

85. 

 COLLETES FODIENS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Andienidse Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Apis succincta Linn. 



CoLLETES Lat., Sic. Melitta *a Kirby. Andrena Fah.y Jur. Apis 

 Linn., &;c. 



AntenncE inserted near the middle of the face^ distant, the 3rd 

 joint longer than the 2nd ; — in the male filiform^ 13-jointed, ba- 

 sal joint with a tuft of hair (f. 1 ) ; — in the female, slightly clavate, 

 12-jointed, basal joint hairy, much longer than in the male (la). 

 Labrum convex, trigonate, with a transverse suture, strongly ci- 

 liated (2). 



Mandibles long, linear, curved, hairy, dilated at the base, notched 

 near the apex upon the internal edge (3), 



Maxilla; rigid below the palpus, terminated by a single, oval, 

 scarcely coriaceous lobe, ciliated and bent inward (4 a). Palpi 

 subsetaceous, longer than the maxilla, 6-jointed (b). 

 Mentum very long, linear, attenuated at the base, produced in 

 the centre anteriorly (5 a). Palpi longer than the lip, 4-jointed, 

 3 first joints somewhat clavate, basal joint the largest (b). Lijt 

 hairy, dilated at the apex deeply emarginate, with 2 lateral, 

 small obtuse lobes (c). 

 Head as broad as the thorax. Eyes lateral. Ocelli 3, in a curved line. 

 Thorax globular. Scutellum semicircular. Abdomen convex, ovate- 

 conic, tomentose or hirsute, narrower in the males. Wings pubescent 

 towards their posterior margins. Superior with 1 marginal, pedicled 

 cell, and 3 submarginal cells, the 2nd and 3rd receiving recurrent 

 nerves. Posterior legs of female very hairy, polimigerous. Tibiae 

 with 2 long spines at the apex, I ciliated. Tarsi, basal joint long, 

 robust, 2nd large clavate, 3id clavate slender, 4ih minute, oth long 

 clavate. Claws bifid. Pul villi very distinct (Sf hind leg of female). 

 Males smaller than the females, solitary, without neuters. 



FoDiENS Kirhfs Mon. Ap. Ang. v. 1. p. 130. &; v. 2. p. 34. n. 2. 



Male black, face and thorax punctured, thickly covered with fus- 

 cous-ochraceous soft hair. Abdomen punctured, especially tlie 

 basal segment, which has a whitish margin of short hair as well 

 as the 4 following, forming 5 transverse bands. Wings stained 

 with dull yellow, slightly iridescent, fuscous at the apex. Female 

 black, face thickly covered with yellowish ferruginous hair. Cly- 

 peus naked, rugulose. Thorax and scutellum punctured, thickly 

 covered with vellovvish ferruginous hair. Abdomen with the 

 basal joint more deeply punctured than the others, with an 

 ochraceous tomentose spot on each side at the base, and a white 

 spot of hair on each side at the margin, 2nd joint with a band of 

 pale ochraceous hair at the base, and another at the margin, the 

 3 following segments with a band of ochraceous hair at the mar- 

 gin, legs clothed with whitish yellow hair, the posterior thighs 

 with a thick beard of hair. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



