *nigrocincta. Hab.: "Celebes, Borneo, etc." (acc'd to F. 

 Smith. 



^Regarded by Frederick Smith as good species. 



fNot positively known that they will interbreed with Apis mellifica. All others 

 named under A. mellifica will do so. 



