3 - li^(o 



101. 

 PANURGUS URSINUS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apiariae hat. Apidae LeacJi. 



Type of the Genus Andrena lobata Panz. 



Panurgus Panz., Lat., Leach. Apis Gmel., Kirby. Dasypoda Fab. 

 Andrena Panz. Trachusa Jur., Panz. 



Antennce approxrimating, inserted between the eyes, distinctly 

 articulated, clavate in both sexes ; 13-jointed in the males, basal 

 joint long cylindric, hairy, 2nd small, 3rd cup-shaped, remainder 

 pubescent, increasing in diameter to the last, which is conical (1 ) : 

 12-jointed in the females, basal joint less hairy than in the 

 males (la). 



Labrum transverse-oval, narrowed at the base, cilia long and 

 soft (2). 



Mandibles long, bent, slender, acute, rough and slightly pilose, 

 not dentated (3). 



Maxillce long, terminated by a pubescent and pilose lanceolate 

 lobe (4 a). 



Palpi shorter than the maxillae, slender, 6-jointed, basal joint 

 small, following longer, decreasing in length to the last, which is 

 as long as the 2nd (b), 



Mentum elongate-conic, apex tridentate (5 a). Palpi long 

 slender, coriaceous membranaceous at their articulations, slightly 

 hairy, 4-jointed, 1st joint long, clavate, the following decreasing 

 in length to the end (b). Tongue lanceolate pubescent, scarcely 

 so long as the palpi, with an acute lobe on each side at the base (c). 

 Head broader than the thorax in the males. Ocelli 3 in triangle. Ab- 

 domen with the incisures slightly strangulated, somewhat conical and 

 terminated by 2 lobes in the males; ovate more depressed, bearded 

 and aculeated in the females. Superior wings with 2 marginal cells, 

 one very small, and 3 submarginal cells, the external one scarcely 

 complete, and the middle one receiving 2 recurrent nerves. Hinder 

 feet pollinigerous. Tibiae, posterior dilated towards the apex, very 

 hairy in the females (8 a). Tarsi 5 -jointed, 1st joint very long, 

 broad, and hairy, especially in the females, the remainder small, pu- 

 bescent only. Claws unidentate (8 a is the hinder leg, and 1 a the 

 antenna of the female P. ursinus). 



Ursinus Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 2790. n. 173. Kirby Mon. Ap. 

 Angl. V. 2. p. 178. n. \.fem. — and Banksiana, p. 179. n. 3. mas. 

 Male black, shining, hirsute. Wings pale fuscous ; costa, stigma 

 and squamulse brown ; nerves, lobes of abdomen and tarsi ferru- 

 ginous. Tibiae clothed with ochraceous hairs. — Female less ro- 

 bust than the male, apex of abdomen tufted with brown Jiairs, 

 posterior tibiae and basal joint of tarsus thickly covered with long 

 fulvous hair. — Obs. Most of the soft pubescence is ciliated, as 

 shown at the base of the maxilla (fig. 4). 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



